India vs New Zealand, Women's T20 World Cup 2024: The Women's T20 World Cup 2024 has started. The Indian team will start its campaign on the second day of the tournament. The Indian women's team will face New Zealand at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. India is captained by Harmanpreet Kaur. While New Zealand is captained by Sophie Devine.

Team India is fully prepared to win the T20 World Cup this time under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur. Team India has not won the World Cup title yet. Although In the tournament held in 2023, the Indian team had reached the semi-finals. There it lost to Australia. Before that in 2020 edition, India lost against Australia in the final.

Form of Team India's Key Players
India will expect significant contributions from their top players 35-year-old Harmanpreet, Smriti Mandhana, Jemima Rodriguez, Shefali Verma and Deepti Sharma. Shefali and Mandhana are in great form. They scored runs in their last international match in the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka in July but India lost to the hosts in the final. Mandhana has scored three half-centuries in the last five T20 innings. However, Harmanpreet's performance has been somewhat disappointing and her being in form is important for India's top and middle order.

Before the start of the T20 World Cup, the Indian women's team played two warm-up matches. During this, Team India won both the matches. Team India defeated West Indies in its first warm-up match. After this, Team India defeated South Africa by 28 runs in the next warm-up match.

IND-W vs NZ-W Head-to-Head Records
A total of 13 T20 International matches have been played between the Indian women's cricket team and New Zealand. During this, Team India has won only four matches. At the same time, the New Zealand team has won nine matches. The New Zealand team has had the upper hand against Team India. In the last match held in the year 2022, New Zealand defeated Team India by 18 runs.

Dubai International Cricket Stadium Pitch Report
The Dubai has historically provided a balanced track, with equal opportunities for both batters and bowlers. And for night matches, the Dubai pitch has favoured chasing teams, with dew often playing a role under the lights, making it tougher for bowlers in the second innings. The same strip that was used for afternoon match between South Africa and West Indies will be used for the marquee IND vs NZ fixture.

IND-W vs NZ-W Squads

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia (subject to fitness), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil (subject to fitness), Sajana Sajeevan
Travelling reserves: Uma Chetry (wk), Tanuja Kanwer, Saima Thakor.

New Zealand squad: Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Fran Jonas, Leigh Kasperek, Melie Kerr, Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Molly Penfold, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu.

Both teams are expected to field their strongest playing XI with no injuries reported ahead of this clash.

Broadcast and Streaming Details
India Women vs New Zealand T20 World Cup 2024 match will telecast at Star Sports Network in India. And live streaming of the match will be available on Disney Plus Hotstar.