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ICC Women's T20 WC: Australia win toss, opt to bat against India in final

| @indiablooms | Mar 08, 2020, at 12:54 pm

Melbourne/UNI: Australia captain Meg Lanning won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the final of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup at the iconic MCG, here on Sunday.

Both India and Australia have fielded unchanged teams for this historic clash on International Women's Day.

The Harmanpreet Kaur led undefeated Indian team are eyeing their maiden title whereas the hosts Australia are bidding for their fifth trophy at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Playing XI:

India Women: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Taniya Bhatia(w), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Veda Krishnamurthy, Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Australia Women: Alyssa Healy(w), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning(c), Rachael Haynes, Ashleigh Gardner, Sophie Molineux, Nicola Carey, Jess Jonassen, Georgia Wareham, Delissa Kimmince, Megan Schutt

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