Prediction and Preview: India Women vs Pakistan Women
CWG 2022: On July 31, India Women and Pakistan Women will face off. The game will take place in Birmingham’s Edgbaston Stadium. India enters this match after a loss to Australia Women on Friday. The Australian Women’s team had a difficult game, but they triumphed in the final over.
That's that from our first game at #CWG2022
Australia win by 3 wickets.#TeamIndia will look to bounce back in the next game.
Scorecard – https://t.co/cuQZ7NHmpB #AUSvIND #B2022 pic.twitter.com/p1sn3xS6kj
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) July 29, 2022
India Women were defeated by Australia Women by three wickets in their first match and are now ranked third in Group A. India batted first and scored 154 runs, with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur leading the way with 52 runs and Shafali Verma contributing 48 runs. Despite Renuka Singh’s 4/18 session, Australia won by three wickets with an over remaining.
Pakistan Women were defeated by Barbados Women by 15 runs in their first match and are ranked fourth in Group A. Barbados Women scored 144 runs when batting first, but Pakistan fell short of the mark, finishing on 129/6. Fatima Sana got two wickets for Pakistan, and Nida Dar scored an unbroken 50 from 31 balls. In the past five matches, Pakistan has only won one T20I match against India.
The standout performer for Pakistan 👏@CoolNidadar smashed seven fours and one six in her gallant effort ⚡#B2022 | #BackOurGirls pic.twitter.com/kyR2zGrKFs
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) July 29, 2022
With the Commonwealth Games serving as a much larger platform, this match between the two rivals is sure to be an electrifying one. In the history of T20 cricket, each sides have faced each other about 11 times. However, India Women have won nine times, whereas Pakistan Women have won twice.
“There will be a lot of emotions that day even before the game starts because you’ll see a lot of people who have come to watch it. There will be a lot of emotions. It’s just that how you’re going to keep everything intact,” said India all-rounder Veda Krishnamurthy.
Head to Head :
- Matches played = Total: 11, India won: 9, Pakistan won: 2
- Last meeting = India won by 7 wickets
- Last five meetings = India won: 4, Pakistan won: 1
India Women – Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Taniya Sapna Bhatia (Wk), Yastika Bhatia (Wk), Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma, S Meghana, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh, Jemimah Rodrigues.
Pakistan Women – Bismah Maroof (c), Muneeba Ali (wk), Diana Baig, Nida Dar, Anam Amin, Aiman Anwer, Gull Feroza (wk), Iram Javed, Ayesha Naseem, Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Omaima Sohail,Tuba Hassan, Kainat Imtiaz, Sadia Iqbal.
Prediction: We Predict India Women will deal a crushing blow to Pakistan Women and ensure a stunning victory. It will come down to a battle of will and skills and the competition will be fierce and entertaining.