India Women face a stern examination of character and skill tomorrow as they square off against the formidable Australia Women in the 13th match of the ICC Women's World Cup 2025 at the Dr.Y.S Rajshekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium. On paper this is a contest between two cricketing nations, in practice, it is a battle of temprament, with India's top & middle order staring down a bowling attack as discpline & ruthless as any in women's cricket today.
Strength:- Australian and Indian stregth lies in the wrist spinners with plenty of turn on offer in vizag. India's trio Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana & Charni Singh not only keep strangehold but chip in decisive blows in middle overs. Same goes with traditional pace studded aussies, who has Ashleigh Gardner, Alana King & Sophie Mulinux at the helm of spin bowling to bring calm in the second powerplay.
India's late middle order has been saving the day for the team so far on home ground with Amanjot kaur, Deepti Sharma & Richa Ghosh stitching crucial partnership. Mirroring Asian counterpart Australian tail has been wagging hard since inception of marquee tournament with a counter punch ton in the name of Ashleigh Gardner & match saving fifty from Alana King.
Weakness: On the contrary, The top order has kept both teams in troubled waters. India has always been on the recovery spree against south asian countries & Proteas with dismal outing of Smriti mandhana, Harmanpreet kaur and Jamimah Rodrigues. While Australia lost half a side against White ferns on Indore's batting paradise followed by a cluster collapse against Pakistan. Opening pair Alyssa Healy Lithfield & Elyse Perry have so far disappointed.
India Women Predicted Playing XI: Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani.
Australian Women Predicted Playing XI: Alyssa Healy (C & WK), Phoebe Lithfield, Elyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahila Mcgrath, Sophie Mulinux, Kim Garth, Alana King, Megan Shutt
Time:- Toss at 2:30 pm Match at 3:00 pm
Where to watch:- On star sports network and Jio Hotstar
