Darcie Brown comes in for Annabel Sutherland in high-stakes clash
Toss Australia Women chose to bowl vs India Women
Australia head coach Matthew Mott said on match eve the Eden Park strip is expected to be “fast bouncy”, which will mean that the teams will rely heavily on their quicks, especially in the powerplay. Brown, who was left out of the XI against West Indies in favour of Sutherland, will have a major role to play in the first 10 overs. For India, their pace spearhead, Jhulan Goswami, who was handed her 200th ODI cap by Raj, the only other woman with as many appearances in the format, will shoulder new-ball duties with Meghna Singh.
India: 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Yastika Bhatia, 4 Mithali Raj (capt), 5 Harmanpreet Kaur, 6 Sneh Rana, 7 Richa Ghosh (wk), 8 Pooja Vastrakar, 9 Jhulan Goswami, 10 Meghna Singh, 11 Rajeshwari Gayakwad
Australia: 1 Alyssa Healy (wk), 2 Rachael Haynes, 3 Meg Lanning (capt), 4 Ellyse Perry, 5 Beth Mooney, 6 Tahlia McGrath, 7 Ashleigh Gardner, 8 Jess Jonassen, 9 Alana King, 10 Megan Schutt, 11 Darcie Brown
Annesha Ghosh is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @ghosh_annesha