South Africa Women Tour Of India 2021, The 1st ODI match will be played between INDIA Women & SOUTH AFRICA Women (IN-W vs SA-W) At Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.

This is the first time women’s international cricket would be played at the new venue in Lucknow, which hosted its first international match in 2018, an India vs West Indies T20I encounter. That match aside, the facility has been used primarily by the Afghanistan team as one of their home venues – they have played one Test, three ODIs, and four T20Is there. The Indian men’s team was scheduled to take on South Africa there last March, but that match was canceled following the Covid-19 outbreak.

Pitch Report:

This match is going to take place at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium. Expecting it to be a neutral pitch.

No women match played at this ground till now but the expected score for 1st batters is going to be 190/10 (48ovrs).

Expected XI

India Women: Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Punam Raut, Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Sushma Verma (WK), Jhulan Goswami, Mansi Joshi, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

South Africa Women: Lizelle Lee, Laura Wolvaardt, Sune Luus (c), Lara Goodall, Mignon du Preez, Marizanne Kapp, Trisha Chetty, Nadine de Klerk, Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba

Squad View:

India Women: Mithali Raj (Captain), Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Punam Raut, Priya Punia, Yastika Bhatia, Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), D. Hemalatha, Deepti Sharma, Sushma Verma (WK), Swetha Verma (WK), Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Mansi Joshi, Poonam Yadav, C. Prathyusha, Monica Patel

South Africa Women: Sune Luus (Captain), Ayabonga Khaka, Shabnim Ismail, Laura Wolvaardt, Trisha Chetty, Sinalo Jafta, Tasmin Britz, Marizanne Kapp, Nondumiso Shangase, Lizelle Lee, Anneke Bosch, Faye Tunniclife, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Mignon du Preez, Nadine de Klerk, Lara Goodall, Tumi Sekhukhune.

BabaCric Expert Dream11 Team

C & VC Selection:

Safe Options: M Capp, D Sharma, S Mandhana, L Wolvaardt

Risky Options: S Luse, J Rodrigues, T Chetty, P Yadav, S Ismail