IND vs AUS Playing XI: The last final of the T20 World Cup was played between India and Australia, but this time both these teams are face to face in the semi-finals. India’s daughters will have to produce a strong performance against the Australian women’s team, which has been undefeated in 22 consecutive matches, to reach the final of the second T20 World Cup on Thursday.
Australia have been so dominant in the T20 World Cup that they have entered the final six times out of seven and have been crowned champions five times. The Indian team would be looking to avenge their losses in the final of the 2020 T20 World Cup and the final of the Commonwealth Games by defeating Australia in the semi-finals. Harmanpreet Kaur’s team played 4 matches in Group ‘B’ in which India won three and lost against England by 11 runs. India reached the last four by finishing second in the group. The performance of the Indian team so far in the tournament has not been anything special. Got victory but not by a big margin.
The positive side that the Indian team has is that since March 2021, Australia has lost only two matches in all three formats of cricket. In both these matches, India has beaten him. India also defeated Australia in the group round of the 2020 T20 World Cup. The two teams have also met five times in the T20 World Cup, with India winning twice. The good news for India is that Smriti Mandhana is back in form. He scored an inning of 87 runs in 56 balls against Ireland. This was the best innings of Smriti’s T20 career, in which she hit 9 fours and 3 sixes. Whenever Mandhana has given India a good start, India has scored big. Smriti Mandhana will once again have to play a big innings if India has to win the semi-finals against Australia.
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Possible playing-11 of India and Australia
India: Shefali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemima Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Renuka Singh.
Australia: Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), Ellyse Perry, Ashley Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Megan Schutt, D’Arcy Brown.
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