NZ-W vs IN-W: Possible India Women Playing 11 for Match 8 of Women's World Cup

IN-W Playing 11: India Women will face off against New Zealand Women in the Match 8 of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2022 at Seddon Park, Hamilton. The Indian team secured a victory in their first league match against Pakistan. While the New Zealand women have have 1 win in 2 fixtures, and are coming into this game by winning against Bangladesh Women.

In their first fixture, Indian Women team posted a good total of around 244 runs on the board and won by 107 runs. But, they have lost 4 out of last 5 ODI matches against New Zealand, and will be interesting to see if they can make a turnaround to continue their momentum in the Women’s World Cup.

Team News

The team’s key players in the batting department will be Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Mithali, Raj, and Sneh Rana.
The likes of Jhulan Goswami, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Deepti Sharma, and Sneh Rana will be the crucial performers in the bowling unit.
The team is not expected to tinker with the combination of the last league match, and are expected to play with the same 11.
No injury or niggles are reported in the Indian women team camp.

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IN-W Playing 11 (likely)

1. Smriti Mandhana
2. Shafali Verma
3. Deepti Sharma
4. Harmanpreet Kaur
5. Mithali Raj (c)
6. Richa Ghosh (wk)
7. Sneh Rana
8. Jhulan Goswami
9. Meghna Singh
10. Pooja Vastrakar
11. Rajeshwari Gayakwad

India Women Squad

Mithali Raj (Captain), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav. Standby Players: Sabbhineni Meghana, Ekta Bisht, Simran Dil Bahadur

New Zealand Women vs India Women Dream11 captain, vice captain picks from IN-W

1. Deepti Sharma

The all rounder has been one of the finest players in the white ball cricket for the Indian team. In 12 matches against New Zealand, Deepti has garnered 242 runs and scalped 19 wickets.

	Matches	Runs	Wickets
ODI	70	1760	80
Against New Zealand	12	242	19

2. Mithali Raj

The most experienced campaigner was the leading run scorer for the Indian team in the recently completed series against New Zealand. While, she has piled up over 1000 runs in 35 ODIs against New Zealand.