The Indian and Zimbabwe women cricket teams, along with match officials, wore black armbands and observed a moment of silence before the start of the first T20I here on Friday in honour of umpire Sarah Dambanevana following her demise early this week. The tribute was paid in recognition of former cricketer Dambanevana, who represented Zimbabwe as a player and later served as an umpire. She had undergone a medical procedure in March this year.
Dambanevana died in Harare on October 12 at the age of 36.
India opted to field against Zimbabwe in the first T20 of the three-match series on Friday. The series marks the start of Smriti Mandhana’s captaincy tenure. Middle order batter Niki Prasad will make her debut for India. India and Zimbabwe are playing a bilateral series for the first time. Teams: India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana(c), Anushka Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Niki Prasad, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Shree Charani, Arundhati Reddy, Nandani Sharma, Kranti Gaud. Zimbabwe: Nyasha Gwanzura, Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano, Kelis Ndhlovu, Beloved Biza, Josephine Nkomo(c), Modester Mupachikwa(w), Michelle Mavunga, Francisca Chipare, Olinder Chare, Tendai Makusha, Sharne Mayers. (This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
