Commonwealth Games, India vs Australia Cricket Match, Live Score Updates: Harmanpreet Kaur played a 52-run knock as India posted 154/8 in 20 overs against Australia in Group A clash of the ongoing Commonwealth Games. Earlier, Shafali Verma missed her fifty by 2 runs as she was dismissed in the 12th over of the innings, and as a result, India lost their third wicket. Earlier, Smriti Mandhana departed after scoring 24 runs and India were given a body blow by Darcie Brown and soon after, Yastika Bhatia was run-out, leaving India 2 down inside ten overs. Earlier, Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and opted to bat first against Australia in the Group A clash in the ongoing Commonwealth Games at Edgbaston, Birmigham. India and Australia will be taking on each other in the first Group A match in the women’s cricket event at the ongoing Commonwealth Games. Both sides have had memorable contests in the past and it would be interesting to see how they perform in the first match. Australia recently played against Pakistan and Ireland in a tri-series while India defeated Sri Lanka. Both teams will look to start off on a good note to begin their CWG campaign on a high. (LIVE SCORECARD)

Here are all the Live Updates from India-Australia Match straight from Edgbaston, Birmingham

15:20PM: India’s playing XI

Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Meghna Singh (debut), Renuka Thakur.

15:12PM: Australia’s playing XI

Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), Tahlia McGrath, Rachael Haynes, Ashleigh Gardner, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown

15:08PM: Here’s what Harmanpreet Kaur said at toss

“Wicket looks good. We have trained hard last couple of months and see what works for us. Side is looking positive. We are going with three spinners, two medium pacers, keeper and the rest batters,” said Harmanpreet during the toss.

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15:02PM:India captain Harmanpreet Kaur wins toss, opts to bat vs Australia In Group A clash

14:37PM:The toss will take place at 3 PM, it would be interesting to see how Indian team approaches the contest