India vs New Zealand Women’s T20 World Cup

After winning two consecutive matches against Australia and Bangladesh, India women are getting in their socks for yet another win against New Zealand women, which will be played today at Melbourne.

The match starts at 03:00 PM local time (04:00 AM GMT) (09:30 AM IST). This match will be live on Star Sports ½. Live streaming will be available on Hotstar.

Indian women are sitting high at the top of the five-team Group A standings with four points from two matches. Indian bowler Poonam Yadav shined in both the matches with a total count of wickets taken being 7.

India will resort to their regular playing XI with their top and middle-order fixed. Meanwhile, New Zealand Women also won their opening game, defeating Sri Lanka Women by 7 wickets.

Weather Condition

It is expected to be a bright and sunny day in Melbourne on Thursday. While the temperature is set to hover between 18-20 degrees Celsius.

Pitch Report

The past four games at the Junction Oval in the recently concluded Tri-series between India, Australia, and England saw a fair balance between the bat and the ball. Both fast bowlers and spinners are likely to benefit.

Probable Playing XIs

India Women

Shefali Verma, SmritiMandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur ©, Deepti Sharma, Veda Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, Taniya Bhatia (WK), Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, RajeshwariGayakwad

Bench: Richa Ghosh, Harleen Deol, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav

New Zealand Women

Sophie Devine ©, Rachel Priest (WK), Suzie Bates, Maddy Green, Katey Martin, Katie Perkins, Amelia Kerr, Hayley Jansen, Lea Tahuhu, Leigh Kasperek, Jess Kerr

Bench: Anna Peterson, Lauren Down, Rosemary Mair, Holly Huddlestone