INDW vs SAW, ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 LIVE streaming: India to bat first; Amanjot in, Renuka out

In the highly anticipated INDW vs SAW match in Visakhapatnam, South Africa Women, led by captain Laura Wolvaardt, won the toss and opted to bowl first, aiming to exploit early moisture.

South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. Image | BCCI Women on X

South Africa Women’s cricket team won the toss and decided to bowl first in the much-awaited INDW vs SAW clash on Thursday in Visakhapatnam. Both India and South Africa brought in one change to their playing XI. If India wins the match, they will reach the top of the points table.

The toss was delayed

Due to the rain right before the scheduled time of the match at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, the covers came in quickly, which delayed the toss. Not only that the outfield also took time to get ready for the match and toss.

Although the toss was supposed to happen at 3.15 pm IST after the delay, a second delay meant the toss would take place at 3.30 pm IST, with the match starting at 4 pm IST.

There was no loss of overs due to the delay.

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SA-W won the toss and chose to bowl

South African captain Laura Wolvaardt won the toss and chose to bowl first to take advantage of the early moisture due to the rain and covers. She also felt that it would be a high-scoring match and they would love to chase the score down. Moreover, she went on to praise Tanzim Brits, who scored a ton in the last match against New Zealand.

“We are gonna have a bowl first. Looks like a very nice wicket. Should be pretty high-scoring. Very happy with how we played in the last game. She (Brits) has been amazing, long may the form continue,” Laura said after the toss.

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Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur also wanted to bowl first. However, she did not look that unhappy with batting first as they won both their matches, batting first.

“Looking at the conditions, bowling. Hopefully, we'll put a decent total. Amanjot is back in place of Renuka. We need to keep showing improvement. First two games, we wanted to win and we did that. We want to keep doing the good things,” Harmanpreet expressed after the toss.

Playing XIs: INDW vs SAW

Both teams brought one change. For South African women, Masabata Klaas was replaced by Tumi Sekhukhune. For India, Amanjot Kaur, who had scored a fifty in the first match, replaced Renuka Singh Thakur.

India Women (Playing XI): Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani

South Africa Women (Playing XI): Laura Wolvaardt(c), Tazmin Brits, Sune Luus, Marizanne Kapp, Anneke Bosch, Sinalo Jafta(w), Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Ayabonga Khaka, Tumi Sekhukhune, Nonkululeko Mlaba

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