IN W vs SA W Dream11: A thumping win in the ODI series has given South Africa women plenty of confidence as they enter the T20I series while India women have several questions to answer and the unavailability of Harmanpreet Kaur increase these questions. SA W have their batting line-up in form while India’s concerns are about finishing the game on a high.
Fixture: India Women vs South Afric a Women; India women vs South Africa women T20I series
When: 20 March, 7:00 PM IST
Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium
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IN W vs SA W Playing 11
India Women 11 (likely)
India Team News:
Harmanpreet Kaur is ruled out of the first T20I due to injury
Playing Combination: S Mandhana and S Verma will be the openers while J Rodrigues will form the middle order along with R Ghosh and D Sharma. R Gayakwad, R Yadav and P Yadav are key bowlers.
IN W Playing 11:
Smriti Mandhana
Shafali Verma
Richa Ghosh
Nuzhat Parween
Jemimah Rodrigues
Sushma Verma
Deepti Sharma
Poonam Yadav
Rajeshwari Gayakwad
Radha Yadav
Mansi Joshi
R Gayakwad could be the X factor for India in this game. Her spin bowling will pose a challenge to SA W batter and hence she can be expected to claim crucial wickets. She took 8 wickets in the last 4 ODIs against SA W. She has a formidable T20I record and has taken 35 wickets in 28 T20Is at a strike-rate of 17.4.
S Mandhana is a serious batting talent and in recent times she has improved a lot. She averages a solid 25.23 in ODIs and has made 1716 runs in 75 games. She has also struck 12 ffities with a strike-rate of 119.41.
South Africa Playing 11 (likely)
SA News:
Playing Combination: L Lee and L Wolvaardt will open the innings. S Luus will be the batting engine in the middle order with L Goodall while S Ismail will lead the bowling attack.
SA W Playing 11:
Lizelle Lee
Tasmin Brits
Marizanne Kapp
Laura Wolvaardt
Mignon du Preez
Sune Luus
Sinalo Jafta
Shabnim Ismail
Nonkululeko Mlaba
Nondumiso Shangase
Ayabonga Khaka
L Lee was outstanding in the ODI series. She made 288 runs at an average of 144.00 with 1 hundred and 2 fifties in 4 games. She will be SA W’s key batter in the T20I series as she averages 24.88 in 76 games and has made 1692 runs with 1 hundred and 11 fifties. Her scores in last four innings read: 69, 132*, 4 and 83*.
M du Prez made two fifties in the last two ODIs series and looked in solid form. She is an experienced T20I campaigner and has played 106 games scoring 1740 runs with 7 fifties.
In IN W vs SA W Dream11 today match prediction, SA W did win the ODI series but the metrics have changed in the T20I series as In W have a formidable spin unit and in batting S Verma is a X factor. So expect IN W to win the first game in this match.
Wicket-keepers: S Verma, T Brits
Batsmen:: S Mandhana, Shefali Verma, L Lee, L Wolvaardt, M du Prez
All-rounders: M Kapp
Bowlers: R Gayakwad, S Ismail, T Sekhukhune
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