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IN-W vs WI-W 1st ODI Match Prediction [Source: @ICC/x]
India Women will continue their home winter against the visiting West Indies group with the upcoming first ODI of the three-match series. The matches will be hosted by the Reliance Stadium in Vadodara and the opening fixture is slated to commence from 1:30 PM IST onwards.
India Women
The Indian Women’s cricket team secured a 2-1 series win over New Zealand a couple of months ago at home. However, the ‘Women in Blue’ were blanked 0-3 by world champions Australia earlier this month to have their winning momentum hampered and obliterated. With a chance at ODI redemption, the Indian Women’s team will be aiming to finish off their uneven 2024 year on a high note by defeating the visiting West Indies group.
West Indies Women
After registering an emphatic 3-0 series victory in Pakistan earlier this year, West Indies Women sustained three huge defeats to Sri Lanka in June in the island nation. Under the leadership of Hayley Matthews, the visitors also lost this week’s T20I series to start off their Indian tour on a horrid note. In a bid to topple Harmanpreet Kaur’s star-studded line-up, West Indies Women will be expected to rely heavily on captain Matthews, and fellow all-rounder Deandra Dottin.
IN-W vs WI-W Head-to-Head Records in ODIs
| Matches | India women won | West Indies women won | N/R |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 21 | 5 | 0 |
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How Will The Reliance Stadium Pitch Behave?
Slower bowlers will have much to say at the Reliance Stadium in Vadodara, especially during the middle overs of the innings. The fast bowlers, however, can make an early impact with the new ball. Batters will be required to pace the innings and apply themselves to the crease before making quick runs in the backend. The average first innings total at the venue in all women’s ODI matches since 2018 has turned out to be 230. Since the match is a day/night fixture, the captain winning the toss will likely opt to bat first under the sun.
Players To Watch Out For In IN-W vs WI-W 1st ODI
India Women
Smriti Mandhana
Senior Indian opener Smriti Mandhana notched up half-centuries in each of the three innings of the recently-concluded T20I series against West Indies. Moreover, Mandhana also smacked a regal 105 in one of the ODIs against Australia a couple of weeks ago.
Deepti Sharma
Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma has picked up 15 wickets in her last nine ODI appearances for India. The 27-year-old also holds a stellar record with the bat, as she averages 33.64 after 83 innings.
Saima Thakor
Fast bowler Saima Thakor has enjoyed a promising start to her ODI career. Ever since she made her format debut a couple of months ago in Ahmedabad, she has picked up seven wickets and maintained an economy of just 5.41.
Richa Ghosh
Belligerent wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh clobbered an 18-ball half-century earlier this week against West Indies to record T20I cricket’s joint-fastest fifty. As Team India braces itself for the ODIs, the 21-year-old will be aiming to extend her blistering form to the 50-overs format.
West Indies Women
Hayley Matthews
West Indies all-rounder and captain Hayley Matthews orchestrated her team’s lone victory of the tour so far with an exceptional 85* and a two-wicket haul in Navi Mumbai. With an experience of 84 ODI matches, Matthews will start out as one of the key members to watch out for from the visiting party.
Deandra Dottin
Senior all-rounder Deandra Dottin holds an experience of 135 ODI matches. With 2,894 runs with the bat and an additional bag of 71 wickets with the ball, the 33-year-old is a formidable asset in the current West Indies line-up.
Afy Fletcher
West Indies leg-spinner Afy Fletcher holds an exceptional track record in ODIs with the ball. With 86 wickets from just 65 innings, Fletcher averages 23.24 in the format with an economy of just 4.06.
Karishma Ramharack
Karishma Ramharack troubled the Indians in the first T20I of the tour earlier this week by picking up two wickets and conceding just 18 runs in four overs. Ramharack’s run-restricting abilities in the middle overs might come in handy for the West Indies on the Vadodara surface.
Today's Match Prediction: IN-W vs WI-W 1st ODI
Predicted Top Performers
India Women – Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh
West Indies Women – Hayley Matthews, Deandra Dottin. Afy Fletcher
IN-W vs WI-W 1st ODI: Predicted Score
Predicted first innings score: 235-260
Predicted second innings score: 200-225
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