ICC Women's World T20 2016: India take on West Indies in a virtual quarter-final today
There could not have been a better finish to Group B of the ICC Women's World T20 2016. Today is the final day and none of the teams have qualified for the semi-finals so far.
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The Duckworth-Lewis loss to Pakistan combined with a narrow one-wicket defeat to England leaves the Indian eves in a tricky position to qualify for the top four.
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While India take on West Indies in a group match at the IS Bindra stadium in Mohali, Pakistan will play England soon after the first game in Chennai.
| TEAMS | M | W | L | P | Net RR |
| England Women | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | +0.750 |
| West Indies Women | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | +0.867 |
| Pakistan Women | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | +0.327 |
| Indian Women | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +1.130 |
| Bangladesh Women | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2.306 |
Both India and West Indies tasted defeats at the hands of England in this campaign at Dharamsala. England have been the team in form and easily the tournament favorites.
The Indian women have failed to utilise the opportunity of playing at home. All they need to worry now about is beating West Indies who hit a road block after going down to England by one wicket. For West Indies, a win today would put them in the semi-finals unlike India, who have to wait for the result of the second game.
India vs West Indies 2016 LIVE Streaming Details
TV Channel: Star Sports 2 and HD2 (English)
Match Date: 27 March 2016, Wednesday
Match Time: 15.30 IST, 10.00 GMT
Match Venue: IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Team News
Jhulan Goswami, Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy and the senior players in the squad are expected to come good in a do-or-die situation.
With a mix of young and experienced players, Mithali Raj might give West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor a run for their money.
The ever-reliable Harmanpreet Kaur has been the only batter who has looked comfortable, and while a few others have got starts, no one has managed to bat through. In the bowling department, Anuja Patil, Ekta Bisht, and Harmanpreet Kaur were the pick among the bowlers in the previous games.
India were in good form before this tournament, with a strong performance against Australia in January and 3-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka.
Teams (Predicted XI)
India XI: V Vanitha, S Mandhana, M Raj, H Kaur, V Krishnamurthy, A Patil, J Goswami, S Pandey, S Verma, E Bisht, R Gayakwad
West Indies XI: HK Mattews, S Taylor, S Quintyne, D Dottin, B Cooper, S King, M Aguilleira, S Campbelle, A Mohammed, A Fletcher, S Connell
Recent Form
India: L-L-W
West Indies: L-W-W
A slip-up against West Indies and all the World Cup hopes will go up in smoke. It's now or never for the Indian eves.