Toss India chose to bowl vs Bangladesh

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur called correctly and elected to field in the opening T20I against Bangladesh in Mirpur.

Mani was part of the Delhi Captials side in the Women's Premier League [WPL] while 20-year-old Bareddy was with the India A squad that won the Women's Emerging Cup Asia Cup last month.

There are the usual suspects at the top of the batting order for India, with Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Varma, while Pooja Vastrakar will lead the pace bowling unit.

India 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt.), 5 Harleen Deol, 6 Yastika Bhatia (wk), 7 Pooja Vastrakar 8 Deepti Sharma 9 Amanjot Kaur, 10 Anushka Bareddy, 11 Minnu Mani

Bangladesh 1 Nigar Sultana (capt & wk), 2 Salma Khatun, 3 Shamima Sultana, 4 Nahida Akter, 5 Ritu Moni, 6 Shorna Akter, 7 Marufa Akter, 8 Sobhana Mostary, 9 Shathi Rani, 10 Sultana Khatun, 11 Rabeya Khan