India vs Australia, LIVE SCORE, ICC Women's T20 World Cup, Final: Harmanpreet Kaur and Co aim to make history in summit clash

March 07, 2020

11:48 (IST)

This is it, then. International Women's Day, and a seminal moment in women's cricket - as indeed all women's sport. A tournament destined to be a seismic affair has got its potentially epochal final: Australia - hosts, defending champions and world number one - against India - an increasingly mighty unit, the tournament's only undefeated unit and the most backed side on the planet. The campaign to #FillTheMCG has met its brief; one day ahead of the big final, more than 70,000 tickets had already been sold and the organisers had to introduce a new standing zone to accommodate more. To put things in perspective - the MCG has hosted only one women's final before this, the 1988 ODI World Cup final. Barely 3000 people were around to watch that time!  

11:48 (IST)

For Australia, apart from their match against Bangladesh, they've had to fight in all of their matches thus far, the highlight being close encounters against New Zealand and South Africa. 

While the batting anchors around captain Meg Lanning and Beth Mooney at the top of the order, the bowling revolves around seamer Megan Schutt. Although, the loss of all-rounder Ellyse Perry to injury is a big loss to the home team, there isn't any dearth of match-winners in the Australia lineup. 

11:44 (IST)

For India, the focus will be on consolidating the good start which they usually get at the top of the order from Shafali Verma, using the same to put up a good score, in the event that they bat first. 

Thus far in the tournament, they haven't managed that as Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur haven't been able to score big as yet, leaving the responsibility for the bulk of scoring to Shafali Verma at the top, Jemimah Rodrigues in the middle and others like Deepti Sharma lower down the order. 

11:38 (IST)

Even though India have beaten Australia once in the tournament, in their first match itself, there won't be any favourites coming into the summit clash. If anything, Australia would have the upper hand, playing in front of their home crowd, in familiar conditions and with the reputation of bringing their A-game to the big matches. That's what makes this final so special. Two evenly matched teams aiming to create the biggest spectacle in international women's sporting history, on 8th March - the International Women's Day. 

 

11:28 (IST)

Katy Perry's performance is bound to bring in a huge crowd. Here we see her interacting with the Indian team. 

11:27 (IST)

The hallowed turf of the Melbourne Cricket Ground is ready. This match could see the largest attendance for a women's sporting event ever, as the ICC aims to make a world record. We'll have to wait and see if that happens. 

11:19 (IST)

As in men's cricket, the India vs Australia rivalry in women's cricket has also gained steam over the years. Here's a look at some of the recent clashes between the two sides in the Women's T20 World Cup over the years. 

11:16 (IST)

The Indian women's team will have to overcome big match pressure as it aims to exorcise the ghosts of the past in the T20 World Cup final against habitual winners Australia in front of a record crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. Read the preview of the Women's T20 World Cup final here. 

10:52 (IST)

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final between India and Australia at the MCG. 

Massive day for both the teams. Australia, the defending champions and the most successful team in the format, will look to clinch their fifth title while Harmanpreet Kaur's India will aim to take home their maiden World Cup trophy.

India have the edge going into the final. They have beaten Australia once in the tournament and are unbeaten so far. Australia have the talent to defend their title and a big advantage for them is playing the final at home. 

Hopefully, it will be an exciting match. We'll get you all the updates so stay tuned.    

Latest Updates, India Women vs Australia Women, ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final: India have the edge going into the final. They beaten Australia once in the tournament and are unbeaten so far. Australia have the talent to defend their title and a big advantage for them is playing the final at home.

Preview: With sights set on their maiden ICC Women’s T20 World Cup title, India will look to come out all guns blazing when they take on four-time champions and hosts Australia in the summit clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

India announced themselves as a force to be reckoned with after a 17-run victory over defending champions and favourites Australia in the lung opener. The Women in Blue continued their fine run with wins over Bangladesh (by 18 runs), New Zealand (by 4 runs) and Sri Lanka (by seven wickets). The Women in Blue cemented a spot in the finale by virtue of topping their group’s points table as their last-four clash against England was washed out.

Four-time champions Australia, on the other hand, suffered their only loss against India. There was no looking back from then onwards and the hosts went on to defeat Sri Lanka (by five wickets), Bangladesh (by 86 runs), New Zealand (by four runs) and South Africa (by five runs by virtue of the D/L method).

Given India’s sensational unbeaten run and their win in the lung opener, Australia will have their task cut out and look to bring their A game as the Indians have looked a class apart in the tournament.

Squads:

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Veda Krishnamurthy, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Pooja Vastrakar, Taniya Bhatia, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Arundhati Reddy, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh.

Australia: Rachael Haynes, Megan Schutt, Alyssa Healy, Meg Lanning (c), Ellyse Perry, Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Beth Mooney, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Erin Burns, Molly Strano, Annabel Sutherland.



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