Toss Pakistan selected to bat vs India
Each groups made one change apiece owing to accidents. Diana Baig pulled up with what appeared like a calf damage in opposition to Sri Lanka, and was changed by legspinner Syeda Aroob Shah. In consequence, they’ve Sana and Aliya Riaz to depend on for seam bowling with as many as six spinners within the XI.
For India, Pooja Vastrakar had a niggle and therefore, S Sajana was introduced within the XI. The transfer barely lengthens their batting however at the price of a seam bowler. Sajana rose to prominence with a last-ball six for Mumbai Indians within the WPL 2024 opener.
The climate was 37 levels and the recent pitch the match was going to be performed on was nearly equidistant from the sq. boundaries – 61m and 60m both sides. The longest hit was straight down the bottom, with 73m.
India: 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 4 Jemimah Rodrigues, 5 Richa Ghosh (wk), 6 Deepti Sharma, 7 S Sajana, 8 Arundhati Reddy, 9 Shreyanka Patil, 10 Asha Sobhana, 11 Renuka Singh
Pakistan: 1 Muneeba Ali (wk), 2 Gull Feroza, 3 Sidra Amin, 4 Omaima Sohail, 5 Nida Dar, 6 Tuba Hassan, 7 Fatima Sana (capt), 8 Aliya Riaz, 9 Syeda Aroob Shah, 10 Nashra Sandhu, 11 Sadiq Iqbal