Toss Pakistan Women chose to bat vs India Women
Harmanpreet Kaur returned to lead India after missing the previous game against UAE; she replaced Kiran Navgire, while Radha Yadav came in for Sneh Rana. India continued to bench Shafali Verma, with Sabbhineni Meghana partnering Smriti Mandhana at the top.
Dayalan Hemalatha, Richa Ghosh and Pooja Vastrakar will be expected to shore up the lower-middle order with their big-hitting skills, and in Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Radha, India have two left-arm spinners to counter a right-hand heavy Pakistan line-up. They also have several offspin options in allrounder Deepti Sharma, Hemalatha and Harmanpreet.
Pakistan added more spin to their attack by bringing in left-armer Sadia Iqbal for experienced pacer Diana Baig. They also made a like-for-like swap with seam-bowling allrounder Aiman Anwer replacing Kainat Imtiaz.
India: 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Sabbhineni Meghana, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt) 5 Dayalan Hemalatha, 6 Richa Ghosh (wk), 7 Pooja Vastrakar, 8 Deepti Sharma, 9 Radha Yadav, 10 Renuka Singh, 11 Rajeshwari Gayakwad
Pakistan: 1 Muneeba Ali (wk), 2 Sidra Ameen, 3 Bismah Maroof (capt), 4 Nida Dar, 5 Ayesha Naseem, 6 Aliya Riaz, 7 Omaima Sohail, 8 Aiman Anwer, 9 Sadia Iqbal, 10. Tuba Hassan, 11 Nashra Sandhu
