India bowl and usher in Shikha Pandey; England unchanged

Toss India selected to bowl vs England

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur gained the toss and put England in; that is the primary time England will likely be setting a goal on this World Cup. Harmanpreet’s choice was due to the doable rain round, which is able to possible help seam bowlers attending to bowl first.

For that motive, India introduced in skilled seamer Shikha Pandey for legspinning allrounder Devika Vaidya. Pandey had returned to worldwide cricket with the current tri-series in South Africa. She bowled in two of these video games however went wicketless. Harmanpreet stated they needed to choose up their bowling efficiency as a result of it had been a “concern” earlier.

England went unchanged from their win towards Ireland in Paarl 5 days in the past. Captain Heather Knight stated in addition they wished to bowl first due to the situations however had “no problem” in batting first. She stated they wished to get “sharper in the field”.

This would be the first match in Gqeberha for each groups, the place Australia have gained their each video games whereas chasing. India had gained each their video games in Cape Town whereas England have come right here after being unbeaten in Paarl. The floor had barely uneven sq. boundaries – one was 57 metres and the opposite 62.

India will likely be via to the semi-finals in the event that they win tonight however the identical will not be the case for England.

England: 1 Sophia Dunkley, 2 Danni Wyatt, 3 Alice Capsey, 4 Nat Sciver-Brunt, 5 Heather Knight (capt), 6 Amy Jones (wk), 7 Katherine Sciver-Brunt, 8 Sophie Ecclestone, 9 Charlie Dean, 10 Sarah Glenn, 11 Lauren Bell

India: 1 Shafali Verma, 2 Smriti Mandhana, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 5 Richa Ghosh (wk), 6 Pooja Vastrakar, 7 Deepti Sharma, 8 Radha Yadav, 9 Shikha Pandey, 10 Rajeshwari Gayakwad, 11 Renuka Singh