Live Blog: India Women vs Windies Women, 1st T20I

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Karishma Ramharack to Uma Chetry, OUT! TIMBER! Here comes the first dismissal. Flighted, too full in the line of stumps, Uma Chetry yorks herself as she goes for the flick and misses. The ball sneaks past her bat and clatters into the timber.

Karishma Ramharack to Uma Chetry, Full and wide outside off, Uma Chetry goes for the sweep and misses.

Karishma Ramharack to Uma Chetry, Too full on the pads, Uma Chetry flicks this towards mid-wicket for no run.

Score after

overs

50 - 0

Uma Chetry 24 (23)
Smriti Mandhana 23 (13)

Hayley Matthews to Uma Chetry, Tossed up on the pads, Uma Chetry flicks this away towards deep square for one. Ends the Power play at 50 for no loss.

Hayley Matthews to Smriti Mandhana, Short and wide around off, Smriti Mandhana cuts this through point for a single.

Hayley Matthews to Smriti Mandhana, SIX! DISPATCHED! Smriti takes the aerial route and clears the fence with ease. Tossed up around middle and leg, Smriti Mandhana slogs this up and over the fence towards deep mid-wicket for the first biggie of the game.

Hayley Matthews to Uma Chetry, Fuller around middle and leg, Uma Chetry slogs this towards mid-wicket for a single.

Hayley Matthews to Smriti Mandhana, Fuller around off, Smriti Mandhana goes for the lofted drive, gets it closer to Karishma Ramharack at extra cover and she puts in a diving effort in front as well but the ball lands short of her. Single taken.

Hayley Matthews to Uma Chetry, Top spinner on off, Uma Chetry sweeps this over square leg for a single.

Score after

overs

39 - 0

Uma Chetry 21 (20)
Smriti Mandhana 15 (10)

Karishma Ramharack1-0-1-0

Karishma Ramharack to Uma Chetry, Floated on leg, Uma Chetry tucks this towards leg for a single. Just a single off this over.

Karishma Ramharack to Uma Chetry, Quicker and fuller on off, Uma Chetry pushes this away on off for no run.

Karishma Ramharack to Uma Chetry, Fuller around middle and leg, Uma Chetry slogs this off the inside towards square leg for no run.

Karishma Ramharack to Uma Chetry, Tossed up around off, Uma Chetry slogs this all along the ground towards mid-wicket for no run.

Karishma Ramharack to Uma Chetry, Flatter and quicker on off, Uma Chetry defends this well.

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Karishma Ramharack to Uma Chetry, Rushed through on off, Uma Chetry defends this off the back foot.

Score after

overs

38 - 0

Smriti Mandhana 15 (10)
Uma Chetry 20 (14)

Hayley Matthews to Smriti Mandhana, Another dot. A couple of boundaries to start with but four dots on a trot ends the over well for Hayley Matthews.

Hayley Matthews to Smriti Mandhana, Tossed up outside off, Smriti Mandhana goes for the drive but finds cover-point.

Hayley Matthews to Smriti Mandhana, Quicker and flatter on off, Smriti Mandhana defends this off her front foot.

Hayley Matthews to Smriti Mandhana, Full toss around off, Smriti Mandhana drills this straight to mid off for no run. Smriti Mandhana has missed out on another boundary opportunity.

Hayley Matthews to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! Tossed up around off, Smriti Mandhana moves away from the line of it and drives this through the left of extra-cover for four runs.

Hayley Matthews to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! Full toss, around middle and leg, Smriti Mandhana slogs this over the mid-wicket fielder fora boundary. Indian batters are on fire. They have walked out with a positive intent.

Score after

overs

30 - 0

Uma Chetry 20 (14)
Smriti Mandhana 7 (4)

Chinelle Henry to Uma Chetry, FOUR! Lofted over for four more. Uma Chetry is on fire. On a length, around off, Uma Chetry presents a full face of her bat and lofts this over the bowler's head for a boundary down to long off.

Chinelle Henry to Uma Chetry, Good length on the pads, Uma Chetry nudges this through the square leg region for a couple of runs.

Chinelle Henry to Uma Chetry, Good length wide of off, Uma Chetry slashes at it and misses.

Chinelle Henry to Uma Chetry, EDGED AND DROPPED! On a length wide of off, away swing on offer, Uma Chetry slashes at it, gets it off the outside edge and straight to Hayley Matthews at first slip. Hayley Matthews drops it.

Chinelle Henry to Uma Chetry, FOUR! Third consecutive boundary for Uma Chetry. Good length wide of off, Uma Chetry plays the square cut and gets it beyond point for a boundary.

