Toss England Women opt to bowl vs India Women
Shafali Verma and Sofia Dunkley were handed ODI debuts in Bristol as England decided to bowl first against India in the first match of the three-match series, which kicks off the limited-overs phase of the multi-format assignment.
At the age of 17 years and 150 days, Verma became the fifth youngest player in both men's and women's cricket to represent his country in all formats of the game. He made his Test debut at the same venue last week and played in a tough match with innings of 96 and 63. In the same match, Dinkley became the first black woman to represent England in the longest format; He scored 74 not out in his first innings.
India retained the same fast bowling trio, comprising Jhulan Goswami, Pooja Vastrakar and Shikha Pandey, fielded in the standalone Test. Veteran left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht overtook offspin-bowling all-rounder Sneh Rana, who scored a four-for in the first innings and an unbeaten 80 in the second innings in Tests, to return to the Indian line-up as the lone frontline spinner. .
England dropped Emily Arlott and Freya Davies from their ODI squad earlier this week. He opted for Sarah Glenn's legspin with a fast bowling team formed by Nat Sciver, Katherine Brunt, Kate Cross and Anya Shrubsole.
One-dayers England and India met in 50-over cricket in England for the first time since the 2017 World Cup final at Lord's, where the hosts won the title.
A fresh pitch is being used in Bristol, in which Heather Knight - who is playing her 50th ODI as captain - said there was a uniform cover of grass on the surface on the eve of the match.
England: 1 Tammy Beaumont, 2 Lauren Winfield-Hill, 3 Heather Knight (c), 4 Sophia Dunkley, 5 Natalie Sciver (VC), 6 Amy Jones (wk), 7 Sophie Ecclestone, 8 Sarah Glenn, 9 Katherine Brunt, 10 Kate Cross, 11 Anya Shrubsole
India: 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Poonam Raut, 4 Mithali Raj (captain), 5 Harmanpreet Kaur (VC), 6 Deepti Sharma, 7 Tania Bhatia (wk), 8 Pooja Vastrakar, 9 Shikha Pandey, 10 Jhulan Goswami , 11 Ekta Bishti