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India will kickstart its Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 marketing campaign on Sunday with a recreation towards Pakistan in Cape Town. India has met Pakistan six occasions because the inaugural version in 2009, profitable on 4 events.
TOSS: Pakistan opts to bat
India XI: Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Richa Ghosh, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Singh
Pakistan XI: Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali, Bismah Maroof, Nida Dar, Ayesha Naseem, Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Sidra Amin, Aiman Anwer, Nashura Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal
KEY TALKING POINTS:
– Mandhana misses out as a consequence of damage, Harleen Deol takes her place
– Shikha Pandey won’t function on this India vs Pakistan conflict
MATCH PREVIEW
Searching for an extended overdue ICC title, India will look to hit the straps of their Women’s T20 World Cup opener towards arch-rivals Pakistan right here on Sunday. An Indo-Pak contest all the time creates pleasure however with India being a a lot superior aspect, the standard of cricket won’t meet the excessive expectations.
Having mentioned that, Pakistan had acquired the higher of India their final assembly within the Asia Cup final yr with the latter making too many experiments. In the final 5 years, the gulf between the 2 groups has widened with India difficult the supremacy of Australia and England on a constant foundation. Women’s cricket in Pakistan, however, has stagnated.
With the sport scheduled a day forward of the inaugural Women’s Premier League public sale, there can be added motivation for the Indian gamers. For some, it could possibly be a distraction.
India come into the World Cup having misplaced the current tri-series last to South Africa, a match they need to have received. They additionally misplaced the warm-up recreation to Australia earlier than beating Bangladesh.
Pakistan go into the competitors having a performed a sequence towards Australia. They beat Bangladesh of their opening warm-up match earlier than shedding to South Africa.
THE NUMBERS YOU NEED TO KNOW
India girls vs Pakistan girls in T20Is – Key stats
Highest staff complete: India girls scored 137/3 on the 2018 ICC T20 Women’s World Cup
Lowest staff complete: Pakistan 63- all out in Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup last in 2012
Highest particular person rating: Mithali Raj’s unbeaten 73 in Women’s Asia Cup 2016 last
Best bowling figures: India girls leg-spinner Priyanka Roy’s 5/16 on the 2009 T20 World Cup
Babar Azam had a particular message for the Pakistan girls’s staff forward of the big-ticket conflict
SQUADS
India Squad: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Thakur Singh, Shikha Pandey, Devika Vaidya, Harleen Deol, Anjali Sarvani
Pakistan Women Squad: Muneeba Ali, Sidra Ameen, Bismah Maroof(c), Omaima Sohail, Nida Dar, Aliya Riaz, Sidra Nawaz(w), Fatima Sana, Nashra Sandhu, Javeria Khan, Aiman Anwer, Sadia Iqbal, Ayesha Naseem, Tuba Hassan, Sadaf Shamas
How and the place to look at the reside streaming of the India vs Pakistan Women’s T20 World Cup 2023?
The India vs Pakistan Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 can be streamed reside on the Disney+ Hotstar app.
Which channel will telecast India vs Pakistan Women’s T20 World Cup 2023?
The India vs Pakistan Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 can be telecast reside on the Star Sports Network in India.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com