The Indian Women’s team will take on the mighty Australian team in a one-off Test match to be played in Mumbai from 21st December onwards. It promises to be an exciting encounter as Harmanpreet and Co will look to gain momentum from the 347-run victory over England women that finished at Navi Mumbai.
On the other hand, the Australian team will be led by Alyssa Healy as Meg Lanning announced her retirement. They have top-quality players with the likes of Ash Gardner, and McGarth who have performed brilliantly in Indian conditions.
Australian Women’s team registered a comprehensive 89-run victory over England Women in the Ashes Test match during this year.
Match Details
Details– Indian W vs Australian W, One-off Test
Venue– Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Date and Time– 21st-24th December, 9.30 AM IST
Head-to-Head Record
A total of 10 Test matches have been played between Indian W versus Australian W. Australian Women has a clear advantage with 4 wins while the Indian team has not won any matches while 4 ended in drawn matches.
The last time these two teams met in Test match was in Carrara Oval in 2021. This will be the first test match between Indian Women and Australian Women on Indian soil since 1984.
Pitch Report
It promises to be a good balance between bat and ball. The pacers will get help initially with the new ball which would trouble the batters. As the ball becomes old, it becomes a good batting pitch as bowlers need to use variations.
The spinners would get help afterward which would create doubt in the batter’s mind. The average first innings score on this venue is 340.
The captain that wins the toss would likely bat first, and put on a decent total before putting pressure on opponent batters in the fourth innings.
Indian Women (Ind W) vs Australian Women (Aus W)- Predicted Playing XI
Indian Women
Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Varma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Yastika Bhatia, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Sneha Rana, Pooja Vastkar, Renuka Singh Thakur, Rajeshwari Gayakwad.
Australian Women
Beth Mooney, Alyssa Healy (WK, C), Tahila McGarth, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Ash Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Alana King/Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt, Darice Brown.
Fantasy Selection- Ind W vs Aus W
Team 1– Smriti Mandhana (C), Beth Mooney (VC), Jemimah Rodrigues, Tahila McGarth, Yastika Bhatia, Ash Gardner, Deepti Sharma, Jess Jonassen, Sneha Rana, Megan Schutt, Renuka Singh Thakur.
Team 2- Shafali Varma, Alyssa Healy (VC), Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Phoebe Litchfield, Harleen Deol, Ellyse Perry, Sneha Rana, Annabel Sutherland, Rajeshwari Gakywad, Darice Brown, Renuka Singh Thakur.
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