India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur would be aiming to overcome her prolonged form slump and provide a much-needed boost to the team's batting.
Mithali, who is already the leading run getter in ODIs, on Saturday surpassed former England captain Charlotte Edwards to become the highest run getter across formats.
Mitahli, who has retired from T20 cricket in 2019, has already hinted that the 2022 Women's ODI World Cup, to be held in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3, will be her swansong.
On the day she became the highest run-getter in women's cricket across all formats, Mithali scored an unbeaten 75 to help India overhaul a 220-run target in the final ODI to hand India a consolation win.
The two sides are slated to play a full series, comprising three ODIs, as many T20Is, and an one-off Test, from September 19 to October 11 in Australia.
India consumed as many as 181 dot balls on way to posting a below par 201 which England chased down rather comfortably to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series on Sunday.
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Tendulkar played for 22 years and 91 days while Mithali would have spent just a day over 22 years when she goes out for toss against England captain Heather Knight on Sunday.
Sneh became the first Indian woman cricketer to take four wickets and score a half-century (unbeaten 80 in the second innings) in Test cricket.
Deepti not just took three England wickets but scored an unbeaten 29 in the first innings and a patient half-century in the second.
In her first match for India after five years, the spin allrounder Rana bowled 39.2 overs in the first innings before putting up the rescue-act batting at No 8.
The Test ended in a draw after India recovered brilliantly from a middle-order batting collapse to score 344 for 8 in their second innings after being forced to follow-on.
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Sophie said that when she is bowling to Shafali, the only thing going on in her mind is to bowl "my best ball" and "win the battle".
India lost track late on the second day on Thursday as they lost five wickets for 16 runs to finish the day at 187 for five.
India were 83 for 1 at stumps on the rain-interrupted third and penultimate day after following on, still trailing by 82 runs overall with nine second-innings wickets in hand.
Shafali's 96 was one run more than what former India captain Rahul Dravid scored on his debut Test innings, also in England in 1996, and Verma felt that the training that she received as a youngster helped her.
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