After 7 overs,India Women 17/1 ( Smriti Mandhana 12 , Deepti Sharma 3)
Another excellent over from Baig, this time the seamer collecting her first maiden as Deepti Sharma blocks her way through the over. India scoring at less than three-an-over at the moment.
After 6 overs,India Women 17/1 ( Smriti Mandhana 12 , Deepti Sharma 3)
Misfield at cover allows Mandhana to set off for an easy single in the third delivery of the over. Deepti follows suit next ball, working the ball through the on side. Two from the over.
After 5 overs,India Women 15/1 ( Smriti Mandhana 11 , Deepti Sharma 2)
FOUR! That should get her going! Mandhana leans into the delivery and clips the ball through the midwicket region at the start of Baig’s third over, collecting the first boundary of the innings. Baig oversteps three balls later, and Mandhana gets a top-edge off a short delivery, the ball landing safely near fine leg to allow her a brace. She collects a single next ball, before all-rounder Deepti Sharma gets off the mark with a brace off the final delivery. 10 from the over.
After 4 overs,India Women 5/1 ( Smriti Mandhana 4 , Deepti Sharma 0)
Another tidy over from spinner Amin, with just one coming from it as Mandhana collects a single off the fourth delivery.
After 3 overs,India Women 4/1 ( Smriti Mandhana 3 , Deepti Sharma 0)
Shafali Verma is on strike for the first time in this over. Good piece of fielding by Fatima Sana at midwicket after Verma clips a low full toss through that region. Verma plays a similar shot next ball, only to be intercepted at mid on this time. Baig fires one far down the leg side in the final delivery for it to be called a wide. Baig ends the over on a successful note by dismissing Verma for a duck.
BOWLED! Diana Baig gets the early breakthrough! Verma misses completely while looking to heave towards the midwicket region, and ends up getting her leg stump rattled. She departs for a six-ball duck, as India lose their first wicket with just four on the board. IND 4/1
Verma b Baig 0(6)
After 2 overs,India Women 3/0 ( Smriti Mandhana 3 , Shafali Verma 0)
Left-arm spinner Anam Amin starts off from the other end with a solitary slip in place. She starts off tidily with a maiden.
After 1 over,India Women 3/0 ( Smriti Mandhana 3 , Shafali Verma 0)
Mandhana opens her account with a brace, steering the ball behind square in the second delivery. Baig’s getting some nice shape early on, getting the ball to jag back into the stumps in the fourth delivery. Swing and a miss by Smriti in the penultimate delivery. She keeps the strike with a single off the last delivery.
Players from both teams are wearing black armbands in memory of Shane Warne, who passed away aged 52 on Friday. Diana Baig starts off with the ball in hand after the national anthems are sung, with Smriti Mandhana on strike for the first delivery. Shafali Verma opens alongside her as usual.
Teams:
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Mithali Raj (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad
Pakistan: Javeria Khan, Sidra Amin, Bismah Maroof (c), Omaima Sohail, Nida Dar, Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Diana Baig, Nushra Sandhu, Anam Amin