The Indian team won the toss and decided to bowl first at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. Australia batted first and scored 141 runs. India achieved the target by losing one wicket and took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
India defeated Australia
India has defeated Australia by nine wickets. With this, Team India has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20 series. In this match, Australia batted first and scored 141 runs after losing all the wickets in 19.2 overs. In response, India scored 145 runs losing one wicket in 17.4 overs and won the match by nine wickets.
For Australia, Phoebe Litchfield scored 49 runs and Elise Perry scored 37 runs. Apart from these two, only Beth Mooney (17 runs) and Sutherland (12 runs) could touch double figures. Titas Sadhu took four wickets for India. Shreyanka Patil and Deepti Sharma got two wickets each. Renuka Singh and Amanjot Kaur got one wicket each.
Chasing the target of 142 runs, India got off to a great start. The pair of Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma made a partnership of 137 runs for the first wicket and took India to the threshold of victory. Smriti Mandhana was out on a personal score of 54 runs. Shefali remained unbeaten on 64 runs and Jemima remained unbeaten on six runs. Georgia Wareham took the only wicket for Australia.
Earlier on Friday, the Indian women’s team, thanks to the career-best performance of Netitas Sadhu (four wickets for 17 runs),
In the first match of the three-match T20 International series, Australia were bowled out for 141 runs in 19.2 overs. apart from the sage
Deepti Sharma took two wickets for 24 runs and Shreyanka Patil took two wickets for 19 runs. After taking three wickets in the beginning, Phoebe
Lichfield (49 runs) and Elise Perry (37 runs) made a partnership of 79 runs for the fifth wicket to give Australia this score.