Who: India vs Australia
What: ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup 2024 Group A recreation
When: Sunday, October 13, 6pm (14:00 GMT)
The place: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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Defending champions Australia can e book their place within the semifinals of the ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup with a win towards India on Sunday as they proceed their seek for a record-extending seventh title.
The Aussies prime the group with six factors, following three straight wins, to start the event being staged within the United Arab Emirates. Even a defeat is more likely to see the Australians qualify within the second spot given their far superior run price, helped significantly by their nine-wicket win towards Pakistan on Friday.
India, alternatively, merely should win. They at the moment maintain the second spot, with two wins and one defeat from their three video games, from New Zealand on the web run price. The Kiwis overcame the Indians in a shock 58-run win in each groups’ event opener.
Australia captain Alyssa Healy will miss the sport, having sustained a calf harm within the victory towards Pakistan, so Ashleigh Gardner will deputise.
“The fearless model of cricket that we’ve adopted over the past 5, six years has actually led to numerous success,” Gardner stated of Australia’s unbeaten streak and 6 world titles. “That’s one thing that everybody purchased into actually early and believed in. You see us tackle the brand new ball bowlers within the energy play after which simply attacking the ability play with the ball in hand. Everybody that will get into this crew is aware of their roles actually clearly and that’s what’s sort of made us profitable over the previous couple of years.
“India are top-of-the-line T20 cricket groups on this planet. So with the ability to swap our focus actually shortly is actually one thing that we’re going to must do.”
Head-to-head file: India vs Australia
Australia lead the 34-match head-to-head file by a snug margin of 26 wins. India have overwhelmed the Aussie juggernaut on eight events, with their final win coming in January on the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai.
Kind information: India
India managed to shake off their opening loss towards New Zealand with a win over rivals Pakistan and the mauling of Sri Lanka. The ladies in blue would really like nothing higher than a win over the world champions to assist them seal a spot within the semis.
Final 5 video games: W W L L W
Kind information: Australia
The reigning world champions can’t appear to place a foot incorrect and entered this event on the again of a T20 sequence win towards New Zealand. They’ve gained all their matches on this event with ease.
Final 5 video games: W W W W W
How can India qualify for the semifinals?
- A win over Australia and one loss every for New Zealand and Pakistan will guarantee India’s qualification with six factors.
- If India lose, they may hope that Australia’s big win over Pakistan will remove their neighbours on the web run price and that New Zealand will lose at the least one in every of their video games. Group A would then have Australia on prime and India in second spot on internet run price.
- Ought to India lose however New Zealand win each their matches, the Australasian groups will qualify for the semis with at the least six factors every – and Harmanpreet Kaur’s crew can be eradicated.
- If India lose however New Zealand beat Sri Lanka and lose to Pakistan, Australia will qualify as desk toppers and depart the opposite three groups to battle it out on internet run price. In such a situation, India’s larger internet run price is more likely to see them by way of.
How can Australia qualify for the semifinals?
- Beat India and end on prime of the desk with eight factors.
- If Australia lose, they’d both need New Zealand to lose towards each Pakistan and Sri Lanka, leading to six factors for Australia and India and 4 every for Pakistan and New Zealand.
- Australia may additionally depend on their excessive internet run price to see them by way of.
Pitch and climate circumstances: Sharjah
Each event venues have produced comparatively low-scoring matches in sizzling and humid circumstances.
Whereas the Center Jap summer season is on its means out, the crew bowling first in Sharjah will nonetheless must deal with sticky circumstances.
Dew has not performed a task within the event to this point and won’t have an effect on the toss-winning captain’s determination.
India crew information
India will hope their helpful all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar can be match to play their remaining recreation after lacking the final two with an harm. Ought to she return to the taking part in XI, Sajana Sajeevan is more likely to make the way in which out.
Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Yastika Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan.
Australia crew information
Australia will sweat on the health of their captain Healy and quick bowler Tayla Vlaeminck, each of whom limped off the bottom within the match towards Pakistan.
Squad: Alyssa Healy (captain, wicketkeeper), Tahlia McGrath, Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney (wicketkeeper), Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Tayla Vlaeminck.
