India opt to bat against South Africa in Harmanpreet's landmark 200th T20Is

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Harmanpreet Kaur of India presents teammate Prema Rawat with her debut T20 International headdress earlier the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Group A lucifer betwixt South Africa and India astatine Old Trafford Cricket Ground connected June 21, 2026, successful Manchester. Photo: Alex Davidson-ICC/ICC via Getty Images

India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur won the flip and opted to bat archetypal against South Africa successful their Women's T20 World Cup lucifer successful Manchester connected Sunday (June 21, 2026).

On the day, Harmanpreet became the archetypal subordinate successful planetary cricket to diagnostic successful 200 T20Is.

In the Indian XI, Prema Rawat came successful for the injured Shreyanka Patil, portion Kranti Gaud has been rested, and Arundhati Reddy is playing successful her place.

Dane van Niekerk and Tazmin Brits are playing successful spot of Sune Luus and Kayla Reyneke respectively successful the South African side.

Teams:

India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Yastika Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Arundhati Reddy, N Shree Charani, Nandani Sharma.

South Africa: Laura Wolvaardt, Tazmin Brits, Dane van Niekerk, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Chloe Tryon, Sinalo Jafta, Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba.

Published - June 21, 2026 07:12 p.m. IST

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