India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and elected to bat against Australia as women’s T20 cricket makes it debut in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Friday.
The two sides are facing off in their in their preliminary round group A match. Pacer Meghna Singh will be debuting for India.
Teams:
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Meghna Singh (debut), Renuka Thakur.
Australia: Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), Tahlia McGrath, Rachael Haynes, Ashleigh Gardner, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown.