India vs Pakistan Women's T20 World Cup match: How Harmanpreet Kaur's girls stacked up against Bismah Maroof's team

 

India has been placed in Group B along with England, West Indies, Pakistan and Ireland and the top two teams from the group will advance to the semi-finals 

The high-octane ICC Women's T20 World Cup campaign between arch-rivals India and Pakistan begins in Cape Town today. Let's take a look at the things to watch out for in the much-anticipated match. Team India, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, would like to continue their dominating record against Pakistan. 

With another chapter set to be written in this epic clash of titans, both the teams will look to take their campaign forward. 

Batting Position: 

Harmanpreet Kaur would like to rely on the strong batting line-up that the Women in Blue have, but will also rely on the fiery Renuka Singh, whose performances with the ball will be crucial in their opening campaign against Pakistan. Smriti Mandhana will miss the first match against Pakistan after suffering a finger injury during India's warm-up match against Australia. 

Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said that it felt really good that Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh, two members of the senior national team, got a taste of winning the World Cup trophy. 

In a video posted by the ICC, Harmanpreet said, "It feels good that two of our players got a taste of what it feels like to lift the World Cup trophy. Their experience and feelings will inspire others. We hope that What our U-19 team did will continue." , 

Pakistan would like to retaliate: 

Pakistan women's national team captain Bismah Maroof is looking to improve her country's performance in major tournaments and turn around the team's fortunes at the World Cup. Maroof will be looking at compatriots Nida Dar and Ayesha Naseem, two of the most explosive cricketers in T20 cricket, to help them in this triumph. 

Where to watch India vs Pakistan match 

Indian fans can watch the live streaming of India Women vs Pakistan Women T20 World Cup match on Disney+ Hotstar app. The match will start at 6.30 pm Indian time. 

Star Sports will broadcast every match live in India on Star Network and Hotstar, with regional language coverage of all Indian matches in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. Global broadcast licensees include Sky Sports (UK and Ireland), Fox Sports (Australia), USA (Willow TV and ESPN+), Star Sports (Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal and Bhutan), Pakistan (PTV Sports and A-Sports), Sky Are included. Sport (New Zealand), ESPN (Caribbean Islands), GaziTV and TSports (Bangladesh), Willow TV and Hotstar (Canada), ESPN+ (Central and South America and Mexico), Astro Cricket (Hong Kong and Malaysia), TVWAN and Digicel ( Pacific Islands), Starhub (Singapore) and YuppTV (Afghanistan, Continental Europe and Southeast Asia). 

India have been placed in Group B along with England, West Indies, Pakistan and Ireland and the top two teams from the group will advance to the semi-finals. 

India's squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Anjali Sarwani , Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Shikha Pandey.