India Women vs Ireland Women Predictions: India will look to bounce back from the defeat against England

Indian Women will be facing off against Ireland Women in the 18th game of the Women's T20 World Cup held in South Africa. Both teams are playing their last group game and India has the opportunity to go into the semi-finals with a win. Who will win? 

India was flying high with two wins two against Pakistan and the West Indies in the initial games. They faced England in the last game and were beaten by 11 runs. India was not able to chase down 152 runs in their allocated 20 overs against England. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur has not had a good tournament with the bat so far. She only managed to score 4 runs in the crucial game against England. Smriti Mandhana is back in form and it will be a good sign for the team in blue. She scored 52 off 41 balls and got out while trying to push the run rate. Renuka Singh was impressed with her 5/15 and she will be a key bowler for India once again. India will look to bounce back after the last game's defeat.  

Shefali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Devika Vaidya, Deepti Sharma, Renuka Singh, Radha Yadav, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad.

Ireland is yet to win a game in this competition. They came very close in their last game against West Indies. The Irish team scored 137 runs in their 20 overs and West Indies managed to get there with only one ball remaining. Orla Prendergast scored 61 runs from 47 in the game giving Ireland a respectable total. Ireland lost the game against Pakistan by 70 runs prior to this game. Ireland is the underdog in this game but is capable of big upsets. 

Amy Hunter, Orla Prendergast, Gaby Lewis, Louise Little, Laura Delany (c), Arlene Kelly, Eimear Richardson, Leah Paul, Mary Waldron (wk), Cara Murray, Jane Maguire.

The pitch will assist pace bowlers with the new ball. It becomes slow as the game commences. Slow bowlers can have a say in the later part of the innings. We expect a low-scoring total on this ground. Expect India to bounce back after their defeat.