New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- After a clean sweep in the T20Is, the reigning world champions shift focus in the 50-over format, when India women take on Zimbabwe in the first of three ODIs at the BCA Stadium in Vadodara on Friday (October 23). In the T20Is, Zimbabwe were no match to the Women in Blue. The match starts at 2 PM IST, with the toss taking place 30 minutes prior.

For Smriti Mandhana & Co, the biggest positive would be former skipper Harmanpreet Kaur's return to form. However, the major concern for India would be to fill the void at no.3, created by the absence of injured Jemimah Rodrigues in the middle order.

India have Harleen Deol and Pratika Rawal for that spot, but neither of them is a great enforcer with the bat and usually tak...