Dambulla (Sri Lanka), July 19

Pakistan captain Nida Dar won the toss and elected to bat first against India in their women’s T20 Asia Cup here on Friday.

India are the defending champions in the tournament and are coming to this event after a stellar home series against South Africa in all formats.

Teams:

India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur copy;, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Thakur Singh.

Pakistan: Sidra Ameen, Gull Feroza, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nida Dar copy;, Aliya Riaz, Iram Javed, Fatima Sana, Tuba Hassan, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu, Syeda Aroob Shah.