Ind vs Aus, Women's World Cup semi-final: India win toss, elect to bat first

India skipper Mithali Raj won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in the rain-truncated second semifinals of the ICC Women's World Cup at County Ground here today.

India fielded an unchanged side from the last game, while skipper Meg Lanning returned for Australia in place of Rachael Haynes for the crucial match which was reduced to 42-over-a- side due to rain delay.

Teams:

India: Smriti Mandhana, Punam Raut, Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Veda Krishnamurthy, Sushma Verma (w), Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav.

Australia: Beth Mooney, Nicole Bolton, Meg Lanning (c), Ellyse Perry, Elyse Villani, Alex Blackwell, Alyssa Healy (w), Ashleigh Gardner, Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt, Kristen Beams.

-PTI