Women's Asia Cup 2024: Tanuja Kanwar is all set to make her debut for India Women, as the Gujarat Giants off-spinner's hardwork in Women's Premier League paid dividends and her debut comes in the Women's Asia Cup 2024 against UAE Women. Just before the start of the match, the left-arm bowler was handed her debut cap by India Women's fast bowler, Renuka Thakur, and the 26-year old will be seen in action today.
Playing XI Of India Women And UAE Women
UAE Women Playing XI:
Esha Rohit Oza (с), Samaira Dharnidharka, Heena Hotchandani, Indhuja Nandakumar, Khushi Sharma, Kavisha Egodage, Rithika Rajith, Theertha Satish (wk), Vaishnave Mahesh, Rinitha Rajith, Lavanya Keny
India Women Playing XI:
Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana (vc), Dayalan Hemalatha, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Tanuja Kanwar, Renuka Singh Thakur
UAE Women Won The Toss And Elected To Bowl Against India Women
UAE Women have won the crucial toss, and will be backing themselves against the mighty India Women, as they aim to pull off what looks like an improbable win.
Here's what the two captains said at the toss:
Esha Rohit Oza (UAE Women Captain):
"We want to bowl first. It's a fresh wicket, we want to use that to our advantage and restrict them. It's important that you learn from the game before. There were quite a few errors in the field. We want to do our basics right. We are playing with same side."
Harmanpreet Kaur (India Women Captain):
"Yes definitely, we wanted to bat first and we got that. We'll go with the flow and see what total we can set. Shreyanka is not playing as she got injured in the last game and in place of her, Tanuja Kanwar is playing."