The Commonwealth Games 2022 will start on Friday, July 29 at Birmingham. On the day 1 itself, many eyes will be set on the first ever women’s cricket match to be held at the Commonwealth Games. India women and Australia women are all set to lock horns in the first match of the tournament at the Edgbaston. A young team led by Harmanpreet Kaur will look to begin the tournament with a win over the defending T20 champions.

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Here are some of the stats of both the teams as they play the first match of the tournament at the Edgbaston:

1. With 16 victories over India’s 6 in head-to-head matches, Australia has dominated the Women in Blue.

2. Australia at the top of ICC Women’s T20 rankings with a rating of 294 points. On the other hand, India women are No. 4 with 260 rating points.

3. In ICC top 10 women’s T20 batters, India has two batters: Smriti Mandhana (No. 4) and Shafali Verma (No. 5). Meanwhile Australia has three with Meg Lanning at No.1, Beth Mooney at No.2 and Alyssa Healy at No. 7

4. Australia has two bowlers in the ICC women’s top 10 T20 rankings: Jess Jonassen (No. 6) and Megan Schutt (No. 8). India has just a single bowler with Deepti Sharma at No. 5.

5. In the ICC women’s top 10 T20 all rounders’ rankings, both India and Australia have a single player: Deepti Sharma at No.3 and Ashleigh Gardner at No. 7.

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Australia Women Squad: 

Meg Lanning(c), Alyssa Healy(w), Tahlia McGrath, Rachael Haynes, Darcie Brown, Amanda Wellington, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Grace Harris, Nicola Carey, Alana King, Jess Jonassen, Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry

India Women Squad: 

Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Yastika Bhatia(w), Jemimah Rodrigues, Sabbhineni Meghana, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Harleen Deol Radha Yadav, Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma, Pooja Vastrakar, Smriti Mandhana, Taniya Bhatia, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh, Sneh Rana

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Here’s the pitch report of Edgbaston:

Although it has a solid reputation as a batting surface, seamers will experience movement due to the day’s anticipated cloud cover. Both teams will rely on their pacers to grab early wickets as the weather is likely to cause significant delays as well.