West Indies-W vs India-W: India Women will try to keep the winning momentum while they take on West Indies in the 9th match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 at Newlands Cricket Ground. Harmanpreet Kaur’s India beat Pakistan by 7 wickets in the first match of the tournament. On the other hand, West Indies women lost their first match in the Group stage against England.
Match: West Indies vs India ICC Women’s World T20 – 9 of 23
Date: 15th February 2023
Time: 06:30 PM IST
Venue: Newlands Cricket Ground
Pitch Condition: The 9th T20 match will take place at Newlands Cricket Ground. The pitch here is a batting friendly one in T20 cricket with an average first innings score of 121. Also, pacers will get support with pace and bounce in powerplay overs. After the powerplay, batters will dominate the game.
West Indies-W vs India-W – The Squad
West Indies: Chedean Nation, Djenaba Joseph, Zadia James, Aaliyah Alleyne, Chinelle Henry, Hayley Matthews, Stafanie Taylor, Trishan Holder, Rashada Williams, Shemaine Campbelle, Afy Fletcher, Karishma Ramharack, Shabika Gajanabi, Shakera Selman, Shamilia Connell.
India: Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Sabbhineni Meghana, Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Harmanpreet Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Sneh Rana, Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia, Anjali Sarvani, Meghna Singh, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayawakad, Renuka Singh, Shikha Pandey.
West Indies-W vs India-W – Team Performance in the Past Matches
India Women will take on West Indies women in their second match of the Group stage match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. Opening the World Cup campaign with a win against Pakistan on Sunday, India is trying to be top on the points table to go for the next stage.
During the first match, Indian stars Jemimah Rodrigues’ 53-run knock and Richa Gosh’s 31 from 20 balls powered an amazing 7-wicket win over Pakistan in a record World Cup chase of 150. Shafali Verma also scored a 31 from 20 balls while chasing. Radha Yadav got 2 wickets in the game while Pooja Vastrakar and Deepti Sharma claimed a wicket each. India chased the target while 6 balls left.
Meanwhile, West Indies women lost their opening match against England by seven wickets on Saturday. Hayley Matthews opted to bat first in the match but that turned out to be the wrong decision. Even though Hayley Matthews and Shemaine Campbelle played well in the match, the English spinners squeezed the side to restrict them to 135. Hayley has got 42 runs while Shemaine has got 34 runs. Chinelle Henry picked 2 wickets for the side. Afy Fletcher also got a wicket in the match. West Indies women are staying at the bottom of the points table and hence want to win the match for sure to go to the next level of the tournament.
West Indies-W vs India-W – Face to Face
India women and West Indies women faced each other 20 times in a T20 match. Out of these 20 matches, India won 12 times whereas West Indies won 8 times. The last T20 match played between these two is in January, and India clean sweep the 2-match series.
Here our experts at FCL are giving a prediction for the coming match. Hope you could find it helpful by any means
Wicket-keeper: Richa Ghosh.
Batters: Harmanpreet Kaur, Shemaine Campbelle, Chedean Nation.
All-Rounders: Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Hayley Matthews, Chinelle Henry.
Bowlers: Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Radha Yadav, Shamilia Connell.
Captain: Rajeshwari Gayakwad.
Vice-Captain: Harmanpreet Kaur.
Wicket-keeper: Richa Ghosh.
Batters: Harmanpreet Kaur, Shemaine Campbelle, Jemimah Rodrigues.
All-Rounders: Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Hayley Matthews, Chinelle Henry.
Bowlers: Radha Yadav, Renuka Singh, Afy Fletcher.
Captain: Deepti Sharma.
Vice-Captain: Hayley Matthews.
