ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020: Final, India vs Australia

The Final of the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup will be played between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne.

The match starts at 06:00 PM local time (07:00 AM GMT) (12:30 PM IST). This match will be live on Star Sports Network. Live Streaming will be available on Hotstar.

This is for the first time India women have made it to the final while the hosts, Australia, have already won four world cup titles. And this time, Australia women’s team will be looking for a record-extending fifth T20 World Cup title.

While India qualified for their maiden final post-rain washing out their semifinal clash against England, Australia made it to the summit clash after defeating South Africa in the tightly contested rain-curtailed second semifinals played at the SCG.

However, India outclassed Australia by 17 runs when the two had met in the tournament opener at Sydney. The Melbourne Cricket Ground has been overloaded with around 75,000 fans, who will come to see their favorite team playing. Famous pop singer Katy Perry is set to electrify the vigor of fans. Perry will perform two songs on the occasion of International Women’s Day before the match.

Weather Condition

The weather is perfectly clear for a final clash of the T20 World Cup with no chances of rain on the match day. The wind will be blowing at a rate of 17 to 24 km/hr whereas the temperature will deviate between 10 and 22 Degree Celsius throughout the day according to Accuweather.

Pitch Report

The track at MCG is expected to offer a good battle between bat and ball. The batters have found it difficult to adjust against the swing bowling in the early phase on this ground.

Probable Playing XIs

India Women

Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Taniya Bhatia (WK), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Deepti Sharma, Veda Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav.

Bench – Pooja Vastrakar, Harleen Deol, Arundhati Reddy, Richa Ghosh.

Australia Women

Alyssa Healy (WK), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning, Ashleigh Gardner, Rachel Haynes, Sophie Molineux, Delissa Kimmince, Nicola Carey, Jess Jonassen, Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt.

Bench – Erin Burns/Sophie Molineux/Delissa Kimmince, Molly Strano, Annabel Sutherland.