February 21: Australia v India, in Sydney Showground

Our XI: Smriti Mandhana, Alyssa Healy, Shafali Verma, Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Megan Schutt, Jess Jonassen, Poonam Yadav

Captain: Beth Mooney

The left-handed batter strikes at 123 in the format. She has also been in outstanding form, in similar conditions as well, scoring three fifties in her last five T20I innings. It's a good punt to make her your captain.

Vice-captain: Smriti Mandhana

Another left-handed opener who is in great form. In the recently-concluded tri-series, Mandana was the top run-getter, scoring 216 runs at 136.70 and if India are chasing, you may consider swapping Mooney with her as the captain.

Hot Picks

Harmanpreet Kaur

It is difficult to leave out India's captain from a T20I fantasy XI. She is the only Indian woman to score a hundred in the format, and when she gets going, there are few batters who can strike the ball as well as her. Given her golden arm, her offspin might fetch you some points too.

Alyssa Healy

She may have had a lean tri-series but she is too experienced and talented a player to not turn things around come the big stage. Among those who have scored at least 1000 runs in the format, she has the highest strike rate (129.45). Don't forget, she can get you some points through her wicketkeeping as well.

Ellyse Perry

Perry, the No.1 allrounder in the format, is someone you cannot leave out of any XI. She is the second highest wicket-taker in T20Is and also the only pacer to have taken four or more wickets on four occasions.

Value Picks

Shafali Verma

The 16-year old scored a 28-ball 49 against Australia less than a couple of weeks back. In her short career so far, she has scored 324 runs at an average of almost 25, striking at 141. For the price, she is surely a value pick.

Jess Jonassen

Jonassen is a left-arm spinner with great control and pace variations. She is capable of tying one end up while the Australian quicks look for wickets from the other end. Her best bowling performance (5 for 12) in T20Is came just over a week ago against India.

Points to note

• Only three women's games have happened at this venue in the last three years and the chasing team has won all three.

• India's top three scored 59.5% of the total runs scored by the team in the recently-concluded tri-series.

• India average only 135 batting first in their last five games (when they have batted 20 overs). So if they are batting first you may want to consider replacing Verma with Meg Lanning.