We already have one team that has its place in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 final, and that is South Africa Women’s, as they won against England Women by 125 runs. Australia Women will play against India Women in the second semi-final on 30th October. DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai is the venue. The match starts at 3 PM, and the question is whether Shafali Verma will open in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 Semi-final?
The Australian team is surely the team that has the best record when it comes to performing in big stage matches. India, playing at home, had started on a good note but lost three consecutive matches to Australia, South Africa, and England in the group stages. They have gained momentum as they won the last match against New Zealand at the same venue as their match against Bangladesh was washed out.
Shafali Verma will open in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 Semi-final?: Australia Women vs India Women Predicted line-ups
This will be the first match for Shafali Verma in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, and what a match to start with. She is a replacement for Pratika Rawal. Shafali has big shoes to fill as Pratika was the third-highest run scorer in the World Cup so far. She has a lot of talent and surely can get you runs. Shafali, along with Smriti, needs to give the Indian Women’s team a great start.
On the other hand, the Australian team is no short of injuries and doubts for their star batter. Australia’s captain, Alyssa Healy, who is also the highest run scorer for them in the competition, did not feature in the last two matches for them. There are doubts about her fitness, but she will surely start the semi-final, as no one wants to miss a World Cup semi-final.
India Women’s Expected XI:
- Batsmen: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), and Jemimah Rodrigues
- Wicketkeeper: Richa Ghosh
- All-rounders: Deepti Sharma and Sneh Rana
- Bowlers: Kranti Gaud, N Shree Charani, and Renuka Singh
Australia Women’s Expected XI:
- Batsmen: Phoebe Litchfield and Beth Mooney
- Wicketkeeper: Alyssa Healy (C)
- All-rounders: Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Ellyse Perry, and Kim Garth
- Bowlers: Alana King and Megan Schutt
Australia Women vs India Women in ODIs: Head-to-Head
Both Australia Women vs India Women have played a total of 60 matches against each other in the ODI format. The Australian team has won on 49 occasions, whereas the Indian team has won eleven times. When we just look at the head-to-head record only in World Cups, then both teams have met each other 14 times. Australia Women have won 11 times, whereas India Women have just won three times. Basically, they also won against India in this year’s group match, which was played at Visakhapatnam.
Weather Forecast: Australia Women vs India Women
DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai is the venue for the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai is the venue between Australia Women and India Women. There is a yellow alert for rain during the day. If the match does not happen on Thursday, then we don’t need to worry, as he has a reserve day, which is Friday. Basically, if both days are washed out, the Australian Women’s team will go to the final. The reason is that they finished higher in the points table.
Winner Predictions: Australia Women vs India Women – ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 Semi-final
The confidence that the India Women’s team will get if they defeat the Australian Women’s team will be something different. It will surely not be an easy job. All the players need to bring their 200% to beat this team. The World Cups are all about magic, and we are predicting India Women to beat Australia Women.
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