{"id":9312,"date":"2025-10-23T14:37:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=650380"},"modified":"2025-10-23T14:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:07:33","slug":"icc-womens-world-cup-2025-ind-w-vs-nz-w-new-zealand-win-toss-elect-to-bowl-first-in-do-or-die-clash-against-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-womens-world-cup-2025-ind-w-vs-nz-w-new-zealand-win-toss-elect-to-bowl-first-in-do-or-die-clash-against-india\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC Women\u2019s World Cup 2025, IND-W vs NZ-W: New Zealand win toss, elect to bowl first in do-or-die clash against India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a decisive Group Stage fixture of the <strong>ICC Women\u2019s World Cup 2025<\/strong>, <strong>New Zealand Women won the toss and opted to bowl first<\/strong> against <strong>India Women<\/strong> at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Thursday. With both teams tied on four points each, this encounter serves as a <strong>virtual quarterfinal<\/strong>, as the winner will move closer to a semifinal berth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>England, South Africa, and Australia<\/strong> have already sealed their places in the semifinals, while <strong>Bangladesh and Pakistan<\/strong> are eliminated from contention. <strong>Sri Lanka<\/strong>, with an outside chance, will be hoping for other results to go their way.<\/p>\n<p>At the toss, <strong>New Zealand captain Sophie Devine<\/strong> chose to chase under lights, citing the possibility of dew later in the evening.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe are going to have a bowl first today. The surface won\u2019t change much and might get better under lights. Dew could play a part. These are the games every cricketer wants to play \u2014 a pressure match against India in India,\u201d Devine said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur<\/strong>, meanwhile, remained confident despite recent losses.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe pitch looks good and it\u2019s a great opportunity to post a big total. Jemi comes in for Amanjot today. We\u2019ve been playing well but need to convert our starts into big scores. This is a must-win and a chance to make it count,\u201d Harmanpreet said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>India\u2019s Predicted XI:<\/strong> Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Sneh Rana, Radha Yadav, Shree Charani<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Zealand\u2019s Predicted XI:<\/strong> Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine (C), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gaze (wk), Jess Kerr, Lea Tahuhu, Eden Carson, Rosemary Mair<\/p>\n<p>The match will be broadcast live on <strong>Star Sports Network<\/strong> and streamed online on the <strong>JioStar app<\/strong> from <strong>3 PM IST<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With both teams fighting for survival, all eyes will be on <strong>Smriti Mandhana<\/strong> and <strong>Harmanpreet Kaur<\/strong> to anchor India\u2019s innings, while <strong>Amelia Kerr<\/strong> and <strong>Sophie Devine<\/strong> will look to lead New Zealand\u2019s challenge in this high-stakes contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a decisive Group Stage fixture of the ICC Women\u2019s World Cup 2025, New Zealand Women won the toss and\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":391,"featured_media":31988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}