Hassan goes full, wide from around the stumps. Mandhana carves it straight over the ground for a six and also reaches his half-century!

A good delivery by Hassan and Verma tries to slice it but gets a thick outside edge to Muneeba for an easy catch!

Shafali v Muneeba b Hassan 16 (9)

Mandhana shows her class as she heaves this delivery by Sana over long-on for a six!

India need 49 runs from 78 balls now!

Shafali attacks Amin once again and is enjoying it! She creams it over short third and backward point for a four!

Amin sends it in the slot and its in Shafali’s arc! She uses brute force to power it over long-on for a massive six!

A wider delivery by Baig and Mandhana clatters it past short third for a four!

After 3 overs, India 25/0.

India need 76 from 90 balls.

A full toss by Amin and Mandhana hammers it straight for a four!

A wide delivery by Amin and Mandhana slog-sweeps it over mid-on for a six!

A good delivery to start off with b Baig and trickles off Verma’s pad for a bye!

Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma to open for India. Diana Baig to bowl for Pakistan.

Yadav tosses it up, full on middle. Kainat tries to go for it but it goes underneath her bat and hits the stumps!

Kainat b Yadav 2 (3)

Pakistan: 99, Target: 100

A full delivery by Yadav, outside off. Kainat directs it to wide long on and they try to come back for a double. Tuba is run out!

Tuba run out Mandhana/Yadav 1 (2)

THE PAKISTAN INNINGS CONTINUES TO CRUMBLE!

Yadav tosses it up, full on off. Baig tries to sweep and misses. She is also far away from her crease!

Baig st Bhatia b Yadav 0 (1)

A full ball by Shafali, outside off. Sana taps it back to the bowler and Shafali puts in a low diving catch! The review goes in India’s favour!

Sana c and b Shafali 8 (6)

After 17 overs, Pakistan 96/7

A good delivery by Shafali and Riaz hits it to the bowler’s left to mid-off and goes for a single. But the direct hit is aimed at the off stump and Meghna succeeds!

BRILLIANT THROW AND A LIGHTNING ARM BY MEGHNA SINGH!

Riaz run out Meghna 18 (22)

Deepti overpitches her delivery, outside off. Sana drives it to cover point for a four!

After 16 overs, Pakistan: 92/5

A full delivery by SHafali and wide outside off. Riaz mistimes her cut and goes for a single with Aliya also coming. But Aliya stops and Sohail has to go back and is late!

Sohail run out Yadav/Shafali 10 (13)

A full delivery by Rana, on middle. Riaz sweeps it fine for a four!

A full delivery by Renuka, on leg. Ayesha miscues it to Rodrigues for a catch, who runs in from deep midwicket!

Naseem c Rodrigues b Renuka 10 (9)

A full delivery by Renuka, outside off. Naseem guides it to mid-off for a single.

After 11.1 overs, Pakistan: 63/3

A short delivery by Radha and Naseem pulls it with ease over midwicket for a four!

It was a normal delivery by Rana, pretty straightforward. Muneeba forgets her earlier shots and simply hits it back to the bowler for an easy catch!

Muneeba c and b Rana 32 (30)

After nine overs, Pakistan: 51/3

Bismah tries to sweep this delivery by Rana, but completely misses it! LBW IN FRONT! BISMAH REVIEWS IT BUT IT GOES ON INDIA’S FAVOUR FOR LBW!

Bismah lbw b Rana 17 (19)

Muneeba directs this delivery by Rana towards midwicket for a single. Pakistan are 50-up and its also a 50-run partnership!

Muneeba makes excellent contact with this delivery by Meghna and clobbers this full length ball over midwicket for a six!

A bouncer by Meghna and Muneeba tries to pull but top edges it over the wicketkeeper’s head for a four!

Towards the stumps by Rana, from round the wicket. Muneeba tries to go big, but miscues it over the bowler’s head and wide of mid-off for a single.

Good ball by Deepti and Muneeba tries to sweep but fails to connect. No run.

After six overs, Pakistan: 30/1

Muneeba goes for Renuka again and finds the gap in front of midwicket on onside for a four!

