Women’s Tri-series 2020 FINAL - AU-W vs IN-W Fantasy Team

Australia Women hosted India and England for a T20 Women’s tri-series and after 6 games of round robin stage, we’ve reached the final wherein all three teams ended with 2 wins in 4 games each. The home team topped the points table while India Women finished second because of higher net run rates than England Women.

Of these 6 games, 5 were decided in regulation time and 4 of them were won batting second. Coming to the final, these two teams played each other twice already, with AUS Women winning one by 4 wickets and IND Women winning one by 7 wickets. Keep reading for our complete Howzat (sign-up with code “READ1234”) fantasy preview of the AU-W vs IN-W game…

Match info

Tournament: Women’s T20I tri-series in Australia 2020.
Date: 12th February 2020, 8:10am IST.
Venue: Junction Oval, Melbourne.
Capacity: 7,000+
Series status: FINAL.

Recent form

AUS-W: W L W L W
IND-W: W L L W W

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Numbers

Last 5 games head to head, AUS Women lead 3-2.
Rajeshwari Gayakwad – 16 wickets in last 9 outings.
Smriti Mandhana in 4 matches this tournament – 15, 35, 45, 55.
Tayla Vlaeminck – 5 wickets in 2 games this tournament so far.

Australia Women

Remember to always choose the all-rounders first. While Ellyse Perry hasn’t been at her best in recent months, she’s surely brought her A-game here with 90 runs in 4 games with a best of 49 with the bat, to go with 6 wickets in 4 games with the ball. Ashleigh Gardner is their highest scorer thanks mostly to a score of 93 but Beth Mooney has been more consistent, with 2 fifties in 4 games and a total of 137 runs.

With the ball, Tayla Vlaeminck could be a good option. Having missed the first couple of games, she’s come into the sides and been of great use, with a 2-fer and 3-fer in her 2 games so far. Though she’s only got 14 runs and just 2 wickets in this series so far, Jess Jonassen could be a good all-round option having been in fantastic form in the domestic circuit of late. She could even be your AU-W vs IN-W fantasy side captain.

India Women

Deepti Sharma has always been one of the better all-rounders in India Women’s cricket, though she usually doesn’t get a bat much in T20 games. She has 5 wickets in 4 games and 32 runs in 4 innings, being dismissed only once so far, so she’s a good pick. Radha Yadav is another great fantasy pick with 4 wickets in 4 games here this series, and not a single game wicketless in her last 10 outings.

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With the bat, Shafali Verma is the youngest in both sides but she’s proved to be brilliant in the T20 format, with 92 runs and a top score of 49 so far in this series too, so she’s part of my Howzat (sign-up with code “READ1234”) fantasy team. No surprises when I tell you that Smriti Mandhana is once again the top scorer for India in a series, with consistent performances in all games and a lowest of 15 so far.