ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020: Match 1

Australia women and India women lock their horns today at Sydney showground stadium, Sydney as they play for the 1st match of the ICC women's world cup T20.

The match starts at 07:00 PM local time (08:00 AM GMT) (01:30 PM IST). This match will be broadcasted live on Star Sports. Live Streaming will be available on Hotstar.

Both the teams recently faced each other in the Tri-series, where they played three games against each other with Australia coming up on top of team India in the final played in Melbourne.

Australia is the most successful team in women’s cricket of all time, having won six ODI World Cups and four T20 World Cups to date and is ahead in the Women’s Ashes with six victories.

Weather Condition/Report:

It is expected to be an overcast day in Sydney on Friday. According to the weather report, while the temperature is set to hover between 18-23 degrees Celsius, the humidity is set to be around 65%. Chance of rain- 50℅.

Pitch Condition/Report:

The pitch at Sydney Showground Stadium has usually been a slow surface where the ball tends to hold a bit into the surface. The ground has also been hampered with rain in the past few fixtures.

Probable Playing XIs

Australia Women

Alyssa Healy (WK), Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Meg Lanning ©, Ellyse Perry, Rachael Haynes, Sophie Molineux, Nicola Carey, Georgia Wareham, Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt.

Bench – DelissaKimmince, Annabel Sutherland, Erin Burns, Molly Strano

India Women

Shafali Verma, SmritiMandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur ©, Veda Krishnamurthy/Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (WK), Shikha Pandey, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Radha Yadav, Poonam Yadav

Bench – Arundhati Reddy, Veda Krishnamurthy/Richa Ghosh, HarleenDeol, Pooja Vastrakar.