Dream11: Ind v Ban – Shafali Verma, Poonam Yadav top captaincy picks

Match Details

ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020
India vs Bangladesh
Group A, Match 6
WACA Ground, Perth
24 February 2020
04:30pm IST

Preview

India will be looking to build on their bright start to the tournament when they take on Bangladesh in the sixth match of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020. India come into this match on the back of a thrilling 17-run victory over Australia in the tournament opener.

The spinners, Poonam Yadav in particular, were at the top of their game as they helped defend 132. They will also draw confidence from how their middle order took responsibility: Deepti Sharma and Jemimah Rodrigues anchored the innings when India lost early wickets. But their issues with lower-order power-hitting persist.

Bangladesh will be playing their first match of the tournament. A win over Pakistan in the warm-up fixture will do wonders for their confidence. Jahanara Alam was the pick of their bowlers that match, claiming four wickets.

Weather conditions

Rain and scattered thunderstorms are predicted. Keep an eye on the latest forecasts in the run in to the game.

Pitch report

The last two encounters at this venue have been low-scoring matches. Moreover, this is going to be the second game of the day at this venue, so expect the pitch to show signs of wear.

Possible XI

Bangladesh

Murshida Khatun, Ayesha Rahman, Shamima Sultana, Nigar Sultana (wk), Fargana Hoque, Khadija Tul Kubra, Fahima Khatun, Salma Khatun (c), Nahida Akter, Jahanara Alam, Panna Ghosh

India

Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Top picks

Shafali Verma: The 16-year-old has impressed with her shot-making ability. Against Australia, she scored a quick-fire 29 and got India off to a good start. She has been the second-highest run-getter for India since the last T20 World Cup; expect her to fire against Bangladesh.

Poonam Yadav: The leg-spinner registered match-winning bowling figures of 4/19 against Australia. No bowler has taken more wickets than Poonam in women's T20Is since her debut. That sums up how good she is at her job.

Jahanara Alam: Alam picked up four wickets in the warm-up fixture against Pakistan. Leading Bangladesh's pace attack, expect her to do well here as well.

Other important players (Overall T20I stats)

Smriti Mandhana | 1677 runs @ 25.80 Avg

Deepti Sharma | 356 runs @ 17.80 Avg, 49 wkts @ 19.1 SR

Jemimah Rodrigues | 871 runs @ 27.21 Avg

Captaincy and vice-captaincy options (in order of priority)

Captain- Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Poonam Yadav, Deepti Sharma

Vice-captain - Smriti Mandhana, Jahanara Alam, Jemimah Rodrigues

Suggested Playing XI

**Keeper -**Nigar Sultana

**Batswomen –**Murshida Khatun, Smriti Mandhana (vc), Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma (c)

**All-rounders –**Rumana Ahmed, Deepti Sharma

**Bowlers –**Jahanara Alam, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav

Dream11 Team

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