BPXI vs SA women: Opportunity for Vastrakar, Joshi in second warm-up match

A good show at the Lalbhai Contractor Stadium on Sunday will give the seamers the much-needed confidence ahead of the five-match T20 series.

Mansi Joshi has played 10 ODIs and five T20Is for India.

The performance of seamers Pooja Vastrakar and Mansi Joshi will be watched keenly when the South Africa women’s team takes on Board President’s XI in its second warm-up match here on Sunday. The first warm-up match was abandoned due to inclement weather .

Joshi and Pooja Vastrakar have been named in the T20 squad and a good show on Sunday at the Lalbhai Contractor Stadium here would give them the much-needed confidence before the five-match T20 series that begins here on Tuesday. Eyes will also be on 15-year-old opener Shafali Verma, who has been picked in India’s T20 squad.

Captain Sushma Verma and deputy Devika Vaidya will also hope for a splendid show to impress the national selectors.

The South Africa women would be looking to get some match practice and test their reserve players.

• BPXI: Sushma Verma (c, wk), Devika Vaidya (vc), Vanitha V. R., Shafali Verma, Priya Punia, Jasia Aktar, M. D. Thirushkamini, Madhuri Mehta, Tarannum Pathan, Sushree Dibyadarshini, Tanuja Kanwar, Bharti Fulmali, Mansi Joshi, Renuka Singh, Pooja Vastrakar.
• South Africa women: Sune Luus (c), Anneke Bosch, Tasmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Shabnim Ismail, Sinalo Jafta, Ayabonga Khaka, Lara Goodall, Lizelle Lee, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Tumi Sekhukhune, Nondumiso Shangase, Mignon du Preez and Lara Wolvaardt.