Preview:
Australia Women and India Women will clash in the one-off Test match, which will get underway from September 30th. It is a significant Test, which will be played with a pink ball. Australia Women are playing a Test for the first time since July 2019. They managed to draw that Test against England. Rachael Haynes has been ruled out of this clash because of an injury.
India Women, on the other hand, haven’t played a lot of Test matches in recent times. This will be their second Test match of the year. After fighting really hard on the final day at Bristol, they drew their last match against England Women. Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami are the most experienced players in this format for India Women.
Match Details:
Australia Women vs India Women, Only Test
Venue: Carrara Oval, Carrara
Date & Time: September 30th-October 3rd, at 10:00 AM IST and 2:30 PM Local Time
Live Streaming: Sony Sports Network
Pitch Report:
The Carrara Oval, home ground of Queensland, has hosted only one international fixture to date. However, it has hosted many big bash matches, where both batters and bowlers have found equal success. We can expect a balanced surface for this match.
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Probable Playing XIs for AU-W vs IN-W:
Australia Women
Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Annabel Sutherland/Georgia Wareham, Darcie Brown, Stella Campbell, Molly Strano
India Women
Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Punam Raut, Shikha Pandey, Mithali Raj (c), Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, Taniya Bhatia, Sneh Rana, Pooja Vastrakar, Jhulan Goswami
Top Picks for AU-W vs IN-W Dream11 Match:
Top Picks – Australia Women
Meg Lanning is a world-class player and one of the most successful captains of all time of Southern Stars. She has scored 185 runs in her 4 Test matches at an average of 23.12, with the highest score of 57.
Ellyse Perry has a good record in the longest format of the game. She has accumulated 624 runs in 8 Test matches at an average of 78, and more importantly, has scalped 31 wickets as well.
Top Picks – India Women
Playing in her first Test match, Shafali Verma didn’t show any kind of nerves against England Women and scored two back-to-back half-centuries. In 2 innings, she has scored 159 runs, with the highest score of 96.
Smriti Mandhana has featured in 3 Test matches, where she has scored 167 runs in 5 innings at an average of 33.4, with the highest score of 78.
AU-W vs IN-W Must Picks for Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
| Player | Statistics (Career Test Stats) |
| Meg Lanning | 185 runs |
| Ellyse Perry | 624 runs and 31 wickets |
| Alyssa Healy | 201 runs |
| Shafali Verma | 159 runs |
| Smriti Mandhana | 167 runs |
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for AU-W vs IN-W Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Alyssa Healy, Meg Lanning, Beth Mooney, Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma (vc), Ellyse Perry (c), Deepti Sharma, Ashleigh Gardner, Molly Strano, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for AU-W vs IN-W Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Alyssa Healy (vc), Meg Lanning (c), Mithali Raj, Punam Raut, Shafali Verma, Ellyse Perry, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Darcie Brown, Stella Campbell
AU-W vs IN-W Risky Captaincy Choices:
Ashleigh Gardner has played one only Test so far, where she scored 12 runs and picked up a wicket. Considering her outstanding numbers in the shortest format, she is a risky captaincy pick for your fantasy teams.
Punam Raut has scored 187 runs in her 3 Test matches at an average of 37.4, with the highest score of 130. You can take a risk and pick her as your fantasy team skipper.
Player you should avoid:
Since Alyssa Healy is the first choice of wicketkeeping option, you can avoid Taniya Bhatia while making your fantasy teams.
