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The Indian team will have to overcome big match pressure as it hopes to make history.
Since losing their tournament opener to India, the hosts lost talismanic all-rounder Ellyse Perry to injury and scraped through a string of do-or-die games, including the rain-hit semifinal against South Africa, to reach the Melbourne Cricket Ground decider.
Put in to bat, India struggled to a below-par 132 before Poonam (4/19 in 4 overs) foxed the Aussies with her googlies, turning the match decisively into her team's favour.
Tendulkar donned the Australian green and gold to play an over during the innings break of the Bushfire Cricket Bash legends match.
Perry, who was named the Women's Cricketer of the Year for 2019, threw out the challenge on social media on Saturday afternoon via a video message.
Australia's limited overs captain Aaron Finch was named captain of the team.
Apart from Kohli, South African duo of Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers, Australia's Steve Smith and women's team's all-rounder Ellyse Perry also found a place in the list.
Mandhana has Jhulan Goswami, Poonam Yadav and Shikha Pandey for company in the ODI team of the year and all-rounder Deepti Sharma in the T20 side.
Indian contestant Vartika Singh crashed out of the world's biggest beauty pageant after securing a place in the top 20.
Filmmaker Karan Johar played the perfect host and threw a fancy welcome party for American singer Katy Perry.