Toss India chose to bowl against Australia

India won the toss - for the fourth match in a row -- and opted to field against Australia in the fifth T20I at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said at the toss that Jemimah Rodrigues has been rested to bring in an extra spinner in Rajeshwari Gayakwad, "to hopefully stop runs." Gayakwad had played the third T20I, but was then dropped in favour of an extra batter in Harleen Deol in the fourth game.

Australia come into this match having already secured the series, taking a 3-1 lead after a seven-run win in the fourth match at the Brabourne Stadium.

India : 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Harleen Deol, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 5 Devika Vaidya, 6 Richa Ghosh (wk), 7 Deepti Sharma, 8 Radha Yadav, 10 Anjali Sarvani, 10 Rajeshwari Gayakwad, 11 Renuka Singh

Australia : 1 Beth Mooney (wk), 2 Phoebe Litchfield, 3 Tahlia McGrath (capt), 4 Ashleigh Gardner, 5 Ellyse Perry, 6 Grace Harris, 7 Annabel Sutherland, 8 Heather Graham, 9 Alana King, 10 Kim Garth, 11 Darcie Brown