🏏India women vs England Women’s T20 World Cup 2023:🏏

INDW vs ENG Women’s T20 World Cup 2023

After being put under pressure in their previous two games, India will have no room for error when they take on a formidable England in the Women’s T20 World Cup on Saturday.

A win against world number two England on Friday will take the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side effects into the knock-out stage, to have competed among the top two teams from Group 1 and 2.

The Indians beat arch-rival Pakistan by seven wickets before notching a more convincing six-wicket win against West Indies earlier this week.

While the twin wins put India in a strong position to qualify for the semifinals, it was hard-hitting teenager Richa Ghosh’s brilliance that pulled the ‘Women in Blue’ over the line on both occasions.

Against England, the top-order will have to give a better account of themselves. U-19 World Cup-winning captain Shafali Verma has been unable to convert her starts in the tournament so far, giving away her wicket at crucial junctures.

Back after nursing a finger injury, Smriti Mandhana looked in imperious touch as she timed the ball to perfection but couldn’t go the distance.

Teams (from):

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Anjali Sarvani, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Shikha Pandey.

England: Heather Knight (c), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Katherine Sciver-Brunt, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Lauren Winfield-Hill and Danni Wyatt.

Match starts 6.30 IST.

Jemimah Rodrigues will seek some consistency while skipper Kaur has also looked in good touch and has made useful contributions though she has not scored big so far with 33 being her highest.

They will have to navigate England’s spin trio of Charlie Dean, Sophie Ecclestone and Sarah Glenn.

While the bowling department put up a much-improved show against West Indies, the Indian bowlers will have to bowl out of their skin against England, who have the likes teenager Alice Capsey, who will head into the match high on confidence after notching the joint-fastest fifty in Women’s T20 World Cup history.

Pooja Vastrakar has been impressive, sharing the new ball duties with Renuka Singh while the ever-reliable Deepti Sharma bowled showcased exemplary death bowling against West Indies.

The fielding too has been patchy, with mis-fields and dropped catch marring some stellar display. India can ill afford the sloppiness against England who are bound punish any mistakes.

On the other hand, firm title contenders England, like India, are also unbeaten after two games and are best-placed to qualify for the semifinals.

On the same points as India (+0.590), Heather Knight and Co. lead the group owing to a superior net run rate of +2.497.

The mix of youth and experience is doing the trick for the former champions with the likes of Capsey and Lauren Bell supporting the experience of Knight, Nat and Katherine Sciver-Brunt and Danni Wyatt.

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Stumper-batter Richa Ghosh is in phenomenal form at the moment. After her match-defining knock against Pakistan, the 19-year-old once again played a stellar innings against West Indies to help India win the match by six wickets.

Skipper Harmanpreet supported her well in the middle, scoring 33 off 42 deliveries. When it comes to bowling, Deepti Sharma was sensational. The all-rounder clinched three wickets by giving only 15 runs in her four overs. Thus, there have been a lot of positives for India in the first two matches but there are some massive concerns as well. The openers not in form is one such thing.

ENG-W vs IND-W Pitch Report:

The surface at St George’s Park is a sporting wicket and both batters and bowlers can get help from the surface. However, bowling first will be ideal and anything over 150 will be a good score on this pitch.

Probable Best Performers

Probable best batter

Richa Ghosh:

Given her form at the moment, one can’t bet against Richa Ghosh. In two matches so far, the 19-year-old has smashed 75 runs and if promoted up in the order, she can do more damage. Nevertheless, she has proved to be really dangerous so far and will be a vital cog for the Indian team in the match against England.

Probable best bowler

Sophie Ecclestone:

The English spinner has picked up six wickets from two matches in the ongoing tournament. A lot of England’s success depends on her bowling and the team management will hope that she will keep up the form and get the job done against India.

Today's Match Prediction: India Women to win the match

Essentially a game that decides who gets to avoid Australia in the semis! 😃

Now despite the win, England have struggled in their previous match against Ireland. Alice Capsey was the lone warrior with the bat as all the other batters lost their wickets rather cheaply. However, when it comes to bowling, the Three Lions were magnificent. Sophie Ecclestone and Sarah Glenn picked up three each while Charlie Dean picked up two. Given their form, they can throw a tough challenge to the Indian batters.