Nottingham, June 28 -- Indian Women's Cricket Team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has been rested for the first T20I against England Women in Nottingham on Saturday as a precautionary measure following a head injury sustained during the T20 Warm-up match against ECB Select XI.

She's being closely monitored by the medical team and is recovering well, as per the BCCI press release.

In the absence of Harmanpreet Kaur, left-hand batter and vice-captain of the Women in Blue, Smriti Mandhana is leading the visitors in the first match of the five-match series.

Speaking about the first T20I at the Trent Bridge, England Women skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt has won the toss and elected to bowl first.

This will be India women's first T20 outing of the year....