Mary Waldron

Cricket Ireland (CI) on Wednesday handed five part-time professional contracts and new non-retainer contracts to 11 of its female players.

India will enter the game against the Irish as overwhelming favourites but skipper Harmanpreet Kaur is aware that her team cannot afford to take things for granted in this mega-event. India are on a roll having convincingly won their first two matches, including against arch-rivals Pakistan two days ago.

India's GS Lakshmi,51, who first officiated as a match referee in domestic women's cricket in 2008-09, has overseen three women's ODI matches and three women's T20I matches. She has now become the first woman to be appointed to ICC's international panel of match referees and will be eligible to officiate in international games with immediate effect.

Deepti Sharma produced a stunning 188-run knock, the second highest score in women's one-day internationals, to set up India's massive 249-run win over Ireland in the quadrangular series here on Monday.

A defeat against England denting their confidence, India will look to bounce back with a big win against lowly Ireland to remain in contention for a semifinal berth in the Women's T20 World Cup, here on Monday.

Check live score, ball by ball commentary and scorecard of 2018 ICC Women's Twenty-20 World Cup match between India Women vs Ireland Women on Times of India.

Mithali Raj will be leading the Indian women's cricket team in the ICC World Cup qualifier scheduled to be held in Colombo from February 7-21.