The Women's T20 World Cup has started. Two matches were played in the UAE on Thursday, October 3. Bangladesh defeated Scotland in the first match. In the second match, Pakistan won against Sri Lanka. Today, on Friday, October 4, India will start its journey in the tournament. Team India has to face New Zealand in the first match. This match will be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium from 7.30 pm. In such a situation, let us know what is the record of both the teams and what will be the playing XI of the Indian team in the first match.

The Indian team has failed to win the T20 World Cup trophy so far. This team was able to reach the final only once. On the other hand, the New Zealand team has been the runner-up in this tournament twice. However, it has also not been able to win the trophy even once. However, the New Zealand team has been dominant over Team India in T20 International so far. There have been 13 matches between the two teams, in which India has won only 4 matches, while it has faced defeat in 9.

India and New Zealand last faced each other in February 2022. Then New Zealand defeated India by 18 runs. Now the match is going to be held between the two after about 1.5 years. A lot has changed in this time. While the New Zealand team is struggling with its form. On the other hand, Team India is returning after playing in the final of the Asia Cup. In 2024, the Indian team has won 11 out of 16 T20 matches and lost only 4. On the other hand, New Zealand is coming after losing 10 consecutive T20 matches. This year the New Zealand team has won only 1 match.

Till now, not a single match has been played between the women's team of India and New Zealand in Dubai. Both are going to clash for the first time in Dubai. A total of 5 T20 matches have been played here so far, in which the team batting first has won only 1 match. The team batting in the second innings has won a total of 4 matches.

Spin bowlers are expected to be available here, so captain Harmanpreet Kaur can give a chance to off-spinner Shreyanka Patil, and Deepti Sharma along with leg-spin all-rounder Asha Shobhana. At the same time, all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar can be seen with Arundhati Reddy and Renuka Thakur in the pace attack. Apart from this, if we talk about batting, then after the pair of Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana in the top order, Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemima and wicketkeeper-batsman Richa Ghosh can play in the middle order.

Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shefali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemima Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh, Asha Shobhana, Shreyanka Patil.