India opt to bowl in first women's T20I against Australia 
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India win toss, elect to bowl against Australia in the first T20I

India opt to bowl in first women's T20I against Australia

Mumbai | India won the toss and elected to bowl against Australia in the first women's T20I of the three-match series at the DY Patil Stadium here Friday.

"We're going to bowl first. We're going in with 4 seamers and 2 spinners, want to use this opportunity and bowl first. This is the right opportunity for us to try some things," said India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur after calling it correct.

Teams:

India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Thakur Singh, Titas Sadhu.

Australia: Alyssa Healy (capt & wk), Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Elysse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Phoebe Litchfield, Grace Harris, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown.

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