Toss New Zealand selected to bat vs India
New Zealand received the toss and opted to bat of their ladies’s T20 World Cup opener towards India in Dubai. New Zealand captain Sophie Devine believes the “pitch will not change an excessive amount of”, which aided her choice.
They’ve gone pace-heavy for the sport, with Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair and Lea Tahuhu as choices, whereas Eden Carson and Amelia Kerr are the spinners.
India: India: 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 4 Jemimah Rodrigues, 5 Richa Ghosh (wk), 6 Deepti Sharma, 7 Arundhati Reddy, 8 Pooja Vastrakar, 9 Shreyanka Patil, 10 S Asha, 11 Renuka Singh
New Zealand: 1 Suzie Bates, 2 Georgia Plimmer, 3 Amelia Kerr, 4 Sophie Devine (capt), 5 Brooke Halliday, 6 Maddy Inexperienced, 7 Isabella Gaze (wk), 8 Jess Kerr, 9 Rosemary Mair, 10 Lea Tahuhu, 11 Eden Carson