Toss England chose to bowl vs India

England's stand-in captain, Amy Jones, won a delayed toss at Chester-le-Street and opted to insert India in their first match of their three-T20I series against India.

Heavy rainfall earlier in the day had resulted in the start time being pushed back by half an hour, and a green pitch left both captains wanting to bowl first. "There's been a bit of rain," Jones said. "[We want to] have a look at the wicket and hopefully get something out of it early on."

England: 1 Danni Wyatt, 2 Sophia Dunkley, 3 Alice Capsey, 4 Amy Jones (capt/wk), 5 Bryony Smith, 6 Maia Bouchier, 7 Sophie Ecclestone, 8 Freya Kemp, 9 Sarah Glenn, 10 Freya Davies, 11 Lauren Bell

India: 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 4 Dayalan Hemalatha, 5 Richa Ghosh (wk), 6 Kiran Navgire, 7 Pooja Vastrakar, 8 Sneh Rana, 9 Deepti Sharma, 10 Radha Yadav, 11 Renuka Singh