Australia's captain Meg Lanning (L) and India's captain Harmanpreet Kaur (R) for the Twenty20 women's World Cup in Australia pose for photos at Taronga Zoo in Sydney on February 17, 2020, a few days ahead of the start of the competition. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --
In the much-awaited final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 grand finale, India Women will be locking horns with the defending champions Australia Women. The India Women qualified for their maiden T20 World Cup final on the basis of finishing at the top position in the group stages after their semi-final encounter against England Women was washed out. India Women remained undefeated throughout the league stages as they registered convincing victories against Australia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. On the other hand, Australia Women defeated South Africa in a crunch semi-final match. After failing to beat the visitors in the opening game of the tournament, Australia Women still enter this contest as the favourites but the India Women are also very high on confidence.
Let’s now look at the Today Match Prediction for this fixture
Match Details
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup- Final
India Women vs Australia Women
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
March 8, Sunday at 12:30 PM IST
Head to Head: In their last five meetings, India Women have won three matches and Australia have won two games.
November 1, 2019: Australia (145/3 in 17.4 overs) defeated Sri Lanka (142/6 in 20 overs) by 7 wickets.
February 10, 2018: Australia (138/3 in 14.3 overs) defeated England (137/7 in 20 overs) by 7 wickets.
February 17, 2017: Sri Lanka (172/5 in 20 overs) defeated Australia (168/6 in 20 overs) by 5 wickets.
Injury Status: There is currently no update about any injury unavailability.
Team Combination
Playing XI:
Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Deepti Sharma, Veda Krishnamurthy, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad.
India Women Squad
Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Pooja Vastrakar, Harleen Deol, Veda Krishnamurthy.
Injury Status: There is currently no update about any injury unavailability.
Team Combination
Playing XI:
Beth Mooney, Alyssa Healy (wk), Ashleigh Gardner, Meg Lanning (C), Rachel Haynes, Nicola Carey, Jess Jonassen, Sophie Molineux, Delissa Kimmince, Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt.
Australia Women Squad
Meg Lanning (C), Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Rachel Haynes, Megan Schutt, Jess Jonassen, Molly Strano, Nichola Carey, Delissa Kimmince, Erin Burns, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham.
We are backing the India Women to win this match.
WK: Alyssa Healy
BT: Beth Mooney, Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning, Rachel Haynes
ALL: Deepti Sharma
BW: Poonam Yadav, Megan Schutt, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav
Captain choices: Beth Mooney, Shafali Verma, Poonam Yadav, Meg Lanning
Grand League Tip: It will be a great move to pick a captain out of the batters.