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Toss India chose to bat vs Ireland
Smriti Mandhana, India’s stand-in captain for the series, won the toss and opted to bat first in the third and final ODI against Ireland in Rajkot.
Having already sealed the series with two thumping wins, India will be looking to make it 3-0. They made two changes to their XI; they rested Saima Thakor and Priya Mishra and brought in Minnu Mani and Tanuja Kanwar. Ireland were unchanged.
In the second ODI, India had posted 370 for 5 – their highest ODI total. “We do not have a target in mind,” Mandhana said this time. “We just want to see how it goes.”
Ireland captain Gaby Lewis said she also wanted to bat first. “We have had two days off and are well rested,” Lewis said.
India: 1 Smriti Mandhana (capt), 2 Pratika Rawal, 3 Harleen Deol, 4 Jemimah Rodrigues, 5 Tejal Hasabnis, 6 Richa Ghosh (wk), 7 Deepti Sharma, 8 Minnu Mani, 9 Sayali Satghare, 10 Tanuja Kanwar, 11 Titas Sadhu
Ireland: 1 Sarah Forbes, 2 Gaby Lewis (capt), 3 Christina Coulter Reilly (wk), 4 Orla Prendergast, 5 Laura Delany, 6 Leah Paul, 7 Arlene Kelly, 8 Ava Canning, 9 Georgina Dempsey, 10 Freya Sargent, 11 Alana Dalzell
