ENG W vs IND W fourth T20I Preview | India Women aim to seal series at Old Trafford

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India Women will meet England Women in the fourth T20I at Old Trafford in Manchester on Wednesday. The visitors, who lead the five-match duel 2-1, will look to bounce back from their narrow loss at The Oval last week and seal the series ahead of the fifth and final tie in Birmingham on July 12.

‌India Women would aim to replicate their clinical showings in the first two T20Is when they meet England Women in the fourth match at Old Trafford in Manchester on Wednesday. After their narrow six-run loss at The Oval last week, the visitors still lead 2-1 and will look to seal the five-match series with a game to spare.

Meanwhile, England were dealt a body blow with regular skipper and star all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt, who suffered a groin injury in the second game, being ruled out of the last two games. However, the hosts registered their first win of the series in London on Friday despite missing the services of Sciver-Brunt.

The Indian batting has been impressive this series, with the women scoring more than 160 runs in all the matches, including a 200-plus total in the first game. Opener Smriti Mandhana is on top of the overall run-scoring charts with a tally of 181 runs, including a hundred and a fifty, from three innings at an impressive average of 60.33 and a strike rate of 145.96. For England, Sophia Dunkley, who starred in the hosts’ win in London with a 53-ball 75, has accumulated 83 runs in the series at a strike rate of 133.87.

On the bowling front, the rookie left-arm spinner Shree Charani, who made her debut in the shortest format in the first T20I at Nottingham, is on top of the bowling charts with eight wickets from three matches with an economy of 7.01 and an astonishing strike rate of 8.87. Pacer Lauren Bell is second on the list with six scalps at an economy of 6.75 and averaging a wicket every two overs.

Form Guide

ENG W Form: WWLLW

IND W Form: LWWWL

ENG W vs IND W head-to-head in T20Is

England Women have dominated this fixture with 23 wins in 33 meetings, while India have been victorious on 10 occasions. However, the Indian team will have momentum behind them, having won three of the last five games, including two in this series, against the hosts.

ENG W 23 - 10 IND W

Pitch and Conditions

The Old Trafford surface is expected to offer pace, bounce, and movement, with the quicker bowlers enjoying the conditions. Women’s T20I returns to Manchester after a gap of close to 13 years, with England Women beating West Indies by 28 runs in the only game played here in September 2012.

The weather in Manchester is expected to be on the colder side, with temperatures going to 12 degrees. It will be a cloudy evening but the chances of rain are low at 10% with the fans expected to enjoy uninterrupted action.

Team News

Both India and England are expected to play the same side as in the third T20I, with Tammy Beaumont continuing to lead the home side in the absence of Sciver-Brunt.

ENG W Expected XI

Sophia Dunkley, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Alice Capsey, Tammy Beaumont (c), Paige Scholfield, Amy Jones (wk), Sophie Ecclestone, Issy Wong, Charlie Dean, Lauren Bell, Lauren Filer.

IND W Expected XI

Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Amanjot Kaur, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Sneh Rana, Shree Charani.

Broadcasting Platforms

The ENG W vs IND W fourth T20I match will be digitally streamed on the FanCode and SonyLiv apps and websites in India with live telecast on Sony Sports Network from 11:00 PM IST on Wednesday.