india women vs west indies women : India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said she would have liked to bowl first as well
Jagruk Youth News, New Delhi, india women vs west indies women: Captain Hayley Matthews said she thinks the wicket won't change too much. Harmanpreet Kaur, her counterpart, said she would have "definitely bowled" had she won the toss. India have decided to hand Saima Thakor, who has played six ODIs so far, her T20I debut.
With Shafali Verma missing out, Uma Chetry has been slated to open with Smriti Mandhana for the hosts with Jemimah Rodrigues at No. 3. Titas Sadhu will play her first T20I since May. They have decided to go with two seamers and six potential bowling options including the part-time offspin of Sajeevan Sajana.
West Indies' players have been in India for ten days to acclimatise. Shabika Gajnabi, Matthews and Deandra Dottin are their key allrounders. Fingerspinner Zaida James is the only left-arm bowler in their side.
India have not won a T20I series at home in five years but have an eight-match T20 winning streak against West Indies
India: 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2. Uma Chetry, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur, 5 Richa Ghosh, 6 Sajeevan Sajana, 7 Deepti Sharma, 8 Radha Yadav, 9 Saima Thakor, 10 Titas Sadhu, 11 Renuka Thakur
West Indies: 1 Hayley Matthews (capt), 2 Qiana Joseph, 3 Shemaine Campbelle (wk), 4 Deandra Dottin, 5 Chinelle Henry, 6 Shabika Gajnabi, 7 Afy Fletcher, 8 Zaida James, 9 Mandy Mangru, 10 Shamilia Connell, 11 Karishma Ramharack