Both Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians have recorded two wins in their opening three Women's Premier League 2024 matches and enter this clash after suffering maiden defeats in their respective last games.
"Harmanpreet should be back for Saturday (against RCB), and I am really confident on that. We're just waiting on Ismail. It shouldn't be too long. But obviously we don't want to kind of bring her back too early," Charlotte Edwards said after defeat against UP Warriorz on Wednesday.
Notably, the Indian women's cricket team clinched the three-match T20I series 2-1, the last time it toured Bangladesh in July 2023. The ODI series was evenly contested and ended in a stalemate (1-1).
The star Kiwi all-rounder Amelia Kerr picked four wickets and the legendary South African pacer Shabnim Ismail bagged three to help Mumbai Indians restrict Gujarat Giants to 126/9 in the third match of the Women's Premier League 2024.
Sajeevan Sajana powered Mumbai Indians to a thrilling win on the final ball of the WPL 2024 season opener against Delhi Capitals. Harmanpreet Kaur heaped praise on the batting depth of MI.
It was another disappointing outing for the Indian women's team in the T20 series decider against Australia on Tuesday, January 9 as despite a solid start in the powerplay the middle-order failure came to haunt them back yet again. Australia chased down 148 runs comfortably to win the series 2-1.
Indian women's cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur was on the receiving end after naming Shreyanka Patil while elaborating on where India lost the second T20I against Australia in Navi Mumbai. India could score just 130 runs with the bat and Australia chased them down in just 19 overs.
India and Australia faced each other in the third and final ODI at the Wankhede Stadium on January 2 (Tuesday). The visitors had already won the series with wins in the first two matches and piled on the agony on team India smashing 338 runs after opting to bat.
Australia women continued their unbeaten ODI record against India with a thrilling win in the second match to seal the three-match series at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium and will be looking to kick off the year 2024 with a win on Tuesday, January 2.
Harmanpreet Kaur is rated as one of the most supremely fit athletes in the Indian women's cricket team. She is known for her agility and resolute determination on the field.
"Full credit to the Indian team, they just put too many runs on us. If we would have batted the first full day, we could have been in the game. Winning the toss and not putting the runs on the board and then leaking too many runs in the afternoon," Alyssa Healy said.
IND-W v AUS-W: Alyssa Healy and Harmanpreet Kaur exchanged a few words while the latter was fuming over an incident. Australia have kept themselves alive in the match after scoring 233 runs and leading India by 46 runs.
In-form spin all-rounder Deepti Sharma top-scored with 78 runs off 171 balls to help India score 406 runs in their first innings and then captain Harmanpreet Kaur shone with a ball to put India in complete control of the one-off Test at the end of Day 3's play in Mumbai.
Australia women's cricket team is going to play a Test match in India after almost 40 years. The last time an Australian team toured India to play the longest format of the game was way back in February 1984.
England had previously played three Test series against India in India. While the 1995/96 tour had gone England's way 1-0 (3), the 2001/02 and 2005/06 tours had ended in stalemates.
The Indian team had a brilliant first day at the office in the one-off Test against England scoring 410 runs in Navi Mumbai. Four half-centuries were scored, but none of the batters could get to a three-figure mark. Harmanpreet Kaur was the unluckiest of them all, who missed her fifty by one run.
IND-W vs ENG-W: Harmanpreet Kaur's India defeated Heather Knight-led England in the third T20I of the three-match series by five wickets. The Indian captain copped an ankle injury in the first innings of the game but came out to bat in the run-chase.
Young Indian spinners Shreyanka Patil and Saika Ishaque took three wickets each to bowl out England women on just 126 runs while bowling first. Smriti Mandhana ended her poor form with a brilliant knock to help India chase the target in 19 overs.
Charlie Dean, Lauren Bell and Sophie Ecclestone shone at Wankhede Stadium to bowl out India women on just 80 runs in 16.2 overs. Jemimah Rodrigues top-scored with 30 runs as India recorded their lowest-ever T20I total against England.
India and England Women locked horns in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday (December 6). Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss in her milestone game and opted to bowl first.
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