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Live Scores IND vs AUS ICC Women’s World Cup Latest Updates: Australia captain Meg Lanning won the toss and decided to bowl first and hoped it was raining in the morning. Indian captain Mithali Raj said that he too should have bowled first. Both the teams have made one change each in their playing XI.
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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the India Women vs Australia Women’s World Cup Group Stage match from Eden Park, Auckland. After an inconsistent start to the tournament, the Women in Blue face a tough challenge in the mighty Australia who are unbeaten in the tournament so far.
The Mithali Raj-led side has massive matches against Pakistan and Australia, but they have suffered crushing defeats to New Zealand and England in the group stage so far.
In all four matches, his batting has been swinging between the very high and low ends. Amid their inconsistent campaign, India will now face six-time World Cup winners Australia at Eden Park on Saturday, who are on a consistent, undefeated run in the tournament.
It will be the first time since the semi-finals of the 2017 edition in the derby that the two teams will clash in a 50-over World Cup match, where Harmanpreet Kaur’s whirlwind 171 acted as a knockout punch for Australia.
A win against Australia would prepare India’s campaign to reach the semi-finals as they take on Bangladesh and South Africa later. In the bilateral series against New Zealand ahead of the World Cup, India’s batting looked stronger than their bowling.
But in the mega event, the bowling is looking strong, while the batting has emerged with the weak link.
For now, the Mithali Raj-led side will have to ensure that top and bottom batting performances and losing wickets in heaps will avoid Australia’s bowling attack which has bowled out New Zealand and West Indies for 128 and 131 respectively. in his last two matches.
The fall of 114/6, 95/5, 78/3 and 86/7 shows that in both wins and losses, India have been hampered by this troubling issue, which Smriti Mandhana acknowledged in her pre-match briefing .
Left-handed Mandhana, India’s leading run-getter so far in the tournament with 216 runs, believes the stitching partnership will be key in solving the collapse problem.
If India manages to avoid the ups and downs in the top and middle order, they will need runs collectively from the batting order. Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur are among the runs but the same cannot be said of Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma.
Mithali fell to three for four, while Deepti replaced the captain, but the duo did not score runs in the four matches. It remains to be seen whether Shafali Verma comes out-of-form or India will stick with left-hander Yastika Bhatia.
Australia, on the other hand, has little to worry about. Rachel Haynes has been in excellent form, topping the run-scoring charts with 277 runs. Alyssa Healy and Meg Lanning will look more consistent while Ellyse Perry, Ashley Gardner, Tahlia McGrath and Beth Mooney have done well.
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