IND-W vs NED-W Live Score: All eyes on Mandhana-Shafali for solid start

Siegers comes into the attack, and she is more than a handful, when it comes to spin bowling. Shafali pierces one through point for a point. And Mandhana too ends with a boundary. IND 23/0 in 2 overs.

And the proceedings start here in the middle. And Iris Zwilling has been handed the ball. She is a really good bowler, has 100 wickets in the format. There is some movement in the air for sure. Shafali plays it through the slips for four. IND 9/0 in 1 over.

Both the openers are on the park, and unlike the last match, if Mandhana-Shafali can come up with a good opening stand, India can pile a huge score.

Let us just say, with the overcast conditions, and pitch assisting the bowlers, the first target India would have in mind would be, to surpass 150. Post that, everything will be a bonus.

Netherlands have made one change, bringing in an extra pacer for a batter.

Heather Siegers, Phebe Molkenboer, Babette de Leede(w/c), Sterre Kalis, Robine Rijke, Frederique Overdijk, Iris Zwilling, Myrthe van den Raad, Caroline de Lange, Silver Siegers, Isabel Woning

India have made two changes to their XI that won against Pakistan. Yastika Bhatia is back for Bharti Fulmali, while Nandani Sharma takes Arundhati Reddy's place.

Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Yastika Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Shreyanka Patil, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Nandani Sharma

India women captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Babette de Leede walk to the middle for the toss. De Leede calls it correctly and Netherlands opt to bowl first under overcast conditions. 

The Netherlands are in a tougher spot. They lost their opener to Bangladesh and are still figuring out tournament cricket as debutants. Captain Babette de Leede showed some real resilience with a half-century in that game, so they're not here just to make up the numbers. But keeping India's batting lineup quiet will take something special from Iris Zwilling and Silver Siegers.

India Women come in off a 64-run win over Pakistan. Smriti Mandhana scored a half-century in the opener, and Deepti Sharma's five-wicket haul made the bowling look seriously threatening, or as it seemed.

In the batting, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues and Bharti Fulmali failed to fire, while others, including Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur, looked rusty. The bowling was equally poor, with the pacers going for aplenty. India may need to take a look at their combination and bring in Renuka Thakur and Yastika Bhatia.

Headingley's pitch tends to favour bowlers early, with seamers getting movement and bounce through the powerplay. It usually flattens out as the innings goes on, and spinners can become relevant in the middle overs. Chasing looks the smarter option if you win the toss. Hence, the conditions might influence India to bring in Renuka Thakur.

The weather in Leeds will be mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of rain during the day. But it’s not enough to seriously threaten play.

This is the first-ever meeting between these two in a T20I. They've crossed paths in ODIs before, where India lead 3-0, but today's match is a clean slate. The last time India faced the Netherlands was back in 2000.

Result	Ground	Date
won by 17 runs	Beaconsfield	24 Jul 1993
won by 93 runs	Ghaziabad	15 Dec 1997
won by 154 runs	Lincoln	2 Dec 2000