AU-W vs IN-W Dream11 Match Prediction ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Fantasy Team News

AU-W vs IN-W Dream11 Match Preview: In the opening encounter of the exciting and entertaining ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, hosts Australia Women will be locking horns with the India Women. Both the teams will be entering this match with a winning momentum as they have won their last warm-up games. Australia will definitely be counted as the favourites due to their sensational victory in the final of the recently concluded T20I tri-series against India also involving England. However, India are also not that much behind in competition as they have a quite balanced team which the Aussies will wary of.

Match Details

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup- Match 1

Australia Women vs India Women

Venue: Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney

February 21, Friday at 01:30 PM IST

Head to Head: In their last five meetings, Australia Women have won three matches and India Women have ended up winning two games.

AU-W vs IN-W Dream11 Team News

Australia Women Team News

Injury Status: Pacer Tayla Vlaeminck has been ruled out of the mega event with a foot injury. Molly Strano has been drafted as the replacement.

Team Combination

• Wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy will open the batting with Beth Mooney
• Ashleigh Gardner, captain Meg Lanning, Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Rachael Haynes will bat in the middle-order
• The likes of Megan Schutt, Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Nicola Carey and Ellyse Perry will be the frontline bowlers.

Playing XI:

Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Meg Lanning (C), Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Rachael Haynes, Megan Schutt, Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Nicola Carey.

Australia Women Squad

Meg Lanning (C), Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Rachel Haynes, Megan Schutt, Jess Jonassen, Molly Strano, Nichola Carey, Delissa Kimmince, Erin Burns, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham.

AU-W vs IN-W Dream11 Team News

India Women Team News

Injury Status: There are no updates about any injury unavailability.

Team Combination

• Shafali Verma will open the batting alongside Smriti Mandhana
• Jemimah Rodrigues, captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy and Deepti Sharma will bat in the middle-order
• Taniya Bhatia will be keeping wickets
• Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Deepti Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur will form part of the bowling attack.

Playing XI:

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

India Women Squad

Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Pooja Vastrakar, Harleen Deol, Veda Krishnamurthy.

AU-W vs IN-W Dream11 Fantasy Picks

Australia Women Fantasy Picks

• Beth Mooney- 208 runs in last five T20I matches at an average of 52
• Ellyse Perry- 91 runs and 7 wickets in last 5 T20I matches.
• Jess Jonassen- 7 wickets in the last five T20I matches at an economy of 5.29 including a five-wicket haul

Players to Avoid

• Annabel Sutherland
• Rachael Haynes

India Women Fantasy Picks

• Smriti Mandhana- 216 runs in the last 5 T20I matches at an average of 43.20
• Harmanpreet Kaur- 118 runs in last 5 T20I matches at an average of 39.33
• Rajeshwari Gayakwad- 10 wickets in the last 5 T20I matches at an economy of 6.30

Players to Avoid

• Veda Krishnamurthy
• Taniya Bhatia

AU-W vs IN-W Dream11 Fantasy Team

We are backing the Australia Women to win this match.

WK: Alyssa Healy

BT: Beth Mooney, Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Ashleigh Gardner

ALL: Ellyse Perry, Deepti Sharma, Jess Jonassen

BW: Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Megan Schutt, Delissa Kimmince

Captain choices: Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Jess Jonassen, Smriti Mandhana.

Fantasy Tip: Australian team looks more balanced and are in a good form and therefore, you should pick more Australian Women cricketers.