Indian women cricket team led by Mithali Raj will be high on confidence, with their rare double series win over South Africa in the recently concluded ODI and T20I series in the rainbow nation, when they will face the strongest women cricket team of Australia for the upcoming three-match One Day International series.
The opening match of the tournament will be played on March 12. All three matches of the series will be played at Reliance Stadium, Vadodara. Star Sports will broadcast all the matches live on television.
While Australian team will get inspiration from their ‘majestic’ win in both the practice matches against India ‘A’ by 321 runs and seven wickets, respectively, Mithali’s girls will get inspiration from their ‘historic’ win over Australia, in the semi-finals of Women’s World Cup 2017 — their last clash against Meg Lanning’s team.
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Meanwhile, return of Aussie skipper Meg Lanning is the plus point for the Kangaroos while the absence of injured Jhulan Goswami is bad news for Women-in-Blue.
Here is the fixture of the tournament:
1st ODI: March 12, at Reliance Stadium, Vadodara.
2nd ODI: March 15, at Reliance Stadium, Vadodara.
3rd ODI: March 18, at Reliance Stadium, Vadodara.
Teams:
India women squad: Mithali Raj(c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Punam Raut, Jemimah Rodrigues, Veda Krishnamurthy, Mona Meshram, Sushma Verma, Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey, Sukanya Parida, Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma
Australia Women Squad: Meg Lanning(c), Rachael Haynes, Nicole Bolton, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Belinda Vakarewa, Elyse Villani, Amanda Wellington