Toss England chose to bowl vs India
Heather Knight, meanwhile, becomes England Women’s most-capped player in history across all formats with 310 caps in all, going past Charlotte Edwards’ 309.
Amy Jones was listed for a promotion to No. 3 in England’s batting line-up with Maia Bouchier, who is not part of the World Cup squad, sitting out after playing against New Zealand with Nat Sciver-Brunt still injured and Danni Wyatt-Hodge poised to return from maternity leave from the second match of this series onwards.
Play was set to begin in warm, overcast conditions with a light breeze offering some respite from the humidity.
England: 1 Sophia Dunkley, 2 Alice Capsey, 3 Amy Jones, 4 Heather Knight, 5 Freya Kemp, 6 Dani Gibson, 7 Charlie Dean (capt), 8 Issy Wong, 9 Sophie Ecclestone, 10 Lauren Bell, 11 Tilly Corteen-Coleman
India: 1 Smriti Mandhana (capt), 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Yastika Bhatia, 4 Jemimah Rodrigues, 5 Bharti Fulmali, 6 Richa Ghosh (wk), 7 Deepti Sharma, 8 Arundhati Reddy, 9 N Shree Charani, 10 Nandani Sharma, 11 Kranti Gaud
