Will India beat Pakistan in the first match of the World Cup? Find out what the statistics say so far

The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 has started in South Africa from Friday (February 10). The first match of the tournament was played between South Africa Women vs Sri Lanka Women. After this, the fourth match of the tournament will be played on Sunday (February 12) between India Women and Pakistan Women at Newlands, Cape Town.

The Indian team went to South Africa last month to prepare for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023. In between they also played a tri-series. Also, they had to face a defeat against the host South Africa in the final match.

Before the start of the T20 World Cup, the Indian Women’s team also played 2 warm-up matches. In the first match of this, they were defeated by 44 runs while supporting 130 runs against Australia. Also, in the second warm-up match, the Indian team tried to boost their confidence by winning by 52 runs against Bangladesh.

On the other hand, talking about the Pakistan Women team, they lost 2-0 in the T20 series against Australia last month. Also, in the warm-up matches, Pakistan team managed to win against Bangladesh by 6 wickets, while in the match against South Africa, they lost by 6 wickets.

Stats on both teams?
India Women vs Pakistan Women have played 13 international T20 matches so far. In this, Indian team has won 10 times, while Pakistan team has succeeded in only 3 matches. Also, talking about the last 5 matches, Pakistan Women’s team managed to get only 1 win. He did this performance in Asia Cup 2022.

How is the pitch though?
Talking about the pitch in this exciting match played at Newlands, Cape Town, only one match of the tournament has been played here. In this, the host South Africa lost against Sri Lanka by 3 runs. The spinners are expected to get help from the pitch. Also, the team chasing the challenge has won more matches here. (icc womens t20 world cup 2023 indw vs pakw probable playing xi pitch report read here)

Probable playing eleven of both the teams
Indian women
Shafali Verma, Jemima Rodriguez, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Devika Vaidya, Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, Renuka Thakur, Anjali Sarwani, Shikha Pandey.

Pakistan women
Mubeena Ali, Sidra Amin, Bismah Maroof (captain), Nida Dar, Ayesha Naseem, Alia Riaz, Omaiya Sohail, Kaynat Imtiaz, Fatima Sana, Tuba Hasan, Nashara Sandhu.

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