India vs Thailand Live Score: Smriti Mandhana takes India off to flying start

Women's Asia CupIND vs THA, Women’s Asia Cup Live Updates: Thailand have won the toss and opted to bowl first in Dubai. Pratika Rawal has made her T20I debut in the absence of Jemimah Rodrigues. For Thailand, Naruemol Chaiwai is injured and hence, Thipatcha Putthawong is leading them.India vs Thailand, Women's Asia Cup Live Score. Courtesy: APHello and welcome to the live coverage of the Group A match between India and Thailand at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium 20:10 IST:2.5: Phannita Maya to Shafali Verma, SIX! First maximum of the night. Maya serves a full ball, on off. Shafali takes a step or two down the track and presents the full face of the bat.20:09 IST:2.4: Phannita Maya to Shafali Verma, Pace on now, on a length, on off. Verma leans across and plays a punchy drive but can't get it past Thipatcha Putthawong at extra cover.20:09 IST:2.3: Phannita Maya to Smriti Mandhana, Good change-up by Maya. Takes pace off and keeps it on a short of a length, on off. Smriti hangs back and pushes it wide of cover. They cross.20:08 IST:2.2: Phannita Maya to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! Hit with authority. Maya stays full, around off. Mandhana clears the front leg and extends her hands into the lofted hit. Spanks it back over the bowler's head and picks up a boundary.20:07 IST:2.1: Phannita Maya to Smriti Mandhana, Pitched up by Maya and she gets the ball to curve back into the left-hander, on off and middle. Smriti knocks it to mid off.20:08 IST:Change? Nope, Phannita Maya will continue.20:06 IST:1.6: Thipatcha Putthawong to Shafali Verma, Putthawong drags the length back, on off. Verma stays on the back foot and rides the bounce. Punches it past cover but it slows down in the outfield. Two fielders give chase and mop it up. Two taken.20:06 IST:1.5: Thipatcha Putthawong to Shafali Verma, FOUR! Verma takes the aerial route once again. Floated up by Putthawong, on middle. Shafali presses forward, puts her down and swings through the line to launch it over mid off for another four.20:05 IST:1.4: Thipatcha Putthawong to Shafali Verma, Fuller and this slides on with the arm to tuck the batter up for room. Verma hops back and plays it back to the bowler.20:05 IST:1.3: Thipatcha Putthawong to Shafali Verma, FOUR! Up and over. Dragged down by Putthawong, on off. Shafali stands tall and waits for it on the back foot before muscling it over wide mid off for a boundary.20:04 IST:1.2: Thipatcha Putthawong to Shafali Verma, Flighted delivery, drifting on the pads. Shafali brings her wrists into play and flicks it through square leg. The ball does not have enough legs to reach the fence and it is hauled in. Verma is off the mark with a couple of runs.20:03 IST:1.1: Thipatcha Putthawong to Smriti Mandhana, Sliding across the left-hander, on the shorter side. Mandhana taps it down to long on and crosses over.20:05 IST:A positive start for India. It will be spin from the other end. Here's the stand-in skipper, Thipatcha Putthawong.20:02 IST:0.6: Phannita Maya to Smriti Mandhana, Hooping back in, fuller and on the pads. Smriti nudges it between mid-wicket and mid on for a single.20:06 IST:0.5: Phannita Maya to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! Gets it through. Not that bad a ball, on a short of a length, just outside the off stump. Mandhana lets the ball come on and gets on top of the bounce before punching it through covers, beating the diving cover fielder to her left for the third boundary of the over.20:06 IST:0.4: Phannita Maya to Smriti Mandhana, From around the wicket now, on a back of a length, on off. Smriti punches it to cover.20:06 IST:0.3: Phannita Maya to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! Put away, squarer this time. This is dug halfway into the track, outside off. Mandhana shuffles to get closer to the line of the ball and pulls it through square leg for four more.20:06 IST:0.2: Phannita Maya to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! Easy pickings. Down leg by Maya, on the shorter side. Mandhana swivels and pulls it behind square leg to the left of the fielder in the deep. Smriti picks up a boundary to get the game going for her side.20:06 IST:0.1: Phannita Maya to Smriti Mandhana, Right on the money! Begins from over the wicket and hits the good length, shaping back in, on middle. Mandhana gets behind it and blocks it down.20:03 IST:We are all set to get going. Thipatcha Putthawong leads her troops out to the middle. It will be the left-hand, right-hand combination of Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma for India. Thailand are starting with pace in the form of Phannita Maya. Mandhana is on strike. There is a slip in place. Let's go...19:59 IST:We are moments away from the first ball, but before that, the two teams line up for the national anthems. It will be the national anthem of Thailand first, followed by that of India.19:56 IST:PITCH REPORT - Veda Krishnamurthy is near the deck. She says Pitch 4 will be used today. Mentions that despite being used twice, the surface looks quite hard and in good shape, with no signs of deterioration, so the batters should enjoy it. She feels Thailand have made the right decision to bowl first, as batting first has been a bit of a struggle so far in the tournament. Veda believes there should be some movement for the seamers early on, while the spinners could also come into play.19:53 IST:Thailand Women (Playing XI) - Natthakan Chantham (In for Naruemol Chaiwai), Nannapat Koncharoenkai (WK), Chanida Sutthiruang, Suleeporn Laomi, Onnicha Kamchomphu, Thipatcha Putthawong (C), Phannita Maya, Aphisara Suwanchonrathi, Sunida Chaturongrattana, Nannaphat Chaihan and Naomi Hamilton.19:49 IST:India Women (Playing XI) - Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal (On T20I debut), Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh (WK), Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud and Nandani Sharma.19:36 IST:The captain of India Women - Harmanpreet Kaur says they would have bowled first as well but are fine with batting first. She adds that the focus is on playing good cricket throughout the tournament and mentions that they have spoken about being ruthless. She admits this is an important tournament for them and confirms that Pratika Rawal is making her debut.19:49 IST:The stand-in skipper of Thailand Women - Thipatcha Putthawong starts off by saying that they will be bowling first. Adds that they want to restrict their opposition to 170. Informs that their captain, Naruemol Chaiwai, misses out due to an injury.