Probable XI –
England Women –
Tammy Beaumont, Danielle Wyatt, Natalie Sciver, Heather Knight, Amy Jones (wk), Sophia Dunkley, Mady Villiers, Katherine Brunt, Sarah Glenn, Sophie Ecclestone, Freya Davies
India Women –
Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Poonam Yadav
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Amy Jones
2. Tammy Beaumont
3. Smriti Mandhana
4. Shafali Verma
5. Heather Knight
6. Natalie Sciver(C)
7. Deepti Sharma(VC)
8. Sneh Rana
9. Sophie Ecclestone
10. Poonam Yadav
11. Freya Davies
– Sciver looks safest C/VC choices considering their full overs with the bowl and batting order in top six.
– Expecting a good knock from Heather Knight as she’s due to play one in this series.
– Sneh Rana might be a decent punt considering her 4-5 down batting and atleast a couple of overs with the bowl.
– Ecclestone and Poonam are must picks as they’re getting to bowl in death overs for the respective teams.
– Can take Sarah Glenn at the place of Freya Davies if England Women bowls second.
– Wyatt might be another good punt at the place of Beaumont if EN-W bat’s first.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Amy Jones
2. Danielle Wyatt(C)
3. Smriti Mandhana
4. Shafali Verma(VC)
5. Katherine Brunt
6. Heather Knight
7. Natalie Sciver
8. Deepti Sharma
9. Shikha Pandey
10. Sophie Ecclestone
11. Sarah Glenn
– Going heavy on EN-W as they’re likely to dominate over opponent considering their squad strength.
– Expecting Wyatt to play a good knock especially while batting first.
– Shafali Verma looks a good VC choice as she’s scoring quick 30-40 runs by hitting hard in initial PP.
– Expecting Katherine Brunt to take a couple of wickets in this big game.
– Can take Harmanpreet Kaur at the place of Heather Knight.
– Can take Radha Yadav at the place of Shikha Pandey especially if IND-W bowls second.
Grand League Combination –
1. Amy Jones
2. Smriti Mandhana(C)
3. Sophie Dunkley
4. Harleen Deol
5. Katherine Brunt
6. Natalie Sciver(VC)
7. Harmanpreet Kaur
8. Deepti Sharma
9. Sophie Ecclestone
10. Poonam Yadav
11. Radha Yadav
– Going a bit heavy on IN-W as they might turn up their fortune like the last game to win this one.
– Expecting Mandhana to go big especially chasing as she had done well while doing so.
– Sophia Dunkley might be a decent GL pick if top order of EN-W depart early.
– Harleen Deol might be another decent pick as she’s expected to bat at one down and bowl part time.
– Brunt and Harmanpreet are other two C/VC choices to be tried in different combinations of GL.
