IND-W vs AUS-W 1st T20I Highlights: India Women won the game by 9 wickets.© X (formerly Twitter)
IND-W vs AUS-W, 1st T20I Highlights: India defeated Australia by nine wickets in the first women’s T20I to take 1-0 lead in the three-match series in Navi Mumbai on Friday. Pacer Titas Sadhu took four wickets as the hosts bowled out the Australians for 141 in 19.2 overs and then chased down the target in 17.4 overs for a facile win. Phoebe Litchfield was the top-scorer for the visitors with a 49. For India, openers Shafali Verma (64 not out) and Smriti Mandhana (54 off 52 balls) came up with fine efforts, adding 137 runs in just 15.2 overs. (Scorecard)
India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Thakur Singh, Titas Sadhu.
Australia: Alyssa Healy (capt & wk), Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Elysse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Phoebe Litchfield, Grace Harris, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown.
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