India will face Pakistan today in the second match of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024. A win in this match is essential for the team to stay in the race for the semi-finals. India lost their first match against New Zealand by 58 runs.
The Indian women's team has dominated Pakistan in both the T-20 format and the World Cup. So far 7 matches have been played between the two in the World Cup. In which India has won 5 matches and Pakistan 2 matches.
Match Details…
Match Details India vs Pakistan Date: 6 October Venue: International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Toss: 3 PM Match Start: 3:30 PM
The top 2 teams from both the groups will enter the semi-finals Only 10 teams are participating in the Women's T20 World Cup. Bra groups of 5-5 teams have been made.. Indian team is in Group-A. Apart from India, this group includes New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. A team will play 4 matches in the group stage. After the conclusion of the group stage, the top two teams in the points table will enter the semi-finals.
Importance of the match This will be the second match between the two teams in this World Cup. Where Pakistan have won their first match and are third in the Group-A points table. While India is at the fifth position after losing the first match. This match will be very important for India. As the top-2 teams from this group will qualify for the semi-finals, the Indian team will want to win this match to stay in the race.
Indian team strong against Pakistan Indian women's team has dominated Pakistan in T-20 cricket. 15 matches have been played between the two since 2009. In which India won 12 matches and Pakistan won 3 matches. The last T20 match between the two was played during the Asia Cup in July this year. In which India won by 7 wickets.
India will have to perform both in batting and bowling India's star batsman Smriti Mandhana is the highest run-scorer in T20 cricket this year with 507 runs. But she could not score well in the last match against New Zealand. India has depth in its batting line-up, but no batsman could play a big innings against New Zealand. Deepti Sharma has been on top of the bowling this year, but she too did not get a wicket in the first match. To win today, the team will have to give a top class performance in both batting and bowling.
Pakistan's bowling attack has to be wary Muniba Ali has scored the most runs for Pakistan this year. He has 375 runs in 16 matches. The team has great bowlers like Nida Dar, Captain Fatima Sana and Sadia Iqbal. Sadia is the top wicket taker of the year. He has taken 27 wickets in 16 matches.
Pitch report and records India's match is also to be played at the Dubai International Stadium. The pitch here is suitable for batting. Fast bowlers can also get help early on. So far 7 Women's T-20 matches have been played in this stadium. In which the team batting first has won 3 matches and the chasing team has won 4 matches.
Weather reports
There will be intense sunshine and heat in Dubai on the day of the match. The temperature here will be between 29 to 37 degrees Celsius. There is no chance of rain. Wind speed will be 15 km per hour.
Possible Playing-11 of both teams India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodriguez, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Shobhana and Renuka Singh.
Pakistan: Fatima Sana (captain), Muniba Ali, Gul Feroza, Sidra Amin, Amaima Sohail, Nida Dar, Tuba Hasan, Alia Riaz, Diana Baig, Nasra Sandhu and Sadia Iqbal.
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