IND W vs AUS W semi-final: India's Sneh Rana replaces Pooja Vastrakar, Harmanpreet Kaur to also miss clash vs Australia, predicted playing XI

Team India has suffered a major setback just hours before the semi-finals against Australia in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023. Due to unexpected illness, captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar will be missing the match against Australia. 

The duo were hospitalised on the eve of the match and are highly unlikely to play in the blockbuster match against the Aussies. 

While there are still clouds over the participation of the India skipper, it has been confirmed that Sneh Rana will replace Pooja Vastrakar the in Semi-Final. If Harmanpreet Kaur won't make it to the field, Smriti Mandhana, India's vice-captain will take charge. 

India Women vs Australia Women: Head-to-Head:

Matches played: 30

India Women won: 7

Australia Women won: 22

No result: 1

Last result: Australia Women won by 54 runs (Mumbai; December 2022)

Last five results: AUS-W won: 4; IND-W won: 1

Australia Probable XI: Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), Ellyse Perry, Ash Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland/Darcie Brown

India Probable XI: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur (C)/Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh (wk), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Anjali Sarvani, Shikha Pandey, Devika Vaidya, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Thakur