India win toss, opt to bat against Australia in 2nd women''s ODI

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Hobart, Feb 26 (PTI) India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and opted to bat against Australia in the second women's ODI here on Friday.

Harmanpreet, who suffered a knee injury and didn't take the field while fielding during the first ODI, said she is fine.

"I'm fine now, my left knee...while playing I just got a niggle," she said during the toss.

For Australia, Sophie Molineux was ruled out of the series with lower back pain and was replaced by Nicola Carey in the XI.

Teams: Australia: Alyssa Healy (c), Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Voll, Beth Mooney (wk), Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Nicola Carey, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown.

India: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Amanjot Kaur, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Kashvee Gautam, Sree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Vaishnavi Sharma. PTI ATK DDV