🏏ICC Women's T20I WC 2024: Group A: M 19- PakW vs NZW, Page 70🏏 - Page 7

Pitch Report

The pitch in Dubai offers a relatively balanced pitch, favouring both batters and bowlers. After seeing the slowness in the pitch in previous matches, winning the toss and electing to bat first would be an ideal choice.

70%

Pace Bowling

30%

Spin Bowling

55% Batting Pitch

150 Average Score

45% Bowling Pitch

Weather Report

Dubai International Cricket Stadium --Clear

31.3°C 79% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

India Women

W W L W W

New Zealand Women

L W L L L

Probable Top Performers from IND-W vs NZ-W

Probable Best Batter: Smriti Mandhana

India women’s Smriti Mandhana could be the best batter in India’s opening game. Mandhana has been in good form of late, having scored 328 runs in her last 10 matches. The Indian maestro will aim to put in a good showing against New Zealand and get her team to a winning start.

Probable Best Bowler: Radha Yadav

Radha Yadav could be the best bowler in the upcoming game. With 16 wickets in her last 10 matches, Yadav has been in good form and her spell could be crucial for the women in blue.

Scenario 1

India Women win the toss and opt to bowl first

PP Score: 35-45

NZ-W: 125-135

India Women win the match

Scenario 2

New Zealand Women win the toss and opt to bowl first

PP Score: - 50-60

IND-W: 160-170

India women win the match

South Africa finished as the runners-up in the 2023 T20 World Cup and will be looking to carry their form into this tournament after a 2-1 away series win against Pakistan. Despite a poor 7-14 win-loss record against West Indies, South Africa have won three of their last four T20Is against them. West Indies, too, come on the back of a 2-1 series win in Sri Lanka, although that was back in June. South Africa could go spin heavy by picking 18-year-old legspinner Seshnie Naidu along with allrounders Chloe Tryon and Sune Luus. It's expected to be a hot afternoon in Dubai, with the temperature around 37°C at the time of the toss. It won't be much cooler even when the game ends.

Two players were named in the India squad subject to fitness: allrounder Shreyanka Patil and wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia. Both played both warm-ups, which bodes well for India. Head coach Amol Muzumdar confirmed on match eve that captain Harmanpreet Kaur would bat at No. 3, as was the case in the two warm-ups. She has batted there only five times since the start of 2019. The last time was against Ireland in the 2023 T20 World Cup when India's opening stand lasted 9.3 overs. New Zealand come into the tournament after a streak of ten straight losses in T20Is, most recently being blanked 3-0 by Australia, against whom they play their second game. Therefore, they would be desperate for a win on Friday to push for a semi-final spot. If India have made a late call about their No. 3, New Zealand have decided to move their power-hitting captain Sophie Devine to the middle order recently, with Georgia Plimmer and Suzie Bates to open. Both teams are expecting plenty of dew in this evening game, so toss could play a massive role.

Thanks for the tag Madhu.

Go Indian girls. Go and win the match.

Cheers..

Batters to watch(Recent stats)

Smriti Mandhana, IND-W

10 M • 328 Runs • 54.67 Avg • 137.23 SR

Shafali Verma, IND-W

10 M • 261 Runs • 37.29 Avg • 131.15 SR

Suzie Bates, NZ-W

10 M • 218 Runs • 21.8 Avg • 106.34 SR

Amelia Kerr, NZ-W

10 M • 164 Runs • 16.4 Avg • 107.89 SR

Bowlers to watch(Recent stats)

Radha Yadav, IND-W

10 M • 16 Wkts • 6.69 Econ • 13.5 SR

Deepti Sharma, IND-W

10 M • 15 Wkts • 5.74 Econ • 15.2 SR

Amelia Kerr, NZ-W

10 M • 12 Wkts • 7.84 Econ • 18.25 SR

Fran Jonas, NZ-W

9 M • 9 Wkts • 7.75 Econ • 18.66 SR

Head to head - Last 5 Matches

NZ Women won by 18 runs 09-Feb-2022

IND Women won by 3 runs 27-Feb-2020

NZ Women won by 2 runs 10-Feb-2019

NZ Women won by 4 wickets (with 0 balls remaining) 08-Feb-2019

NZ Women won by 23 runs 06-Feb-2019

Originally posted by: Viswasruti

Pakistan cricket team will look for a positive start to their campaign at ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 when they take on Asian giants Sri Lanka in match no.2 in Sharjah today. Both teams will target a win and two big points in their opening game as they face a tough challenge to finish in the top two in Group A.

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