IND-W vs AUS-W LIVE Score: Smriti Mandhana unbeaten at 64, India 101/1 at Dinner Break in Pink Ball Test: Follow Live Updates

India XI: Smriti Mandhana, Shafail Verma, Punam Raut, Mithali Raj (c), Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Australia have named four Test debutants. Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Darcie Brown and Stella Campbell.

Australia XI: Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Darcie Brown, Stella Campbell

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IND-W vs AUS-W LIVE: Mithali Raj led India ready, 3 big battles that can decide Pink Ball Test: Follow Live Updates

IND-W vs AUS-W LIVE: Mithali Raj led India ready, 3 big battles that can decide Pink Ball Test: Follow Live Updates

Battle 1: Shafali Verma v Australia’s fast bowlers: If you had the chance to tune in to the England v India series and The Hundred, you would have witnessed a great battle between Katherine Brunt and Shafali Verma, a young batting star taking on one of the best fast bowlers the game has seen.

Shafali can take the game away from Australia if she stay on crease for sometime

Battle 2: The battle of leg-spinners: The leg spinner who has the most influence between Georgia Wareham (if fit) and Poonam Yadav will be telling in this match.

These two players go about their craft differently; Poonam will give the ball more air, while Wareham will have more pace on the ball and target the stumps.

Both players can beat both sides of the bat with their wrong uns, which we will see employed with fielders in close under the helmet. Both captains will go to their leggies when in need of a wicket and I’m sure I’m not the only one hoping to see some spin in the pitch.

Battle 3 – The battle of two most experienced skippers: Both Meg Lanning and Mithali Raj are the key batters in their respective line-ups & will lead their sides.

They play different roles; Raj is the glue that holds the Indian line-up together and with attacking weapons like Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma around her, Raj will be the steady hand. She will go from being criticised about her strike rate in the white-ball games to applauded for it this week as she aims to bat for as long as possible.

Lanning will look to dictate the tempo of the match and there is no better way to do this as a captain than by spending time out in the middle. But Lanning will also play her naturally attacking style.

Both captians will try to outdo each other with their tactics and also with their crucial roles in the batting line-ups.

IND-W vs AUS-W LIVE – Mithali Raj India LIVE: Whoever wins these key battles – will have upper hand in the PINK BALL TEST.

Australia squad: Meg Lanning (c), Darcie Brown, Maitlan Brown, Stella Campbell, Nicola Carey, Hannah Darlington, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Redmayne, Molly Strano, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham

India Test squad: Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur (vc), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Punam Raut, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Yastika Bhatia, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Shikha Pandey, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Richa Ghosh, Ekta Bisht.