India Women vs England Women, ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2020, Today Match Prediction 05 Mar 2020

indw vs engw Match Prediction & Analysis

ICC WT20 World Cup comes to the knockout stages with India facing England for the first semi-finals. India came into the semi-finals undefeated topping Group A with 4 wins out of four matches. India defeated Australia, New Zealand, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka in their group matches.

England started off the season with a shock defeat against the South Africa team but, they regrouped and came out victorious against West Indies, Thailand, and Pakistan in their remaining matches. Both teams are in good form and momentum and high on morale after winning matches in a row currently. We are in for a big cracking contest between two of the best teams in the Women's cricket.

TEAMS PREVIEW

India Women Preview

India's batting has been led by the teenage sensation Shefali Verma in all the matches played so far. Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma have come up with some crucial contributions in the matches so far. Senior players Smriti Mandana and Harmanpret Kaur must step up in the knockouts to help their post a big score on board.

Indian spinners have run the show for the team so far picking up 21 wickets so far. Poonam Yadav (9 wickets), Radha Yadav (5 wickets), Rajeshwari Gayakwad (5 wickets), and Deepti Sharma (2 wickets) are all amongst the wickets column. Shikha Pandey has been the frontline pacer in the team and has picked up 7 wickets so far despite spinners taking the limelight.

Key Players:

Shefali Verma – the find of the tournament so far scoring 161 runs at a massive strike rate of 161. She missed out o her maiden World Cup half-century in all the matches and will look to get it in the knockouts.

Radha Yadav – played just 2 matches but made her presence straightaway with 5 wickets at an economy of 6 RPO. Her 4/23 catapulted the Sri Lankan team`s collapse in the last match.

India Women Predicted Playing XI:

Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Veda Krishnamurthy, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma

England Women Preview

England has outclassed all their opponents after their first match by a margin of 40+ runs easily. Nat Sciver (202 runs) and HC Knight (193 runs) lead the batting charts in the tournament as the top two run-scorers. Amy Ellen Jones, Danielle Wyatt, and Fran Wilson came up with a couple of 20+ cameos so far.

England has bowled the opposition for less than 120 runs in their last three matches. Sophie Ecclestone and Anya Shrubsole have 8 wickets each in the 4 matches. Sarah Glenn, Nat Sciver, and Katherine Brunt have played the support act to the bowling unit very effectively with crucial wickets.

Key Players:

Nat Sciver – the leading run-scorer this season with 203 runs at a strike rate of 113. She has made three 50+ scores in the four matches in this World Cup. She also has 4 wickets at an economy of 5.4 RPO.

Sophie Ecclestone – the best bowler this season with 8 wickets at an economy of just 3.2 RPO. She has given away just 30 runs off 11 overs in the last three matches.

England Women Predicted Playing XI:

Heather Knight (c), Anya Shrubsole, Danielle Wyatt, Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Amy Ellen Jones (wk), Natalie Sciver, Fran Wilson, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Mady Villiers

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather does not look promising with almost 90% chances of rain on the match day. The last two matches of the Group stage at Sydney were washed out without a result.

Venue Details

SCG has been traditionally a spin friendly pitch in Australia and we expect spinners to play a big role in this match. We can expect average scores in range of 130-140 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bat

Both teams have won three matches each batting first this World Cup and would look to continue the trend in this match too. But, the cloud cover on the matchday may tempt the teams to bat second considering the DL equation in mind.