India Women will take on Ireland Women in the first WODI of the three-match series on Friday, January 10, at the Niranjan Shah Cricket Stadium in Rajkot. Both teams have played a total of 12 WODI matches so far.
India Women have won all these 12 games. Both teams last faced each other in a WODI game back in 2017 which India Women won by 249 runs after posting a total of 358 runs on the board.
India Women last played an ODI series against West Indies Women and won the three-match series by a margin of 3-0. Ireland Women last played an ODI series against Bangladesh back in November-December last year. Bangladesh Women won all three matches of the ODI series.
IND-W vs IRE-W Probable XIs
India Women
Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Tejal Hasabnis, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Tanuja Kanwar, Titas Sadhu, Priya Mishra, Saima Thakor
Ireland Women
Sarah Forbes, Gaby Lewis (c), Orla Prendergast, Leah Paul, Laura Delany, Rebecca Stokell, Arlene Kelly, Christina Coulter Reilly (wk), Alana Dalzell, Freya Sargent, Aimee Maguire
IND-W vs IRE-W Pitch report
It will be the first WODI game at the Niranjan Shah Cricket Stadium in Rajkot. The ground has hosted a total of four ODI games so far. The venue last hosted the semi-finals and final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023. The pacers are likely to find enough help from the surface as seen in the previous matches here.
IND-W vs IRE-W Top Picks
Orla Prendergast
The 22-year-old all-rounder has featured in 31 ODI games so far for Ireland. She has made 771 runs at an average of 32.12 and has one century and three half-centuries to her name. With the ball, she has taken 14 wickets at an average of 30.07.
Pratika Rawal
Pratika made her ODI debut in the last series against the West Indies. She made 134 runs in the three-match series at an average of 44.66 and took two wickets as well.
IND-W vs IRE-W Captain picks
Smriti Mandhana
Smriti is the highest ranked Indian batter in the Women’s ODI batting rankings currently. She has scored four half-centuries in her last five outings.
Deepti Sharma
Deepti won the Player of the Match award the last time India Women and Ireland Women played a WODI game. She is ranked in fifth place in Women’s ODI bowling rankings currently and picked a total of 24 wickets in 13 WODI games last year.
IND-W vs IRE-W Head to Head Dream11 team
Richa Ghosh, Smriti Mandhana (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Gaby Lewis, Prema Rawal (vc), Deepti Sharma, Orla Prendergast, Laura Delany, Arlene Kelly, Aimee Maguire
IND-W vs IRE-W Grand League Dream11 team
Richa Ghosh, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Gaby Lewis, Deepti Sharma (c), Orla Prendergast (vc), Laura Delany, Arlene Kelly, Priya Mishra, Titas Sadhu
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