The star Australian wicketkeeper batter and captain Alyssa Healy suffered a left knee injury on Saturday, ending her stint with Sydney Sixers in the Women's Big Bash League and putting in doubt for the next month's home ODI series against India.
Ayabonga Khaka and Marizanne Kapp shone with a ball to restrict Australia to just 134 total while bowling first and then Laura Wolvaardt and Anneke Bosch scored brilliant knocks to lead South Africa women to the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 final.
Australia are still unbeaten in the tournament and eyeing their seventh ICC Women's T20 World Cup title. They finished the group stage with four wins in as many games and will take on South Africa who finished Group B in the second position.
Alyssa Healy was unavailable for selection against India in Australia's last group-stage encounter. The wicketkeeper-batter was forced to warm the bench and allrounder Tahlia McGrath led the team in her absence.
The Women's T20 World Cup 2024 may have begun with a muted buzz, however, as it progressed, it has gone on to become one of the closely-fought tournaments with as many as seven teams in contention for a place in the top four until the last two days before West Indies handed a shocker to England.
Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh picked two wickets each to help India restrict Australia to 152 in their last group-stage game at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 in Sharjah. Deepti also entered the history book with her 29th T20I wicket against mighty Australia.
Tahlia McGrath stepped in to captain the Australian team in their last group-stage game against India at the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The star all-rounder scored quick 32 runs to break the former captain Meg Lanning's major T20I record on Sunday.
IND-W vs AUS-W, Women's T20 World Cup 2024: India women's cricket team faces a tough challenge against the defending champions Australia in their slim hopes for the semi-final spot. India need to beat Australia by 61 runs to secure the semis at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
In a major boost to their preparations ahead of the India game on Sunday, the Australian cricket team brought in Heather Graham as an injury replacement for Tayla Vlaeminck. Australia are favourites to secure a semi-final berth from Group A regardless of the result against India.
India are likely to be bolstered by the return of star bowling allrounder Pooja Vastrakar. Vastrakar was absent from the playing XI in the last two games due to a niggle but was seen bowling in the net sessions in the lead-up to the clash against Australia.
India are playing a game in Sharjah for the first time since October 29, 2000. Therefore, it will be a challenge for India to acclimatise to the conditions. On the other hand, Australia have already played two games in Sharjah.
India will have to beat Australia by 61 or more runs to dethrone them from the top spot in Group A. If India beat Australia by that margin then Australia will slip down to the second position and India will reach the top.
India have received a boost ahead of their clash against Australia in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup as two of Australia's squad members have got injured. There is no clarity on Tayla Vlaeminck and Alyssa Healy's participation in the game against India.
India are second on the points table with a net run rate (NRR) of 0.576 whereas Australia are sitting comfortably at the top of Group A with a net run rate of 2.786.
The defending champions Australia registered a huge nine-wicket win over Pakistan to all but secure a semi-final berth with three consecutive victories at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024. India remain second in the points table but are scheduled to face Australia in their last game on Sunday.
AUS-W vs PAK-W: A win for Australia will help them seal a place in the semifinal of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup. They are at the top of the table with two wins in two consecutive contests and have a net run rate (NRR) of 2.524.
Australia will be up against New Zealand in their second Women's T20 World Cup clash in Sharjah on Tuesday, October 8. New Zealand lost to Australia thrice last month, however, it is them who are coming off a convincing win in their opening fixture while the six-team champions got through the line.
Australia began their Women's T20 World Cup campaign with a comfortable yet nervy win in a low-scoring encounter against Sri Lanka in Sharjah. Pacer Megan Schutt was the star of the show for the six-time champions with the ball, taking three wickets for just 12 runs in her four overs.
New Zealand have been going through a rough patch in international cricket, T20Is in particular and have lost seven matches in the format in a row. In such a form, facing Australia can be tough but before the Women's T20 World Cup, this might just be the test the White Ferns would have wanted.
Australia A previously won the three-match T20 series 3-0 and then clinched the three-match 50-over contest 2-1. The unofficial Test in Gold Coast was the last game of the tour.
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