India or Australia – Who will win the legendary T20 World Cup semifinal?
The last team to defeat the defending champions in a tight T20 international is the opposition in the opening semi-final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023, which is just around the Scorner.
The last team to defeat the defending champions in a tight T20 international is the opposition in the opening semi-final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023, which is just around the corner.
There are few matches as important as Australia vs. India at Newlands, and the two teams have been preparing to face off for a place in Sunday’s championship game at the same venue.
How They Got Here
Australia put on a masterful performance in Group 1 by winning all four of their games to easily advance, living up to their reputation as the top-ranked T20I team in the world.
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Nobody really came close to defeating the defending champions, who easily defeated New Zealand by 97 runs in the opening match, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka with easy run-chases, and South Africa with a display of power hitting.
When India lost to England in their third game, they were in danger of falling short of their target of 150.
However, three victories out of four turned out to be more than enough to advance them in the end.
They began their Group 2 campaign with impressive run-chases against Pakistan and the West Indies, and they wrapped it up with a victory over Ireland using the DLS method after scoring 155/6 in the first innings. Even a defeat in that game would not have been sufficient to keep them from moving on to this semifinal unless it was by a significant margin.
Team Expectations
There will be a tonne of experience on India’s team. The one important selection choice will probably be between Radha Yadav and Devika Vaidya for the additional all-arounder position.
Expected India XI: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Thakur.
Alyssa Healy, who missed the final group game due to an injury, has been reinstated, according to Australia.
Ellyse Perry, who briefly served as the opener, is likely to move back down into the middle order and Annabel Sutherland is likely to be cut from the team.
Whether Jess Jonassen’s left-arm spin is necessary will be the key decision. Since the first game against New Zealand, the 30-year-old has not played.
Expected Australia XI: Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning, Ash Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown.
Australia defeated India 22-7 in a head-to-head competition.
India has been a team that has pushed Australia close over the years, despite the fact that Australia has a lopsided record against every other country in this format.
India was the last team to defeat Australia in a T20 International (aside from Ireland’s triumph in the pre-tournament warm-up games), having defeated them twice in the lead-up to the previous Women’s T20 World Cup.
However, victories have been rare. Australia triumphed 2-0 when the teams faced off in a series in Australia in 2021 and won the other four games in that T20I series in India in December.
They also defeated India twice at the Commonwealth Games last summer, including in the championship match, giving Australia two straight major final victories over India in the previous three years.
What occurs when it rains?
In this tournament, there are reserve days for the semifinals and the championship match, but the umpires will try to get a result on the first day by using the extra time that is available and, if necessary, reducing the number of overs.
In the event that neither the scheduled day nor the reserve day can bowl enough overs, the top-ranked qualifier (Australia) will advance.
If the scores are tied, what happens?
The game will move to a Super Over if the scores are tied at the end of the match.
A second Super Over will be played if the scores are tied at the end of the first one, and so on until a winner is declared.
The final will follow the same guidelines.
The Location Cape Town’s Newlands Cricket Ground
Given that Table Mountain and Devil’s Peak are directly across the street from it, Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town is regarded as one of the most picturesque venues in the entire world.
In addition to serving as the home of the Cape Cobras, who compete in the Sunfoil Series, Momentum 1 Day Cup, and RamSlam Pro20 competitions, it frequently hosts Test matches, ODIs, and T20Is.
The pitch conditions have been quite favourable for spinners thus far in the competition, but England demonstrated that there are plenty of runs available on the Newlands surface when they smashed 213/5 at the venue against Pakistan just a few days ago – the highest ever score at a Women’s T20 World Cup.
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