India welcoming pressure for spots at Women's T20 World Cup

India will take a 15-player squad to the ICC Women's T20 World Cup and selectors might have some tricky moments deciding which ones don't make the starting XI.

The squad's impressive depth was on full display in their warm-up match in Cardiff, claiming a comfortable 26-run victory over the West Indies while also resting a couple of locked in starters.

It was a chance to give some of their more lightly-used players time in the middle - and they didn't disappoint.

Scorecard: West Indies v India

Filling in as skipper, Smriti Mandhana (39 off 23 balls) stepped up with the added responsibility to help get India's score-setting batting innings off to a strong start.

Then it was time to see what Bharti Fulmali could do and the middle order hitter made the most of her opportunity, scoring 56 off 40 deliveries to anchor their post-Powerplay efforts.

With the ball, Shreyanka Patil and Radha Yadav gave India's selectors even more to think about, taking seven wickets between them.

Captaining in Harmanpreet Kaur's absence, Mandhana was full of praise for the trio.

"(It was) really important," she said post-match.

"They have not got a lot of game time coming here in England ... (them performing) is a good headache to have. It's very important for the 15 (player squad) to be in good nick because it always puts everyone else under pressure as well.

"It was especially important for the middle order to bat and I think we did really well. I think all the bowlers were brilliant to restrict them to 150."

India will be back in action continuing their tournament preparations on Wednesday against T20 World Cup hosts England.

The West Indies, meanwhile, will be focused on fixing their starts, which is what stand-in captain Chinelle Henry pointed to post-game.

"(The start) is something that we will have to work on, the first six (overs), that's something we're going to need to improve on going forward," Henry said.

"I think how we came back in the last 12 overs was really good to see. To restrict them to under 200 was really good."

The West Indies side will look to ride the form of experienced batter Deandre Dottin heading into the tournament proper, after her top order heroics against India's bowlers.

Dottin played a steady 49-run knock off 44 balls to help set up their run chase. Just sadly for her side, there wasn't enough support in the middle order to reach India's target, falling 26 runs short from their allotted 20 overs.

"Obviously that's the Deandra Dottin we all know," Henry continued.

"Seeing her get some runs today, that's a pretty good sign heading into our first game."

Their warm-up continues when they take on Australia on Thursday in Cardiff in what will be their final hitout before the T20 World Cup commences.