India’s women win toss and bat against South Africa

India’s women won the toss and chose to bat first in their key ICC T20 World Cup group match against South Africa at Old Trafford in Manchester on Sunday.

India have begun the competition well with two victories but South Africa have not convinced, comfortably losing their first match against Australia and scraping home against Pakistan. For South Africa, in particular, this is effectively a quarterfinal match.

For India’s captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, this is her 200th T20I, making her the first cricketer, male or female, to reach the mark.

SOUTH AFRICA: Laura Wolvaardt, Tazmin Brits, Dane van Niekerk, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Chloe Tryon, Sinalo Jafta, Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba

INDIA: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Yastika Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Arundhati Reddy, N Shree Charani, Nandani Sharma