India vs Ireland Women: 1st ODI pitch report
IND-W vs IRE-W Pitch Report: The Indian women’s team ended the year 2024 on a great note by winning the ODI series played against West Indies at home. Now Team India will start the new year with a three-match ODI series against Ireland starting from January 10, in which all three matches of this series will be played on the ground of Saurashtra Cricket Association in Rajkot. Experienced star opening batsman Smriti Mandhana will take over the responsibility of captaincy in this series for the Indian women’s team.
Rajkot pitch is very suitable for batting
If we talk about the pitch for the first match of this ODI series to be played on the ground of Saurashtra Cricket Association, then the pitch here is now considered quite suitable for batting in limited overs format, in which scoring runs has been quite easy. In ODI, the pitch has the same bounce in both the innings, hence the team winning the toss can decide to bowl first so that the target can be easily chased. Batting first here, the average score of the first innings in ODI has been seen between 320 to 325 runs. In the 4 matches played here so far, only the team batting first has won the match, so the toss is going to be very important for both the teams.
Harmanpreet Kaur was given rest for this series
Talking about the Indian women’s squad for the three-match ODI series against Ireland, the selectors have decided to rest Harmanpreet Kaur and experienced fast bowler Renuka Singh. While Mandhana will handle the captaincy, Raghavi Bisht and Sayli Satghare have been included in the team. Gabby Lewis will take over the responsibility of captaining the Ireland women’s team in this ODI series.
Here fans can watch live telecast of ODI series matches
Fans can watch the live telecast of the three-match ODI series between India and Ireland women’s team on Sports 18 channel. Apart from this, online streaming of matches will be on Jio Cinema app. All three matches of this ODI series will start at 11 am Indian time.
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