India vs New Zealand, Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Harmanpreet Kaur’s Team India will open their campaign at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 against New Zealand in Dubai on Friday.
The Women in Blue will be hoping to get off to a strong start in Group A, marked as the group of death in the competition. India and New Zealand are yet to win a T20 World Cup, but have endured similar journeys in the history of the tournament.
The White Ferns finished runners-up in the first two editions in 2009 and 2010 but have not made the last-four at the tournament since 2016. Meanwhile, India finished runners-up behind Australia in 2020 while falling in the semi-finals last year.
India and New Zealand – T20 World Cup record
India– Matches: 36; Won: 20; Lost: 16
New Zealand – Matches: 36; Won: 24; Lost: 12.
India vs New Zealand – Women’s T20I head-to-head stats
India hold an underwhelming record against New Zealand in women’s T20Is, winning only four of their 13 meetings. New Zealand have won four of their last five clashes, including their last meeting in 2022.
India vs New Zealand matches: 13; New Zealand won: 9; India won: 4
Last five matches: NZ: 4, IND: 1.
IND vs NZ Playing XI prediction
India predicted XI: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Asha Sobhana/Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Singh
New Zealand predicted XI: Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine (C), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gaze, Leigh Kasperek, Jess Kerr, Eden Carson, Rosemary Mair, Lea Tahuhu.
Squads
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan.
New Zealand: Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Fran Jonas, Leigh Kasperek, Amelia Kerr, Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Molly Penfold, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu.
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