Chinelle Henry to Smriti Mandhana, Back of a length around the pads, Smriti Mandhana goes for the pull, gets it away off the gloves and to the keepers right for a single.

Chinelle Henry to Smriti Mandhana, WIDE! On a length around the pads, Smriti Mandhana misses the flick. Wided.

Score after

overs

18 - 0

Uma Chetry 10 (9)
Smriti Mandhana 6 (3)

Zaida James to Uma Chetry, FOUR! Another one races away to the fence. Flighted around off, Uma Chetry smashes this all along the ground in-between cover and extra cover for a boundary more. Back-to-back boundaries for Uma Chetry.

Zaida James to Uma Chetry, FOUR! Flighted around off, Uma Chetry gets right on top of it and drives this crisply through the cover region for a boundary. Uma Chetry finds the fence as well.

Zaida James to Uma Chetry, Arm-delivery on off, Uma Chetry rocks back and punches this towards point for no run.

Zaida James to Uma Chetry, Short and wide outside off, Uma Chetry cuts this off her back foot towards backward point for no run.

Zaida James to Smriti Mandhana, Tossed, up, spinning down the leg, Smriti Mandhana tucks this towards short fine leg and runs a quick single.

Zaida James to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! First boundary of the game and it comes off the bat of Smriti Mandhana. Short of a length around middle and leg, Smriti Mandhana pulls this flat and over square leg for a boundary. This was hit in the air but wide of the fielder.

Zaida James will bowl from the other end.

Uma Chetry 2 (5)
Smriti Mandhana 1 (1)

Chinelle Henry to Uma Chetry, On a length around off, Uma Chetry punches this towards cover-point and looks for a single but Smriti Mandhana denies it and rightly so.

Chinelle Henry to Uma Chetry, Touch fuller here, on middle and leg, Uma Chetry drills this to mid on for no run.

Chinelle Henry to Uma Chetry, Good length on off, Uma Chetry thumps this towards off for no run.

Chinelle Henry to Uma Chetry, On a length around the pads, Uma Chetry moves across and tucks this towards the long leg region for a couple of runs.

Chinelle Henry to Uma Chetry, On a length wide of off, away swing on offer, Uma Chetry goes for the drive but misses.

Chinelle Henry to Smriti Mandhana, Off the mark is Smriti Mandhana. Back of a length around the pads, Smriti Mandhana flicks this towards the fine leg fielder for a single.

Chinelle Henry to Smriti Mandhana, WIDE! Another extra and India already have 2 runs on board without a single legal delivery. On a length wide down the leg, Smriti Mandhana misses the flick again. Wided.

Chinelle Henry to Smriti Mandhana, WIDE! Starts off with a wide. Good length down the leg, Smriti Mandhana misses the flick and the keeper collects it. Wided.

We are all set for play to begin. The umpires walk out to the middle followed by the players of West Indies Women led by Hayley Matthews. For India Women, Smriti Mandhana walks out along with Uma Chetry to open the innings. To open the attack with the ball for West Indies Women, it will be Chinelle Henry.

The players from both teams, West Indies Women and India Women have gathered on the field, standing shoulder to shoulder with the match officials. First, it will be the National Anthem of the West Indies, "Rally Round the West Indies". Following this, the Indian National Anthem, "Jana Gana Mana", will be played, evoking a sense of pride and unity among the Indian team and their supporters.

The skipper of India Women, Harmanpreet Kaur says they would have bowled as well. Mentions that they will look to take this as a fresh game and not think about what has happened in the past. Adds that they will be looking to play on the front foot and will look to post a solid total on board.

The skipper of West Indies Women, Hayley Matthews says they will bowl first. Mentions that playing here is a good opportunity for the young guns to have an outing against a top side. Reckons that they will have to be at their best as India are a very competitive side.

India Women (Playing XI) - Smriti Mandhana, Uma Chetry, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Richa Ghosh (WK), Sajana S, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Saima Thakor, Titas Sadhu, Renuka Singh Thakur.

West Indies Women (Playing XI) - Hayley Matthews (C), Qiana Joseph, Shemaine Campbelle (WK), Deandra Dottin, Chinelle Henry, Shabika Gajnabi, Afy Fletcher, Zaida James, Mandy Mangru, Karishma Ramharack, Shamilia Connell.

We would have bowled first as well. We just want to play good cricket in this series. We did really well, especially in India. This is our first game in India after the T20 WC. Saima is making her debut.