Pakistan bat first in Cape Town, Harleen begins for India

Toss Pakistan selected to bat vs India

Bismah Maroof referred to as appropriately as Pakistan elected to bat of their Women’s T20 World Cup Group 2 opener in opposition to India in Cape Town on Sunday.

Maroof hoped her facet might put up a formidable complete and defend afterward a floor she described as dry. They had been spin heavy, fielding as many as three frontline choices in Nida Dar, Nashra Sandhu and Sadia Iqbal.

Harmanpreet Kaur too mentioned she would have batted on this “tricky surface”. Harleen Deol had an early alternative to impress in Smriti Mandhana’s absence as a consequence of a finger harm.

India too had been spin heavy, fielding three frontline spinners in Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav and Rajeshwari Gayakwad. This meant there was no place for the skilled Shikha Pandey, who made her worldwide comeback after 18 months through the recently-concluded tri-series involving South Africa and West Indies. India’s tempo assault will probably be spearheaded by Renuka Singh, with allrounder Pooja Vastrakar lining up because the second seam choice.

Two of Pakistan’s three wins in opposition to India in a girls’s world occasion have come on the T20 World Cup – Colombo (2012) and New Delhi (2016). Pakistan beat India of their newest outing on the Asia Cup in Bangladesh in September.

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

Pakistan: 1 Javeria Khan, 2 Muneeba Ali (wk), 3 Bismah Maroof (capt), 4 Nida Dar, 5 Sidra Ameen, 6 Aliya Riaz, 7 Ayesha Naseem, 8 Fatima Sana, 9 Aiman Anwer, 10 Nashra Sandhu, 11 Sadia Iqbal

Source web site: www.espncricinfo.com

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