Who: India vs New Zealand
What: ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 Group A match
When: Friday, October 4 at 6pm (14:00 GMT)
Where: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
How to follow: Al Jazeera’s live text protection starts at 11:30 GMT
India will start their look for a first ICC Women’s T20 World Cup title when they deal with New Zealand in a vital Group A match on Friday.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s group are positioned 3rd, simply above their challengers, in the ICC females’s T20 global rankings however will watch out for the hazard positioned by a skilled side led by Sophie Devine.
India’s head coach Amol Muzumdar thinks his group head into the competition with a lot of self-belief and experience.
“We have had a great season leading up to the World Cup,” he informed press reporters on Thursday.
Muzumdar stated the group management and captain have actually been dealing with discovering the best mix for the playing 11 ahead of the very first match.
“We have actually found out the best mix that we are going to play tomorrow,” he stated.
New Zealand captain Devine will hope that her group will have the ability to get rid of the current back-to-back series losses versus Australia and England.
Devine will hold the secret to New Zealand’s possibilities with the bat, however Suzie Bates and Amelia Kerr are likewise efficient in handling the very best bowling attacks worldwide.
Positioned in the harder of the 2 groups– together with holders Australia, Asian champs Sri Lanka, and the unforeseeable Pakistan– both groups will want to get points in the bag in the very first video game.
Type guide: India
India’s last T20 worldwide getaway led to a loss– and an expensive one– when they were beaten by Sri Lanka in the last of the Women’s Asia Cup in July.
Prior to the last, they had actually won all their video games in the competition in Dambulla, Sri Lanka.
Last 5 T20 outcomes: L W
Type guide: New Zealand
New Zealand, too, get in the competition on the back of a string of losses in the T20 format. They were beaten 3-0 by the present champs Australia. Their trip of England ended in a series loss.
Last 5 T20 outcomes: L
India vs New Zealand: Head-to-head
The head-to-head record in T20 matches favours New Zealand, who have actually won 4 of their 5 conferences, consisting of the last one in February 2022.
India’s only win came at the T20 World Cup 2020 in Australia, where the ladies in blue were the losing finalists.
India group news
India are a settled group and one that overflows with experience with the similarity Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Verma, Singh and Yadav.
Team: 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 group news
New Zealand will be positive that their skilled top-order batting lineup will deal with the danger postured by India’s strong bowling attack.
Team: Sophie Devine (captain), Suzie Bates, Eden Carson, Isabella Gaze (wicketkeeper), Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Fran Jonas, Leigh Kasperek, Amelia Kerr, Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Molly Penfold, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu
Are tickets for the Women’s T20 World Cup still readily available?
Yes. Tickets for the competition went on sale on September 25 on the competition’s site. They will likewise be offered at kiosks at both locations.
The ICC has actually revealed complimentary entry for fans under the age of 18. The rate for tickets varies in between 5 UAE dirhams ($1.36) and 550 dirhams ($150).
How to view the Women’s T20 World Cup?
The ICC has actually allocated rights to numerous broadcasting and online streaming outlets throughout the world.