IND-W vs AUS-W, 1st T20I: Head to Head, Playing XI, Preview, Where to Watch on TV, Online, and Live Streaming Details

This will be the first time since the CWG 2022 finale that India and Australia meet.

Published - 08 Dec 2022, 14:59 IST | Updated - 08 Dec 2022, 14:59 IST

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India and Australia are all set to lock horns for the first time since the conclusion of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022. India will be hosting Australia for five T20Is, the first of which will be played on Friday, December 9, at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Mumbai. Both teams will be eyeing to start their campaign with a win so as to take an early lead.

The two teams started their CWG 2022 campaign by taking on each other and met again in the finals, with Australia winning on both occasions. Australians have had an upper hand over the Women in Blue, but their contests have always been cut-throat. Be it the CWG 2022 finals, or the T20 World Cup 2020 finals, the two sides have always put up a fight.

While India will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur, Australia will be under Alyssa Healy’s leadership as regular skipper Meg Lanning continues to be on a break. Australia haven’t played any international game since the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games, but the players are coming off an extensive Women’s Big Bash League season.

India, on the other hand, last played an international game at the Women’s Asia Cup, where they clinched the championship title by defeating Sri Lanka. Players of the contingent participated in the domestic tournaments and thus, have had a good amount of game time recently. Harmanpreet Kaur has led the Indian side really well recently, and the Women in Blue will be expected to come out on top in the upcoming series as well.

Pitch and Conditions

The pitch at the D.Y. Patil Stadium has assisted batters and thus, it can be a high-scoring contest. As the game progresses, the surface has a tendency to slow down, which could be beneficial for the spinners.

Probable Playing XI for IND-W vs AUS-W 1st T20I

India

India has named a couple of new players in the squad, but this being the first game, they are unlikely to introduce them to the playing XI. In the shorter format, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana are in good form alongside Jemimah Rodrigues. Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh will be the ones to watch out for with the ball.

Probable Playing XI- Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Sabbhineni Meghna, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh/Yastika Bhatia (wk), Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Australia

Australian players were a part of the recently concluded Women’s Big Bash League and plenty of them are in good form. Beth Mooney and Ellyse Perry are in great form with the bat. Bowlers Ashleigh Gardner, Jess Jonassen, and Megan Schutt had a tremendous outing at the WBBL and will be the ones to watch out for.

Probable Playing XI: Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Beth Mooney, Heather Graham, Tahlia McGrath, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Darcie Brown, Megan Schutt