Raghvi Bist makes T20I debut after knee niggle keeps Harmanpreet Kaur out

Toss West Indies chose to bowl vs India

Hayley Matthews, the West Indies captain, elected to bowl in a bid to level the three-match T20I series in Navi Mumbai.

Smriti Mandhana was captaining India in place of Harmanpreet Kaur, who sustained a niggle in her knee while batting in the first T20I. Mandhana felt dew could be a massive factor. This means the onus will be on India’s batters to once again put up a big score, like they did in the series opener, when they made 195 for 4.

Harmanpreet’s absence paved way for another debutant in Raghvi Bist, the Uttarakhand allrounder for whom this has been a memorable week already. Her maiden India cap, presented by Harmanpreet, came hot on the heels of her maiden WPL selection by Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Bist was one of the standout names for India A on their tour of Australia in October and was among the top run-scorers at the T20 Challenger Trophy.

West Indies made two changes with offspinner Ashmini Munisar and debutant allrounder Nerissa Crafton coming in for Mandy Mangru and Shamilla Connell.

India: Smriti Mandhana (capt), Uma Chetry, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Raghvi Bist, Sajeevan Sajana, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Saima Thakor, Titas Sadhu, Renuka Singh

West Indies: Hayley Matthews (capt), Qiana Joseph, Shemaine Campbelle (wk), Deandra Dottin, Chinelle Henry, Nerissa Crafton, Shabika Gajnabi, Zaida James, Afy Fletcher, Karishma Ramharack, Ashmini Munisar

Shashank Kishore is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo

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