Pitch report: Snehal Pradhan and Amol Muzumdar reckon this is going to be a good batting track. There is some surprise that India (and SA ...
Pitch report: Snehal Pradhan and Amol Muzumdar reckon this is going to be a good batting track. There is some surprise that India (and SA if they had won the toss) opted to bowl first. A black soil pitch this one and the duo reckon 225-250 is a par score.
Confirmation of playing XIs:
India playing XI: Mithali Raj (C), Harmanpreet Kaur (VC), Smriti Mandhana, Punam Raut, Sushma Verma, Poonam Yadav, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jhulan Goswami, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Mansi Joshi
South Africa playing XI: Laura Wolvaardt, Lizelle Lee, Sune Luus(c), Lara Goodall, Mignon du Preez, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Trisha Chetty(wk), Ayabonga Khaka, Shabnim Ismail, Nonkululeko Mlaba
08.51 am: One change for India, Mansi Joshi replacing Monica Patel who had made her debut in the opener.
Time for the second #INDvSA ODI in Lucknow
— ZENIA D'CUNHA (@ZENIADCUNHA) March 9, 2021
Mithali Raj & Co will look to bounce back from the 8-wicket loss on Sunday, a loss that needs to be seen in the context of the year gone by #Replug of my piecehttps://t.co/SNx4KtuUlW
08.45 am: South Africa are unchanged, awaiting team news from the Indian camp.
Bowling first 🤞#INDvSA #INDWvSAW
— NIK #JustAFan (@nikhikalpita) March 9, 2021
08.39 am: You can watch the first ODI highlights here and the post-match reaction here.
TOSS: India have won the toss today and will be bowling first....
