In a rematch of the T20 World Cup 2020 closing, India and Australia will conflict for the gold medal on the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Sunday (August 7). While the Down Under facet is taken into account favorite within the match, the Women in Blue have all of the luck on their facet to trigger an upset.
The match at Edgbaston will start at 9.30 IST.
Although there’s a seen hole between Australia and the remainder of the world in girls’s cricket, India got here shut sufficient to stun Meg Lanning’s group within the opening match on the Commonwealth Games. It was pacer Renuka Singh who rattled the highest order and decreased Australia to 49/5 earlier than Ash Gardner stood tall and reaffirmed the depth within the Australian lineup.
India bounced again within the group stage, whereas Australia maintained their excellent run to achieve the semi-finals, the place India edged previous the hosts England and Australia defeated New Zealand. India met England in a repeat of the 2018 and 2020 T20 World Cup semifinals, however their method this time round was aggressive as Smriti Mandhana gave India a dream begin. India could not construct on the proper begin within the center over, however Jemimah Rodrigues lifted the facet, which turned out to be the distinction as England fell brief by 4 runs. Come the ultimate, India might want to go huge with a purpose to maintain Australia on the backfoot.
Australia, however, want to full a treble on the golden Sunday, having received the 2020 T20 World Cup and the 2022 ODI World Cup. The Australian bowlers, led by Megan Schutt, restricted New Zealand to a average whole. Barring Sophie Devine and Amelia Kerr, no Kiwi participant may handle to sort out the mighty Australians. Although Australia opener Alyssa Healy hasn’t fired but, she can’t be underestimated. She is a giant recreation participant and was the one who setup the 2020 closing for Australia in opposition to India.
SQUADS (FROM):
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, S. Meghana, Taniyaa Bhatia (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana.
Australia: Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Grace Harris, Alyssa Healy (wk), Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Amanda-Jade Wellington.
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