TEAMS
India (Playing XI): Mithali Raj, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Veda Krishnamurthy, Taniya Bhatia(w), Deepti Sharma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Radha Yadav, Mansi Joshi, Poonam Yadav
Ireland (Playing XI): Clare Shillington, Gaby Lewis, Isobel Joyce, Laura Delany(c), Shauna Kavanagh, Kim Garth, Eimear Richardson, Mary Waldron(w), Lara Maritz, Lucy OReilly, Celeste Raack
Harmanpreet: We are prepared for both, so toss doesn't matter. We are fresh and raring to go. We have one change. In place of Arundathi, Mansi is in.
Laura: We are gonna have a bowl first. There is no easy game. We have one change
TOSS: Ireland skipper Laura Delany wins toss, opts to field against India
India and Ireland arrived at Providence Stadium under gloomy skies, but the good news is that the covers are now of… https://t.co/JxGQCaLjKQ
— ICC World Twenty20 (@WorldT20) 1542291650000 Harmanpreet is all set to play big knock!
"I like to hit big shots." We certainly saw that in her innings against New Zealand! She hit an awesome century i… https://t.co/y9xZIYmuwx
— ICC World Twenty20 (@WorldT20) 1542290797000 PREVIEW
Eyeing a semis berth, overwhelming favourites India will have to guard against complacency when they play Ireland in their third Group B match of the ICC Women's World T20.
India are on a roll having convincingly won their first two matches, including against arch-rivals Pakistan two days ago.
Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur declared open the tournament with her blazing hundred against New Zealand at the Providence, the same venue where India will face Ireland.
Ireland, on the other hand, have lost to both Australia and Pakistan.
India will enter the game against the Irish as overwhelming favourites but Kaur is aware that her team cannot afford to take things for granted in this mega-event.
Ireland cricket is known for its fighting abilities and taking them lightly will not be the way to go for India, with qualification to the last-four knocking on their doors.
If Kaur was the star of the opening win, the team's most experienced campaigner, Mithali Raj, showed the way in the seven-wicket win over Pakistan.
While Jemimah Rodrigues started her T20 career with a fine half-century, the likes of Smriti Mandhana and Veda Krishnamurthy will look to score some runs against Ireland.
Source : timesofindia[dot]indiatimes[dot]com
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