Who: India vs New Zealand
What: ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup 2024 Group A match
When: Friday, October 4 at 6pm (14:00 GMT)
The place: Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tips on how to observe: Al Jazeera’s dwell textual content protection begins at 11:30 GMT
India will start their seek for a maiden ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup title after they face New Zealand in a vital Group A match on Friday.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s staff are positioned third, simply above their opponents, within the ICC girls’s T20 worldwide rankings however might be cautious of the menace posed by an skilled aspect led by Sophie Devine.
India’s head coach Amol Muzumdar believes his staff head into the match with loads of self-belief and expertise.
“We’ve got had a implausible season main as much as the World Cup,” he informed reporters on Thursday.
Muzumdar mentioned the staff administration and captain have been engaged on discovering the correct mix for the taking part in 11 forward of the primary match.
“We’ve got found out the appropriate mixture that we’re going to play tomorrow,” he mentioned.
New Zealand captain Devine will hope that her staff will have the ability to shake off the current back-to-back collection losses in opposition to Australia and England.
Devine will maintain the important thing to New Zealand’s possibilities with the bat, however Suzie Bates and Amelia Kerr are additionally able to taking over the perfect bowling assaults on the planet.
Positioned within the more durable of the 2 teams – together with holders Australia, Asian champions Sri Lanka, and the unpredictable Pakistan – each groups will look to get factors within the bag within the first recreation.
Type information: India
India’s final T20 worldwide outing resulted in a loss – and a pricey one – after they have been crushed by Sri Lanka within the remaining of the Ladies’s Asia Cup in July.
Previous to the ultimate, they’d received all their video games within the match in Dambulla, Sri Lanka.
Final 5 T20 outcomes: L W W W W
Type information: New Zealand
New Zealand, too, enter the match on the again of a string of losses within the T20 format. They have been crushed 3-0 by the present champions Australia. Their tour of England resulted in a collection loss as effectively.
Final 5 T20 outcomes: L L L L L
India vs New Zealand: Head-to-head
The top-to-head file in T20 matches favours New Zealand, who’ve received 4 of their 5 conferences, together with the final one in February 2022.
India’s solely win got here on the T20 World Cup 2020 in Australia, the place the ladies in blue have been the dropping finalists.
India staff information
India are a settled staff and one which brims with expertise with the likes of Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Verma, Singh and Yadav.
Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Yastika Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajeevan Sajana
New Zealand staff information
New Zealand might be assured that their skilled top-order batting lineup will address the menace posed by India’s sturdy bowling assault.
Squad: Sophie Devine (captain), Suzie Bates, Eden Carson, Isabella Gaze (wicketkeeper), Maddy Inexperienced, Brooke Halliday, Fran Jonas, Leigh Kasperek, Amelia Kerr, Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Molly Penfold, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu
Are tickets for the Ladies’s T20 World Cup nonetheless accessible?
Sure. Tickets for the match went on sale on September 25 on the match’s web site. They can even be accessible at kiosks at each venues.
The ICC has introduced free entry for followers underneath the age of 18. The value for tickets ranges between 5 UAE dirhams ($1.36) and 550 dirhams ($150).
Tips on how to watch the Ladies’s T20 World Cup?
The ICC has allotted rights to numerous broadcasting and on-line streaming retailers the world over.
