Squads –
VEL –
Mithali Raj (C), Veda Krishnamurthy (VC), Shafali Verma, Sushma Verma (WK), Ekta Bisht, Mansi Joshi, Shikha Pandey, Devika Vaidya, Sushree Dibyadarshini, Manali Dakshini, Leigh Kasperek, Danielle Wyatt, Suné Luus, Jahanara Alam, M. Anagha.
TRA –
Smriti Mandhana (C), Deepti Sharma (VC), Punam Raut, Richa Ghosh, D. Hemalatha, Nuzhat Parween (WK), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Harleen Deol, Jhulan Goswami, Simaran Dil Bahadur, Salma Khatun, Sophie Ecclestone, Natthakan Chantham, Deandra Dottin, Kashvee Gautam
Team News –
VEL –
– Velocity were the runner ups of last season and started in dominating fashion winning the 1st game of the 2020 season by 5 Wickets.
– Sune Luus, Danni Wyatt, Leigh Kasperek and Jahanara alam will be their 4 foreign players.
– Shefali Verma and Danni Wyatt will open the innings. Both are one of the best batters in world cricket currently and will attack from ball 1. Danni was out on duck while Shefali scored 17.
– Mitali Raj will bat at 1 down. Mitali has been very consistent throughout but plays a bit slow in t20s. She demoted herself in many games last season. She was struggling to score runs and faced a lot of balls.
– Sune Luus and Veda Krishnamurthy will bat in middle. Veda is a attacking Batsman same follows with Luus. Veda scored 29 and Luss 39 last game.
– Sushma Verma will bat next and do the Wicket keeping for Velocity.
– Ekta Bhisht and Leigh Kasperek assisted by Sune Luus will be helping in the spin section.
– Shikha Pandey and Jahanara Alam will be leading the pace attack. Both are best pacers of their teams. M Dakhshi will assist them.
TRA –
– Trailblazers have Deandra Dottin, Salma Khatun, Sophie Ecclestone and Natthakan Chantham as their 4 foreign players.
– Smriti Mandhana will be opening the Innings along with Hard Hitting Deandra Dottin. Dottin was the highest scorer in recently concluded t20 series against England.
– Natthakan Chantham the top order Thailand batter will bat 1 down. She has been excellent in the world cup 2020 with 100+ runs including 1 50.
– Deepti Sharma and Harleen Deol will bat in middle. Deepti is not someone to introduce with her Allround ability same is with Harleen who can bat in middle and bowl 2-3 overs of off spin.
– Dayalan Hemalatha and Nuzhat Parween will bat next. Parween will keep the wickets.
– Salma Khatun, Sophie Ecclestone, Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Deepti Sharma will be the lead spinners. Harleen can assist them.
– Jhulan Goswami and Deandra Dottin will be the only pace options with the team.
Probable XI –
VEL –
Shefali Verma, Danni Wyatt, Mitali Raj(c), Sune Luus, Veda Krishnamurthy, Sushma Verma(wk), Devika Vaidya, Shikha Pandey, Jahanara Alam, Leigh Kasperek, Ekta Bhisht.
TRA –
Smriti Mandhana(c) , Deandra Dottin, Natthakan Chantham, Deepti Sharma, Harleen Deol, D Hemalatha, Nuzhat Parween (WK), Salma Khatun, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Sophie Ecclestone, Jhulan Goswami.
Pitch Report –
Sharjah Cricket Ground, Sharjah
Pitch at the start of IPL highly favored the Batsman but has slowed down a lot giving a slight edge to bowlers now.
Average Score – 130-140
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Sushma Verma ( middle order, can give points with gloves, 34 runs last game)
N Parween( Lower order Wicket keeper, not a useful SL choice)
BAT –
S Mandhana ( Opener, LHB, best t20 batsman of India, SR of 132 in t20s, 100 runs in 2 games last season)
S Verma( Open, very attacking, 47,48,39, 29 runs in world cup 2020, 17(11b) last game, Must have)
Danni Wyatt ( Open, RHB , very attacking Batsman + off spin, 89 runs in 3 games last season, Must have )
Mitali Raj ( 1 down , RHB, 2400+ t20 runs at an Excellent Average of 38, 69 runs in 3 games last season, 7(19b) last game, Must have)
Veda Krishnamurthy ( Middle order, RHB, 1100+ t20 runs, can strike the ball big, 29(28b) last game)
N Chantam( 1 down, thai player, 103 runs in 4 games in world cup 2020, good GL pick )
Punam Raut ( Open/1 down, plays a bit slow, 700+ t20 runs at sr of 90)
ALL –
Deandra Dottin ( Open + RAF, best Allrounder in world t20s, 185 runs + 2 Wickets in last t20 series, Must have)
S Pandey ( Right Arm fast, best pacer of India team, can also bat, Must )
Deepti Sharma ( LHB + off spin, Wicket taking bowler, 4 Wickets in 2 matches last season, Must have)
Sune Luus ( 3 down + leg spin, over 700+ runs + 47 t20 Wickets, 39(21b) last game, Must have)
H Deol( 2/3 down + Off spin, 98 runs + 1 Wicket last season, very good option at 8cr )
D Vaidya( Middle order, LHB + leg spin, 6 Wickets against Aus A Women in 2019, good option to have)
BOWL –
S Ecclestone ( Sloe left arm, one of the best spinners around, 6 Wickets in last t20 series, Must have)
R Gayakwad ( Slow left arm, very good form recently, 5 Wickets in world cup 2020, 3 Wickets last season)
L Kasperek ( Off spin, t20 specialist, 67 t20 Wickets with economy just over 6, 2 Wickets last game)
Jhulan Goswami ( Right Arm fast, highest wicket taker for India, 56 t20 Wickets on her name, Must have )
Jahanara Alam ( Right Arm fast, got some extreme pace, 72 t20 Wickets, 2w last game, Must have)
Salma Khatun ( Off Spin, 66 t20 Wickets on her name, 6 Wickets in world cup 2020, Wicket taking option)
Ekta Bhisht ( Slow Left arm , 2 Wickets last season, 70 t20 Wickets, 3 Wickets last game, Must)
C/VC –
VEL –
Danni Wyatt
Shefali Verma
Sune Luus
TRA –
Deandra Dottin
Smriti Mandhana
Deepti Sharma
