New Zealand Women (NZ-W) will take on South Africa Women (SA-W) in Match No. 7 of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 at the Holkar Cricket Stadium on Monday, October 6, at 3:00 PM IST, Indore. The White Ferns commenced their World Cup journey with a disappointing 89-run defeat to the defending champions Australia at the same venue, where their batsmen faltered against the Australians' bowling attack.

Meanwhile, South Africa's Women had a horror start to their World Cup campaign, getting bowled out for 69 runs in just 20.4 overs against England in Guwahati, with the English side chasing down the target successfully with 10 wickets to spare. Both sides will be desperate to capture their first points in the tournament. Captains Sophie Devine and Laura Wolvaardt will hope to lead their teams to successes after receiving heavy defeats. Historically, South Africa has dominated their recent ODI rivalry by winning 6 our of 7 recent ODIs against New Zealand.

NZ-W vs SA-W: Head-to-Head Record (ODIs)

New Zealand leads the overall record, but South Africa have performed better in recent meetings.

• Matches Played: 20
• NZ-W Won: 12
• Pak-W Won: 8
• No Result: 0

NZ-W vs SA-W: Stadium Stats (ODIs)

The Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore is known for high-scoring games, with teams batting first often holding the advantage.

• Total Matches: 8
• Matches won batting first: 6
• Matches won bowling first: 2
• Average 1st Innings Score: 331
• Average 2nd Innings Score: 257
• Highest Total: 418/5 (50 overs) by IND vs WI
• Lowest Total: 217/10 (28.2 overs) by AUS vs IND
• Highest Successful Chase: 294/5 (47.5 overs) by IND vs AUS
• Lowest Total Defended: 247/9 (50 overs) by IND vs SA

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NZ-W vs SA-W: Predicted Playing XIs

New Zealand Women (NZ-W): Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine (C), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gaze (WK), Jess Kerr, Lea Tahuhu, Eden Carson, Bree Illing.

South Africa Women (SA-W): Tazmin Brits, Laura Wolvaardt (C), Nadine de Klerk, Anneke Bosch, Chloe Tryon, Sune Luus, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Sinalo Jafta (WK), Masabata Klaas, Nonkululeko Mlaba.

Women’s World Cup 2025: Points Table

After the completion of six matches, the points table looks like this.

In-form batting sensation Shubman Gill is set to replace out-of-form KL Rahul in the third Test against Australia at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore, starting from Wednesday.

Rahul has been under radar for his poor run in international cricket and as a result will lose his spot to Gill. He was stripped off as the vice-captain of Team India following the Delhi Test. The Karnataka star has failed to repay the faith and long-rope given to him by the Indian team management.

In his last 10 innings across the format, Rahul has scored only 125 runs, averaging less than 35. In the last three innings so far in the 2023 Border Gavaskar Trophy, he has returns of 20, 17 and 1.

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Shubman Gill will look to cement his spot

Gill has been in phenomenal form in limited-overs recently. He is the top-scorer across format for Team in the ongoing season. He notched up a double century in the ODIs and century in T20Is. The 23-year-old scored his maiden Test hundred in December last year against Bangladesh.

He has become the fan-favourite through his performance and the management will look to include him in the playing XI. His omission in the playing XI was highly questioned by the Indian cricket fraternity. He will, however, open with Rohit Sharma in the third Test.

Gill was a part of the practice session for Team India in the third Test. He was seen practicing as a slip cordon along with former India captain Virat Kohli.