Cricket News: India Women vs Australia Women 4th T20I Match: Preview & prediction

    The Indian women's team will face the Australian team at the Brabourne Stadium on Saturday. Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. are trailing by five games in the T20I series after losing their last match against the Australian

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    4th T20: India Women vs Australia Women 4th T20: India Women vs Australia Women

    The Indian team suffered a disappointing nine-wicket defeat, with Beth Mooney stealing the show with exhilarating innings. India were determined to defeat the Australian women in an entertaining second T20 match. The game went to a super over, and Smriti Mandhana's performance took the team over the line.

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">INDIA 🇮🇳 vs AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺<br><br>Both captains pose with the T20I Trophy 🏆 ahead of the series opener in Mumbai 🏟️<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TeamIndia</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/INDvAUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#INDvAUS</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/ImHarmanpreet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ImHarmanpreet</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/ahealy77?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ahealy77</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/mastercardindia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mastercardindia</a> <a href="https://t.co/X12o3poypK">pic.twitter.com/X12o3poypK</a></p>&mdash; BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) <a href="https://twitter.com/BCCIWomen/status/1600772124394000384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

    Ellyse Perry put up an excellent performance with bat and ball in the third T20 game and helped the Australian women win the match by 21 runs. The Indian team must pull off another impressive win to keep their hopes of winning this series alive.

    Players to watch

    Shafali Verma 

    India's arrow-quick right-handed opening batswoman scored 52 off 41 in the third T20I against Australia. She hit half a dozen boundaries and crossed the rope three times in her entertaining game. 

    Renuka Singh Thakur 

    The right-arm Indian pace sensation was good in the third T20I against Australia. She got rid of the dangerous Alyssa Healy in the first over and gave India a perfect start with the ball. 

    Beth Mooney

    Australia's left-handed opening batswoman has been in red-hot form in this series. After a couple of half-cents, the left-hander smashed 30 for 20 in the third T20I against India.

    Ellyse Perry 

    The Australian star all-rounder showed her form in the third T20I against India. The number four batting right-hander scored 75 off 47 shots, hitting nine boundaries and three sixes. 

    Match Prediction: Australian women will win the match as they have recorded four wins and one loss in the last five T20Is against Indian women

    Top picks

    Smriti Mandhana

    Deepti Sharma

    Beth Mooney

    Ellyse Perry

    Pitch Report 

    The fourth T20 match between the Indian women and the Australian women will be played at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The pitch is excellent for batting.

    Squads

    India women's squad: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Devika Vaidya, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Sabbhineni Meghana, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur Singh, Harleen Deol, Yastika Bhatia.

    Australia women squad: Alyssa Healy(w/c), Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Grace Harris, Annabel Sutherland, Darcie Brown, Amanda Wellington, Phoebe Litchfield, Nicola Carey, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Kim Garth, Heather Graham.