Hyderabad: Mithali Raj's Velocity won the toss and opted to bat against Smriti Mandhana's Trailblazers in the second match of the Women's T20 Challenge 2020 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
The pitch seems to be in contrast with what it was yesterday. The strip is likely to skid, slow down, and should assist the spinners.
Riding on Sushma Verma and Sune Luus's innings, Velocity will take the field with confidence after securing a commanding victory over Supernovas in the first match.
"We will bat. It's a good wicket, we're confident with our batting, a score around 140-150 should be good. It's important to have runs on the board, the wicket could get slower and lower in the second innings. One change for us," Mithali Raj said.
On the other hand, Trailblazer's captain said, "Happy to get out after quarantine. It's been difficult for all of us for the last seven months, coming back - we are looking forward to play a match. We have a pretty balanced side, hopefully, we will do better today."
Velocity (Playing XI): Shafali Verma, Danielle Wyatt, Mithali Raj(c), Veda Krishnamurthy, Sushma Verma(w), Sune Luus, Shikha Pandey, Sushree Dibyadarshini, Ekta Bisht, Leigh Kasperek, Jahanara Alam.
Trailblazers (Playing XI):S Mandhana, D Dottin, R Ghosh, D Sharma, D Hemalatha, H Deol, N Chantham, S Khatun, S Ecclestone, R Gayakwad, J Goswami