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Renuka out, Amanjot Kaur returns; SA-W invite Harmanpreet's India Women to bat first

Debashis Sarangi

India Women invited to bat first vs SA-W [Source: AFP]India Women invited to bat first vs SA-W [Source: AFP]

In a significant development, South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bowl first in their third group-stage match of the ongoing Women’s World Cup against India Women. At toss, South Africa Women captain Laura Wolvaardt revealed that her team would field first in order to capitalise on the playing conditions. 

India have brought Amanjot Kaur back into the playing XI, as she replaces Renuka Singh Thakur. Amanjot, who slammed a sensational fifty against Sri Lanka Women, missed out on selection against Pakistan Women due to illness. 

In her absence, Renuka bowled an economical spell but went wicketless in the previous match. South Africa have also made one change, bringing in fast bowler Tumi Sekhukhune for Masabata Klaas. 

IND-W vs SA-W: Captains' thoughts

"Well, looking at the conditions, we would have bowled first as well. But most of the times, we don't have that in our hand. They have been great every time supporting us in the stadiums. We want to put in a good show for them today. We have one change. Amanjot is back in place of Renuka. Every game, we need to keep showing improvements. First two games, we wanted to win. Now every game is important. We have to keep doing the good things again and again," Harmanpreet said. 

"We are going to bowl first today. There is some rain around. Hopefully there's a bit of movement up early. Very nice wicket. Hopefully it's even nicer under the lights later. We have got one change. Tumi Sekhukhune comes in for Masabata Klaas," Laura Wolvaardt stated. 

IND-W vs SA-W: Playing XIs

India Women's XI: Smriti Mandhana (vc), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Kranti Goud, Nallapureddy Charani

South Africa Women's XI: Laura Wolvaardt (c), Tazmin Brits, Sune Luus, Marizanne Kapp, Anneke Bosch, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Chloe Lesleigh Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Tumi Sekhukhune, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba

Vizag weather in focus for IND-W vs SA-W match

As India Women get ready to face their South African counterparts, the focus is on Vizag weather, with rain threat looming large on the clash. The toss was delayed due to rain and wet outfield. It was scheduled to take place at 2.30 PM, but inclement weather forced the match officials to reschedule it to 3.32 PM. As things stand, the match is set to start at 4.00 PM local time and no overs have are lost.