toss India chose to bowl vs Australia
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur chose to bowl in difficult conditions at the WACA as India look for a consolation win in the final of the ODI series against Australia.
India lost badly in the opening two matches in Brisbane, as their dream of a maiden ODI series win over Australia ended in familiar disappointment. They are hoping for a quick turnaround and have made several changes with fast bowlers Arundhati Reddy and Titas Sadhu recalled in the expected favorable fast bowling conditions.
Georgia Woll will again open the batting alongside fellow 21-year-old Phoebe Litchfield as she looks to wrap up a stellar debut series after scoring 46 and 101 not out in the opening two matches.
After a mild spring, famously hot Western Australia’s capital Perth is in the midst of its first heatwave of the summer with temperatures set to reach 39 degrees. The WACA surface is expected to be fast and bouncy in trademark style.
Australia: 1 Phoebe Lichfield, 2 Georgia Woll, 3 Ellyse Perry, 4 Beth Mooney (wk), 5 Annabel Sutherland, 6 Ash Gardner, 7 Tahlia McGrath (c), 8 Sophie Molyneux, 9 Alana King, 10 Kim Garth, 11 Megan Schutt
India: 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Harleen Deol, 3 Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), 4 Jemimah Rodrigues, 5 Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), 6 Deepti Sharma, 7 Minnu Mani, 8 Saima Thakor, 9 Arundhati Reddy, 10 Titas Sadhu, 11 Renuka Singh.
