England Women vs India Women, ICCW T20 WC 2023, Today Match Prediction 18 February 2023

engw vs indw Match Prediction & Analysis

The ICC T20 World Cup 2023, is finally up and running and the stakes could not be higher. All teams have played at least 2 games, and have had their time to assess the pitch and conditions. Each game from here can decide a team's fate when it comes to eventually winning the World Cup.

England Women, come into this competition as one of the early favourites to win this World Cup. After winning both of their first 2 games, they have shown why they come in with those tags. England Women will want to win the world cup again, after being unable to win it since 2009.

Indian Women have gone off to a fantastic start, winning both the games in the group so far. After coming so close in the last edition, they will want to make amends this edition. Also coming into the tournament as favourites, India Women will look to go all the way. 

TEAMS PREVIEW

England Women Preview

After the semi-final exit in the last edition, England will be looking to go 2 better and win the tournament as they did in the first-ever edition. Not only do they have the team, but also have the momentum as they have won both their games in the tournament so fast.

After being put in the field by the Irish, things could not have gone better for the England Women. After a decent start by Ireland with the bat, England managed to claw their way back as they managed to bowl out the Irish Women for a score of 105. Sophie Ecclestone and Sarah Glenn were exceptional as they picked up 3 wickets each.

With a score of 106 to chase, it seemed like quite an easy task for the stature of the England Women's team. And so it proved to be as they chased down the target in a mere 14.2 overs losing 6 wickets. Alice Capsey blew the Irish away with an exceptional 51 off 22 balls.

Key Players: Danielle Wyatt, Alice Capsey, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn

England Women Predicted Playing XI:

Danielle Wyatt, Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, Nat Sciver Brunt, Heather Knight(c), Amy Jones(w), Sophie Ecclestone, Charlotte Dean, Katherine Sciver Brunt, Sarah Glenn, Lauren Bell

England Women Actual Playing XI:

Sarah Glenn, Danielle Wyatt, Sophia Dunkley , Sophie Ecclestone, Charlotte Dean, Alice Capsey, Amy Jones, Katherine Brunt, Heather Knight, Natalie Sciver, Lauren Bell

India Women Preview

Coming into this tournament, the expectations from the India Women's team have been at an all-time high, and their performances so far have taken it a notch higher. With 2 wins in 2 games, team India will want to remain undefeated and clinch the ICC T20 World Cup for the first time.

Put into the field after losing the toss, the Indian bowlers made an exceptional start picking up the first wicket in the second over itself. After an impressive platform set up by the West Indian batsmen after that, the Indian bowlers fought back exceptionally and restricted the West Indies to just 118 runs. Deepti Sharma was incredible as she picked up 3 wickets for 15 runs.

The batting department made easy work, as they chased down the target in 18.1 overs. With a good opening partnership with a fantastic end to the innings lower down the order, the Indian would be mighty impressed with this performance. Richa Ghosh was once again mighty impressive scoring 44 off 32 balls.

Key Players: Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues

India Women Predicted Playing XI:

Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Thakur Singh

India Women Actual Playing XI:

Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey, Renuka Singh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Harmanpreet Kaur, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather will be really pleasant. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be in the 23°C - 18°C range, with a 90% chance of rain in the morning.

Venue Details

St. George’s Park in Gqeberha, South Africa will be hosting this encounter.  The capacity of the ground is 19,000.

In the last 5 T20s played here, the team batting first has won 2 games and the batting second has won 3 games.

Toss: To Bowl

The team that wins the toss would want to bowl first. Given the history of the ground, as well as the possibility of rains, batting second will be the most sensible option. Also, the pitch is not so famous for high scores, it is an advantage for the team batting second.