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India (w)
Pakistan (w)
India Women will face Pakistan Women in the 6th match of the ICC Womenβs World Cup at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Both teams will look to strengthen their position in the tournament with an important win.
India will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur. They have shown better recent form with 3 wins in their last 5 ODIs. They also started the tournament with a comfortable victory over Sri Lanka Women, which gives them momentum heading into this match.
Pakistan will be under the captaincy of Fatima Sana. Their recent record is weaker, with only 2 wins in their last 5 ODIs. They lost their opening match of the World Cup against Bangladesh Women, which puts pressure on them to bounce back.
In head-to-head contests, India has dominated completely, winning all of the last 5 matches against Pakistan. 3 of those wins came while chasing and 2 while defending.
India has produced the highest run-scorer in each of the last five head-to-head matches, showing their batting strength over Pakistan.
The betting tip is...
Top Batterβs Team - India
57 %
43 %
India (w)Pakistan (w)The India Women will enter this match with a strong form in both batting and bowling. Smriti Mandhana will be the key batter, having scored back-to-back hundreds against Australia. She has made 608 runs in her last 10 matches at an average of 60.8.
Deepti Sharma will provide stability in the middle order with 414 runs in 10 matches at an impressive average of 82.8. She scored 53 runs in the opening match against Sri Lanka Women, guiding India after Mandhanaβs rare failure. Harleen Deol contributed 48 from 64 balls, while Amanjot Kaur added a vital 57 from 56 balls down the order.
In bowling, Sneh Rana and Kranti Goud will be the leading options with 15 wickets each in their last 10 and 8 matches. Deepti Sharma took 3/54 and was Player of the Match against Sri Lanka. India used six bowlers in that game, and all took wickets.
Mandhana, Deol and Deepti are the key batters.
Predicted Lineup: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Shree Charani, Kranti Goud.
Pakistan Women will look to improve after their poor start in the World Cup. Sidra Amin is their main batting option, with 528 runs in her last 10 matches at an average of 66.00.
She was the leading run-scorer in the South Africa series and the World Cup Qualifier. Muneeba Ali will add strength in the middle order, scoring 408 runs in their last 10 matches at an average of 40.8. However, both struggled in the opening match, where Pakistan collapsed for just 129, with the highest scores being 23 and 22.
In bowling, Fatima Sana will lead the attack. She finished as the top wicket-taker in the World Cup Qualifier with 12 wickets and has 14 wickets in her last 10 matches. Nashra Sandhu has taken 16 wickets in 10 games and will be another key bowler.
Muneeba, Amin and Riaz are the key batters.
Predicted Lineup: Muneeba Ali, Omaima Sohail, Sidra Amin, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Pervaiz, Fatima Sana (c), Sidra Nawaz (wk), Rameen Shamim, Nashra Sandhu, Diana Baig, and Sadia Iqba
India Women will start this match as clear favourites based on recent form and past results. Their batting order looks far stronger compared to Pakistan, especially after their solid win in the opening match against Sri Lanka.
Players like Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma have been scoring heavily and consistently, which gives India the edge at the top and in the middle order.
On the other hand, Pakistan struggled badly with the bat in their first game and have often found it difficult against India in World Cup clashes. With India having produced the leading run-scorer in each of the last 5 head-to-head meetings, it looks likely that their batters will dominate again in Colombo.
