The 1st of the 5-match ODI series between India Women and South Africa Women will be played on March 7th at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.
India Women Team Updates:
Priya Punia and Smriti Mandhana will probably open the inning for the India Women team. Both are very talented players and played many attacking innings in previous matches.
Jemimah Rodrigues, Punam Raut and Mithali Raj (c) will handle the middle order of the team
Harmanpreet Kaur and Sushma Verma will look to finish the innings in the lower middle order
Mithali Raj will lead the India Women team as a Captain. She is also good Batsman.
Sushma Verma will do the wicket keeping for India Women team.
Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Poonam Yadav will take care of the spin bowling of the team.
Mansi Joshi and Jhulan Goswami will lead the pace attack of the team.
South Africa Women Team Updates:
Laura Wolvaardt and Lizelle Lee will probably open the inning for the SA-W team. Both are well known inning openers.
Sune Luus (c), Lara Goodall and Mignon du Preez will handle the middle order of the team
Marizanne Kapp and Trisha Chetty will look to finish the innings in the lower middle order
Sune Luus will lead the SA-W team as a Captain. She is also a good Alrounder.
Trisha Chetty will do the Wicket Keeping duty for her SA-W team.
Sune Luus will lead the spin attack of the team.
Tumi Sekhukhune and Ayabonga Khaka will take care of the pace attack for her team.
Last 5 Head to Head:
India Women: 2 Won South Africa Women: 3 Won
Top Picks
Smriti Mandhana already got past 2000 runs in ODI cricket in her only 51 ODI matches, she averages 43.08 and has scored 4 centuries and 17 half-centuries.
Veteran cricketer Mithali Raj has played over 200 ODIs for India and has scored 6888 runs at an impressive average of 50.64.
Jhulan Goswami has picked up 225 wickets in 182 matches at an excellent economy of 3.28 runs per over with the best figures of 6/31, She has even scored 1076 runs with the bat..
Laura Wolvaardt was the leading run-scorer for South Africa Women scoring 125 runs in 3 matches at an average of 41.67.
Marizanne Kapp , In the recent ODI series against Pakistan Women, she has scored 115 runs in 2 matches and even picked up 2 wickets as well.
Fantasy Tips
In wicket keeping, both the wicket keepers are good. You can choose anyone.
Allroounders may play major role on this pitch.
Captain Options – Smriti Mandhana, Laura Wolvaardt, Jemimah Rodrigues
