🏏ICC Women's World Cup 2025:India W vs Bangladesh W, Match 28🏏 - Page 39

NZW 101/4(22.4)

CRR:4.4

New Zealand Women opt to bat

Ecclestone to Halliday, out Caught by Sophia Dunkley!! Halliday c Sophia Dunkley b Ecclestone 4(14)

Ecclestone to Halliday, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Over 23

1 0 1 Wd2 W 1 0 (5 runs)

NZW 102-4

Sophie Devine

6(8)

Maddy Green

1(1)

Sophia Dunkley

0.2-0-1-0

Sophia Dunkley to Green, FOUR, quicker legbreak outside off, Green goes deep inside the crease and cuts it square to the left of sweeper cover. A long chase for the fielder in the deep, but to no avail...

Capsey to Green, out Caught&Bowled!! New Zealand five down. Excellent return catch that from Alice Capsey. She lobbed a full ball outside off, Green hit that on the full and went off the cue end of the bat low to the left of Capsey. She put in a dive and clasped it both hands inches above the turf. Green c and b Capsey 18(19) [4s-2]

Capsey to Green, THATS OUT!! Caught&Bowled!!

Over 34

1 0 W 1 0 0 (2 runs)

NZW 156-6

Isabella Gaze

14(21)

Jess Kerr

1(1)

Nat Sciver-Brunt

5-0-23-1

🏏India Women vs Bangladesh Women, 28th Match🏏

Date & Time: Today, 3:00 PM LOCAL

In the intervening hour between India and Bangladesh's practice sessions at the DY Patil Stadium on Saturday, dark clouds gathered overheard. The cool breeze was in sharp contrast to the heat and humidity of Navi Mumbai over this week's action at the World Cup 2025. After India's session was wrapped up, Jemimah Rodrigues brought out a pickleball paddle to play fetch with her pet, who instead wanted some white-ball action and decided to field near where Fargana Hoque Pinky was taking throwdowns. A short, sharp spell of rain forced them all indoors and the main square quickly wrapped up - a precursor to what Sunday might also hold for the two teams.

India's last game, against Bangladesh, at Navi Mumbai faces a significant rain threat. As it is, with the league stages of the World Cup winding down, Sunday's double header carries only academic interest given the semifinals line-up is locked in. Yet, both teams have their own reasons to approach the dead-rubber with intent and focus.

Their qualification secured with just three wins, thanks to the many weather interruptions in Colombo, India's would be looking to nail that delicate balance between maintaining the winning momentum and workloads of regulars ahead of the knockouts. With the semifinal against defending champions Australia, who ruthlessly dismantled South Africa in Indore to finish atop, India have to find a way to preserve this rhythm they hit against New Zealand while also ensuring the players remain fresh for the high-stakes week ahead.

For Bangladesh, it is as much about pride as it is about final standings. Their fragile batting has often undone the games set-up by their impressive bowling attack, leaving them rooted to the points table with just a solitary win over Pakistan - who incidentally have more points all owing to washouts. On the back of five successive defeats since, if Bangladesh are able to pull off a surprise win against the tournament hosts, they can potentially even pip New Zealand for a sixth-place finish. And that would mean a significant USD 420,000 boost in ICC prize pool earnings over the USD 280,000 they're guaranteed now for a bottom-two finish.

When: Sunday, October 26 at 3 PM IST

Where: DY Patil Cricket Stadium, Navi Mumbai

What to expect: The pitch and conditions are among the best for a high-scoring game, provided the weather holds up. It's predicted to be a rainy weekend with about 75% precipitation expected on Sunday and, unfortunately, from morning itself.

Head to Head: India have won 6 out of 8 games (one tied) against Bangladesh, including the one in World Cup 2022. The only game they lost was in the 2023 bilateral series, wherein the last game also ended in a tie.

Team News

India: Only Harleen Deol and the four non-playing members of India's last playing XI turned up for the optional session on Saturday amidst a drizzle. Richa Ghosh did not keep wickets post the second drinks break against New Zealand after sustaining a blow to her finger, and might just be rested as a precaution ahead of the knockouts. If not more, at least Amanjot Kaur is likely to return for Renuka Thakur.

Probable XI: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Jemmah Rodrigues, Uma Chetry/Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Sree Charani, Kranti Gaud

Bangladesh: The visitors could swap legspinners, bringing back Fahima Khatun for Rabeya Khan.

Probable XI: Fargana Hoque, Rubya Haider Jhelik, Sharmin Akhter, Nigar Sultana (c, wk), Sobhana Mostary, Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Nahida Akter, Fahima Khatum, Nishita Akter Nishi, Marufa Akter

Did you know?

-Indian spinners have picked 32 wickets altogether in six games - the most by any team in this edition

- Bangladesh have lost 27 wickets to spin in six games - the second most by a team in this tournament after South Africa (31)

- India dropped have 15 catches so far in this World Cup - the most among all the teams. Their catching efficiency of 64.2 is second from bottom, after Bangladesh (48.1).

- Pratika Rawal is 24 runs away from becoming the second player to score 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year after Smriti Mandhana (1259 in 2025)

What they said:

"She's fine, and the S&M team is taking care of it. I mean they are still discussing so I don't have the exact updates about it but she's fine. She looks fine." - India bowling coach Aavishkar Salvion Richa Ghosh's availability

"If you look at the 2022 World Cup, that was our first World Cup, and we were quite weak in the batting department. There was only one fifty, and that was from Pinky. But in this tournament, you can see around six or seven fifties. So, I think that's an improvement because scoring a fifty is not easy... Earlier, we had only one or two good teams in domestic cricket, but now there are six or seven. Before, most players came from North Bengal, but now we have players from Chattogram and Sylhet as well. Maybe their parents are also watching the matches now. Most people in Bangladesh are following this World Cup, which is a great inspiration for us. It motivates us to fight against stronger teams." - Sobhana Mostary, Bangladesh middle-order batter, on the team's improvements since their maiden World Cup