Poor delivery by Renuka and Muneeba goes for it! She hammers it over cover for a four!

Deepti tosses it up and Muneeba sweeps it to square leg. Excellent fielding and Muneeba doesn’t expect it. She hurries back and somehow manages to make it!

A good delivery by Meghna and Muneeba gets off the mark but guiding it to midwicket for a single.

After 2 overs, Pakistan: 7/1

THE PLAN HAS WORKED! BEAUTIFUL! THAT WHAT THE CAPTAIN WANTS FROM HER BOWLERS!

Meghna pitches it up, outside off. It moves awa from Javed, who tries to drive it, but ends up nicking it through to Bhatia! OUT!

Javed c Bhatia b Meghna 0 (3)

In walks, Bismah.

A good delivery by Renuka and Muneeba gets a thick outside edge to short fine! No run.

After first over, Pakistan 0/0

Excellent movement by Thakur for the first delivery and it beats Muneeba at the outside edge! No run!

Muneeba Ali and Iram Javed to open for Pakistan. Renuka Thakur to bowl for India.

Due to the delay the match has been reduced to 18 overs per side, with five powerplay overs each.

India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia(w), Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Sabbhineni Meghana, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh

Pakistan Women (Playing XI): Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali(w), Omaima Sohail, Bismah Maroof(c), Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Kainat Imtiaz, Fatima Sana, Tuba Hassan, Diana Baig, Anam Amin

Its drizzling again!

“We’ll bat first. It’s an important match, will like to put on a target. Very important match to stay alive”, says Bismah after winning the toss.

“Two changes – because of the conditions. We wanted to bowl first only. In these conditions always better to chase due to DL rule. We want to go with same approach as Australia. We couldn’t win that game but we played outstanding”, said Harmanpreet after toss.

Pakistan captain Bismah wins toss and opts to bat!

Its official now! Toss in 10 minutes and we will have a full 20 over match!

The toss has been further delayed as the rain gods are not showing any mercy today in Birmingham!

Toss has been scheduled for 3:30 PM and play will start at 3:55 PM.

The ground staff are begins to clear out the covers and it looks like toss could happen soon!

Its still drizzling and the fans seem disappointed! But it looks like there could be some cricket today but not the kind which fans came here for!

Rain plays spoilsport as toss has been delayed at Edgbaston! The drizzle has continued and the umpires are talking to the groundstaff!

The drizzle is heavy and toss is unlikely to happen as scheduled! Every match except the gold medal fixture has an extra 30 minutes allotted to make up for delays. We will start losing overs if the game starts 30 minutes after the scheduled start time!

Despite the rain, fans are still flocking to the venue for the game!

Its raining in Edgbaston and toss is likely to be delayed!

Nida Dar smacked 50 runs off 31 balls vs Barbados and remained unbeaten. The Pakistan player will be aiming to build on her knock!

The weather in Birmingham is expected to be cloudy and rain might play spoilsport, with 55% chances of precipitation. Also, the temperature will be around 22 degrees Celsius to 12 degrees Celsius.

India Women Squad: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia(w), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh, Sneh Rana, Sabbhineni Meghana, Pooja Vastrakar, Taniya Bhatia

Pakistan Women Squad: Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali(w), Omaima Sohail, Bismah Maroof(c), Nida Dar, Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Fatima Sana, Tuba Hassan, Diana Baig, Anam Amin, Aiman Anwer, Kainat Imtiaz, Sadia Iqbal, Gull Feroza

All eyes will be on Mandhana today! The opener started strongly but saw her innings come to a sudden end! Receiving a full delivery from Brown in the fourth over, wider outside off, Mandhana got an outside edge to Healy behind the stumps. She registered 24 runs off 17 balls, including five fours!

Both sides last faced each other in the group stages of the 2018 T20 World Cup. Led by Harmanpreet, Team India defeated Pakistan by seven wickets with Mithali Raj bagging a half-century!

Both sides have faced each other 11 times, with India coming out on top with nine wins, compared to Pakistan’s two.

Hello and welcome everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of today’s CWG 2022 fixture between India and Pakistan, straight from Edgbaston in Birmingham.