Toss Australia selected to bat vs India
Harmanpreet Kaur was cleared to steer India after being admitted to hospital yesterday with a fever however misplaced the toss on a heat and barely breezy afternoon at Newlands. As a substitute, India’s bowlers will get first use of a recent pitch that ought to provide slightly extra tempo and bounce than the surfaces we’ve got seen within the event to date.
India made three modifications to the group that beat Eire, one enforced by sickness. Pooja Vastrakar is
out of the event with an higher respiratory tract an infection and her alternative, Sneh Rana was instantly inserted into the XI. India additionally left Rajeshwari Gayakwad, who has taken no wickets within the event to date, and allrounder Devika Vaidya, and changed them with Yastika Bhatia, who has not performed since she opened in opposition to Pakistan, and Radha Yadav.
Australia additionally adjusted their spin division and ignored legspinner Alana King, who has additionally gone with out success from the 4 matches she has performed.
Jess Jonassen takes King’s place. Within the batting line-up, they welcome again Alyssa Healy, who missed the South Africa match with a quad damage. Annabel Sutherland went again to the bench.
This semi-final is a rematch of the 2020 T20 World Cup ultimate which Australia by 85 runs. Regardless of the high-profile nature of the conflict, Newlands was pretty empty on the toss, with crowds anticipated to construct because the afternoon goes on however many saving themselves for tomorrow’s second semi-final between hosts South Africa and England.
India: 1 Shafali Verma, 2 Smriti Mandhana, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 5 Richa Ghosh (wk), 6 Yastika Bhatia, 7 Deepti Sharma, 8 Sneh Rana 9 Shikha Pandey, 10 Radha Yadav, 11 Renuka Singh
Australia: 1 Alyssa Healy (wk), 2 Beth Mooney, 3 Meg Lanning (capt), 4 Ashleigh Gardner, 5 Ellyse Perry 6 Tahlia McGrath, 7 Grace Harris, 8 Georgia Wareham, 9 Jess Jonassen, 10 Megan Schutt, 11 Darcie Brown
