Pakistan captain Fatima Sana won the toss and opted to bat first against Harmanpreet Kaur-led India at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Group A stage clash. Fatima made one forced change to the side replacing Diana Baig with Syeda Aroob Shah.
“We will bat first, put up a total on the board. Diana Baig misses out, that's the only change. It's a big blow, but we've players who can do well in her absence. We'll try to put up a good total here. I'm excited to lead Pakistan against India,” Fatima said after winning the toss.
Harmanpreet made one forced change to the side as well replacing an injured Pooja Vastrakar with S Sajana.
“We would have batted first as well, but we'll have to bowl well and restrict them. We have one change, Pooja is out with an injury. We'll have to move forward with a positive approach, it's always how you bounce back and we've spoken about it. We will go out there and play some positive cricket,” Harmanpreet said at the coin toss.
IND vs PAK Playing XIs:
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, S Sajana, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh
Muneeba Ali(w), Gull Feroza, Sidra Amin, Nida Dar, Aliya Riaz, Omaima Sohail, Fatima Sana(c), Tuba Hassan, Nashra Sandhu, Syeda Aroob Shah, Sadia Iqbal
IND vs PAK head-to-head
In the Women's T20 World Cup history, India and Pakistan have locked horns seven times. India have beaten Pakistan five out of seven. The last time they met on the biggest stage, they beat Pakistan by seven wickets in Cape Town.
The last time Pakistan beat India in T20 World Cup was in the 2016 edition. Pakistan won by two runs as per DL method in Delhi.
Statistics of replacements
Diana's replacement, Syeda is a spin all-rounder. She has played 12 T20Is and bagged five wickets. On the other hand, Sajana has scored 30 runs from four T20I innings. Her best T20I score is 11.
