Women’s World Cup 2022: India vs Australia Stats Preview - Players records and approaching milestones

After facing a second defeat in the ongoing Women’s World Cup in their last outing against England, Mithali Raj and her troops are all set to lock horns with the tournament favorites Australia in the 18th match of the event on March 19, 2022, at Eden Park in Auckland. Team India has had a mixed run in the World cup so far with two wins and two losses. While the team comfortably defeated Pakistan and West Indies, they ended up on the losing side against hosts New Zealand and England.

On the other hand, Meg Lanning and her Aussie side have played four matches in the World Cup and tasted success on all four occasions. Interestingly, Australia has also played all their four matches in this tournament against the same opponents as that of India so far.

Team India in their last match got bundled out for just 134 runs against the English side with Charlotte Dean picking four wickets. The Women in Blue lost the encounter by four wickets in Mount Maunganui. The Aussies clinched a comfortable seven-wicket victory against West Indies in their last game.

The six-time World Cup Champions Australia will look to win the fifth consecutive match in the tournament to keep their winning streak going and move a step further for that semi-final spot. The Aussies will also hope to take revenge from India for the famous 2017 WC semi-final where Harmanpreet Kaur struck an unbelievable unbeaten 171 runs. Mithali Raj and her team would hope to seek momentum by winning the third match after a 50-50 start to their campaign.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of the Women’s World Cup 2022 group match, India vs Australia:

Head-to-Head: Australia and India have faced each other in 49 ODIs with Australia emerging victorious on 39 occasions. India has managed to beat the Aussies ten times in 50-overs formats. In World Cup tournaments, both sides have met in 12 matches with Australia winning nine games and losing thrice against India.

1 – Jhulan Goswami (199) is one match away from reaching the milestone of 200 ODIs.

27 – Smriti Mandhana (4973) requires 27 runs to reach 5000 runs across formats.

2 – Ashleigh Gardner (48) needs two wickets to complete 50 ODI wickets.

3 – Richa Ghosh (47) needs three fours to complete 50 fours across formats.

11 – Deepti Sharma (189) requires 11 fours to reach 200 fours in ODI matches.

1 – Beth Mooney (49) is one game away from reaching the landmark of 50 ODIs.

47 – Mithali Raj (1185) is 47 runs away from surpassing Charlotte Edwards (1231) and becoming the third-highest run-scorer in World Cups.

8 – Mandhana (642) is eight fours away from completing 650 fours in international matches.

3 – Ellyse Perry (31) requires three scalps to go past Cathryn Fitzpatrick (33) and become the fifth-highest wicket-taker in World Cups.

70 – Deepti Sharma (2430) is 70 runs away from reaching 2500 runs in international cricket.

6 – Deepti (244) also needs six fours to complete 250 fours across formats.

1 – Mooney (49) also needs one catch to reach 50 catches across formats.

4 – Deepti (146) is four scalps away from completing 150 wickets in international matches.