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Bangladesh Women Win Toss, India To Bat First
Bangladesh Women won the toss before the first semi-final.
India will bat first.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said her team wanted runs on the scoreboard.
She said that could give India confidence.
India is using the same eleven players as before.
Kaur said the pitch is difficult to judge.
She will wait to see how India bats in the powerplay before deciding what score is good.
She also said India must play positively because any team can win a T20 match.
Bangladesh Women won the toss in the first semi-final, with India set to bat first.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said her team preferred batting first to build confidence with runs on the board.
India will field the same playing XI as in its previous match.
Kaur described the pitch as tricky and said the powerplay would help determine the eventual total.
Kaur said the T20 format makes results uncertain and that India would not take Bangladesh lightly.
- Who
- India Women and Bangladesh Women, with Harmanpreet Kaur speaking for India.
- What
- The teams are playing the first semi-final, and India will bat first after Bangladesh won the toss.
- Where
- The location is not specified.
- When
- The match is at the toss and live-score stage; no date is provided.
- Why
- India wanted to bat first because Harmanpreet Kaur said runs on the board could provide confidence.
Key facts
- Match stage
- First semi-final
- Toss winner
- Bangladesh Women
- Batting first
- India Women
- India captain
- Harmanpreet Kaur
- India team changes
- No changes; India will use the same eleven
- Pitch assessment
- Harmanpreet Kaur called the surface tricky
- Format
- T20
Quotes
Harmanpreet Kaur
Captain of the India women’s cricket team speaking at the toss
“To be honest, we thought batting first only because we thought having runs on the board will give us a lot of confidence and good we got batting first.”
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“No, we're going with the same eleven.”
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Sources
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