Ramesh Powar: Women's semis team was decided before toss

On completion of the match, we all concerned people had selection meeting and decided to go with [the] winning combination. [The] pitch was helping spinners. [The] team was announced before the toss," Powar said

Indian women's team head coach Ramesh Powar said the team was announced just before the toss whereas Mithali Raj in her email to the BCCI claimed that the team knew about the XI except her.

"We wanted to see how the pitch is playing in the first semi-final as it was a fresh pitch which delayed our selection meeting. On completion of the match, we all concerned people had selection meeting and decided to go with [the] winning combination. [The] pitch was helping spinners. [The] team was announced before the toss," Powar said.

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