Team India take on Australia in a crucial league match aiming to secure a semifinal spot with a win today. Australia have almost secured a semifinal place with a better run rate while India and South Africa remain in contention. If South Africa beat Bangladesh and India beat Australia the team with better run rate will reach the semifinals.

India and South Africa have six points each after winning three of their four matches in the tournament so far. India lost to South Africa while South Africa suffered their only defeat against Australia.

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A settled playing XI is still missing while India also miss Shreyanka Patil after her injury ruled her out. Poor fielding has hurt India after dropping 11 catches in four matches and they must improve against Australia. Women in blue depend heavily on their top order batting because the middle order has not performed as expected so far.

Australia have dominated the tournament so far after winning all their four matches despite missing Phoebe Litchfield in three matches due to injury.

Team News

Unlikely to make any changes India will stick with the same playing XI for this crucial match against Australia.

India Probable XI:- Shafali Verma , Smriti Mandhana , Yastika Bhatia , Jemimah Rodrigues , Harmanpreet Kaur , Richa Ghosh(wk) , Deepti Sharma , Radha Yadhav , Nandani Sharma , Renuka Singh , Shree Charani.

Fit again Phoebe Litchfield may replace Lucy Hamilton in Australia’s playing XI.

Australia Probable XI:- Beth Mooney(wk) , Georgia Voll , Phoebe Litchfield , Ellyse Perry , Ashleigh Gardner , Georgia Wareham , Annabel Sutherland , Nicola Carey , Sophie Molineux(c) , Alana King , Kim Garth.

Pitch Report

Lord’s Cricket ground in London is expected to offer a balanced pitch with some early help for the fast bowlers. The pitch is expected to slow down in the second innings making batting slightly harder as the match goes on. Teams winning the toss will prefer to bat first and a score of around 180 can be a good total.

Weather

Full 20 overs is expected to play with 10% chance or rain.

Next Matches – 28/06/2026

1.South Africa Women vs Bangladesh Women, 03:00 PM (IST).

2.India Women vs Australia Women, 07:00 PM (IST).