New Zealand Women vs India Women, NZW vs INDW, Today Match Prediction 11 February 2022

nzw vs indw Match Prediction & Analysis

New Zealand Women will play against Indian Women in the first one-day international of the bilateral series. This first ODI between these two will be played at John Davis Oval, Queenstown on 12th February 2022. India Women will try to come back stronger after losing the only T20 against the host.

When India-W met New Zealand-W in 2019, India-W won the ODI series of 3 matches. Indian opener Smriti Mandhana stole the show and scored 196 in that 3 matches ODI series at an average of 98 runs. Indian spinner Poonam Yadav also impressed everyone and managed to take 6 wickets in that series. 

New Zealand-W have surpassed India-W in the T20 match and would like to maintain that form in this ODI series also. On the other hand, after losing consistently in the last year against South Africa, England, and Australia, India-W would like to win this away series against New Zealand Women

TEAMS PREVIEW

New Zealand Women Preview

New Zealand-W managed to win the only T20 against visitors and sealed the T20 series. They are now all set to face visitors in the first ODI of this bilateral series at  John Davis Oval, Queenstown under the captaincy of Sophie Devine.

The team’s vice-captain Amy Satterthwaite is currently the world's number 4 batter and has been handling the top order batting of her team very well. She has scored 363 runs in the last 10 matches at an average of 45.38. Maddie Green and Brooke Halliday are in good touch to take the middle-order responsibility of the team. Brooke Halliday has scored 229 runs in her last 10 matches.

Lea Tahuhu and Hannah Rowe, both will try to put pressure on an Indian batter with attacking spells of bowling. Lea Tahuhu has taken 11 wickets in the last 6 innings for her team and also played an important role in the only T20Is played between these two teams. The overall New Zealand-W team is looking strong and well balanced in all departments. They would like to win this match and to take revenge of the last ODI series when they met India-W in 2019

Key Players: Amy Satterthwaite, Lea Tahuhu, Brookey Halliday, Hannah Rowe.

New Zealand Women Predicted Playing XI:

Sophie Devine (C), Amy Satterthwaite (VC), Suzie Bates, Amelia Ker, Lauren Down, Lea Tahuhu, Katey Martin (wk), Brookey Halliday, Maddy Green,  Jess Kerr, Hannah Rowe.

India Women Preview

India Women are all set to come back stronger in the ODI series against New Zealand-W where they will meet hosts in the 1st ODI at  John Davis Oval, Queenstown on 12th February 2021. The World number two ODI batter, Mithali Raj will lead team India and will try to help her team to come back on track.4

India-W lost the previous ODI series against Australia-W and managed to win just one game in the 3 match series. Jhulan Goswami bowled brilliantly to take 3 wickets for 37 runs in her spell of 10 overs and help her team to restrict Australia-W to just 264. While chasing the target, Yastika Bhatia’s 64(67) and Shefali Verma’s 56(91), played brilliant knocks to win the match for their team.

The world number 4 ODI all-rounder, Deepti Sharma has been exceptional for a team and will play an important role in this series also. Also, Jhulan Goswami, who has been leading the Indian pace attack for a few years and has taken 13 wickets in the last 9 matches and is one of the key players on the team. Indian attacking opening pair; Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma, are looking to start a game in this ODI series after Smriti Mandhana missed the only T20I against the host due to isolation rules. India-W would like to start a game with a display of attacking batting and try to win this first game of the series.

Key Players: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Poonam Yadav, Jhulan Goswami.

India Women Predicted Playing XI:

Mithali Raj (C), Harmanpreet Kaur (VC), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Jhulan Goswami.

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The cloudy weather is predicted throughout the ODI series. The chances of rain are 60%. The temperature will range between 18°C and 6°C with winds blowing at 11 km/h. The pitch favors the bowling team and it will be easy to restrict the opponents and chase down that target later.

Venue Details

The series will be hosted at John Davies Oval, Queenstown. It has an average capacity of 19000 spectators. So far 7 ODIs have been played at John Davies Oval.

Toss: To Bowl

This ground has conducted 10 ODIs so far. The team which prefers to chase here has more chances to win. Out of 10 ODIs, 7 ODIs showed results whereas 3 ODIs got canceled. The team bowling first has won 6 out of those 7 ODIs, therefore, the team winning the toss should field first here.