INDW vs SAW 1st T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips
India Women will take on South Africa Women in the 1st T20I. The match will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and will start at 7:00 PM IST on July 5
INDW vs SAW, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Pitch Report
The pitch will not be the easiest to bat. The Chepauk wicket tends to help the spinners and scoring runs gets tougher after the powerplay. A score of 140 could be hard to chase.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for India vs South Africa Women 1st T20 2024
IND Women Team News & Playing 11
IND-W Team News
After comprehensively beating South Africa in the ODI series and the one-off Test the Women in Blue shift focus on the T20I series. The hosts have been on a rampage in the series and demolished South Africa women in one sided encounters. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side look good to sweep the T20I series as well, however, South Africa are far more competitive in shortest format of the game.
IND-W Team Batting
Smriti Mandhana will hold the key for India women. The stalwart has been in great form, scoring two hundreds in the ODI series and backing it up with another century in the one-off Test. Shafali Verma will also be over the moon after scoring the double century in the one-off Test not so long ago. Also, Richa Ghosh, given his striking abilities will be key to India’s chances.
IND-W Team Bowling
Renuka Singh Thakur will lead the pace attack. She is a wonderful pacer and even though not in best of form, she can rattle the Proteas batting. Also, Deepti Sharma troubled the South Africans in the ODI series, taking six wickets and will hold the key with the ball along with Pooja Vastrakar, who picked four wickets in the ODI series.
IND-W Team Form
India women have been in magnificent form, having compressively defeating South Africa in the ODI series as well as the one-off Test.
IND Women Predicted Playing 11
Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Shreyanka Patil
SA Women Team News & Playing 11
SA-W Team News
South Africa Women were below par in the previous games, however, senior players did well occasionally. If South Africa have to beat this Indian team, other players will have to chip in with crucial contributions and support Laura Wolvaardt, Sune Luus and Marizanne Kapp
SA-W Team Batting
Laura Wolvaardt and Marizanne Kapp will be the key players. Wolvaardt scored a hundred in the ODIs as well as the Test match. Kapp also scored a hundred in the ODI series. Luus scored a hundred in the Test match. The three batters need to do the bulk of the scoring.
SA-W Team Bowling
The bowlers have not been in great form for South Africa but Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba did well in the ODIs, picking 4 wickets. Marizanne Kapp is a top class bowler and even though she did not bowl much in ODIs and Test match, will hold the key in T20Is.
SA-W Team Form
South Africa were no match to India in the previous games. This is because that the likes of Laura Wolvaardt and Marizanne Kapp did not get much support from other batters. If SA have to win, the team needs to come good and not just one or two players.
SA Women Predicted Playing 11
Laura Wolvaardt (c), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Sune Luus, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Chloe Tyron, Mieke de Ridder (wk), Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayabonga Khaka, Tumi Sekhukhune
🏆 IND Women vs SA Women Prediction
India have dominated South Africa in the ODI and Test series and they will start the T20I series as favourites. The Indian team is laced with match winners from top to bottom while the players have been in great form. South Africa on the other hand are over reliant on Laura Wolvaardt and Marizanne Kapp. India are favourites for us.
