ICC Women’s WC: Australia elects to bowl against India

Auckland, March 19: Australia won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 match at the Eden Park here on Saturday. Both sides made one change in their line-ups. For India, Shafali Verma replaced Deepti Sharma. And for Australia, Darcie Brown came in for Annabel Sutherland. India skipper Mithali Raj said, “We would have bowled as well because it’s a fresh wicket. One change: Shafali comes in for Deepti Sharma. It’s because we wanted to strengthen our top order and we’ll look to put up a good score. Big events are like a marathon, sometimes you do well and sometimes you don’t, you have to be consistent. We’ve done well in the last couple of games and we’d like to bring our A game on today.” Australia skipper Meg Lanning said, “It’s a fresh wicket and the weather might play a role. We have one change: Darcie Brown comes in for Annabel Sutherland. We’re looking to get better every game and India is a new challenge for us, we want to put the perfect game together. India are a world-class side and have some match-winners as well.” Playing XIs: India- Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Sneh Rana, Richa Ghosh (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad. Australia- Alyssa Healy (wk),

 Rachael Haynes, Meg Lanning (c), Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown.