India vs Australia highlights 1st ODI: AUS-W chases down 283 target, beats IND-W by six wickets

Rana to Gardner who takes a single. McGrath lofts it over the covers for a match-winning FOUR!!!

Australia wins by six wickets.

Vastrakar concdes a FOUR on the first delivery as McGrath steps away and slashes it towards point for a boundary. Two singles follows. Three dots to end the over. 

Rana to McGrath who takes a single. FOUR!! McGrath opens her bat and slashes it through point for a boundary. 

Vastrakar to Gardner. Just two singles off of that over. 

Rana to McGrath who switches strike from the first ball and gets her half-century. Three singles off of the first four deliveries. Two runs to end the over. 

Vastrakar to Mooney. A short ball pulled for a FOUR towards long off! Vastrakar bowles Mooney OUT!!! Gardner takes the strike. Wide-ball follows. A single and a dot to end the over.

Harmanpreet with the ball. FOUR!!! A wall too wide off of the off-stump punished by McGrath with a slash trough the point for a boundary. FOUR!!! This time McGrath drives it through the covers for another boundary. FOUR AGAIN!! This time the batter flicks it behind towards fine leg for a boundary. 

Deepti with the ball for her last over. Three singles and two doubles from that over. 

Harmanpreet back with the spin attack. A double and a single to open the over. A wide and two more singles follow. FOUR!!! McGrath slashes it towards point for a FOUR!!

Deepti to Mooney. 50 runs partnership comes up for Mooney and McGrath. Mooney swipes it behind through gully for a single. 

Renuka to Mooney. An over full of byes, in three deliveries, 7 runs coming off as bys. 

Deepti to Mooney. A quick single to open the over. Three runs conceded in four deliveries. FOUR!!! McGrath finds the boundary as she opens up the bat and slashes it through point. A dot ball to end the over. 

Renuka Singh back into the attack. FOUR!!! Mooney squares it off-side for a boundary! A double to end the over. 

Ishaque with the ball to Mooney. A dot and a single follows. McGrath lofts it over mid-on just over Harmanpreet Kaur for a FOUR!!!

Rana comes in for her seventh over. Two singles and a double follows. Finds the edge, but the ball runs away for a FOUR!! Eight runs off of that over. 

Ishaque to Mooney who switches the strike to open the over. McGrath drives it in the covers for a single. Two singles and two dots to end the over. 

OUT!!! A leg breaker, completely missed by Litchfield as she is BOWLED-OUT! FOUR!!! McGrath finds a boundary early on! A leg-by run follows. A flight ball lofted over the covers but no fielder near, just a single. 

Deepti Sharma back with the ball looking for another wicket as Litchfield faces her. FOUR!!! Mooney lofts it straight for a FOUR!! Mooney clips it behind but no slip placed, just a dot ball. A singe to end the over.

Rana to Mooney. Just two runs off of that over. Well bowled!

Deepti to Mooney. Mooney comes out and drives it towards mid-off and takes a single. FOUR!! Litchfield sweeps it through square leg for a boundary to end the over. 

Rana joins the bowling attack. Mooney gets off the mark with a double. Rana finds the inside edge of Mooney but the ball narrowly misses the stumps. FOUR!!! Mooney sweeps it towards sqaure leg for a boundary. A single to finish the over. 

Deepti continues the spin attack. OUT!!! Deepti dismisses Perry as the batter comes out and tries to loft the flight ball, however, is caught at long on! Mooney takes the crease. Three dots to end the over. 

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur joins the attack. A single off of the first ball to Litchfield. Another single as Perry slashes it off-side. FOUR!! Litchfield moves across the wicket and sweeps it behind towards fine leg for a boundary. Three singles follow to finish the over. 

Ishaque to Litchfield who switches strike in the first delivery. FOUR!!! Perry steps out and strikes it down mid-wicket for a boundary. She steps out again, this time towards the covers for a single. Litchfield finds the gap through point for a FOUR!!! A full-toss next that goes for a single to end the over. 

Deepti to Litchfield. Two singles followed by a FOUR!! A single and three dots to end the over. 

Ishaque for her third over. SIX! A hop out of the crease by Perry before lofting it over long off. Perry misses a reverse sweep on the next delivery and is caught in front. Ishaque is convinced she has her wicket. Harmanpreet goes for a review after the umpire denies the appeal. UltraEdge, however, shows the ball took a bit of the glove on the way. Perry survives. Litchfield too gets to her fifty on the final delivery.. 

Just two off the over from Deepti Sharma. There is a half chance too when Litchfield’s chip to long off is miscued and falls just short of the fielder. 

Saika Ishaque back. Litchfield paddle scoops behind the wicket to complete two runs and the 100 for Australia. She punches the second to long on for one. Sneh Rana makes a brilliant diving save to keep Perry’s cut to just one run. FOUR! Perry dances down to smack the ball through mid off.

Deepti to continue. Just two singles from it. 

Rana for her third. WICKET?? Sneh Rana dives forward to take a low return catch from Perry. The third umpire will be consulted for this. The decision is that the ball has bounced before it reaches Rana’s hands. Three runs from the over.

Deepti Sharma is the new bowler. FOUR! Inside out from Litchfield to beat the long off fielder. A second FOUR! This time with a reverse sweep. FOUR again! A cut shot that sends the ball wide of the deep cover fielder. 12 runs from the over.

Rana again. Perry takes the first delivery on the full and places to long on for a single. Litchfield nearly plays her drive into the hands of silly mid off. Perry gets to her fifty; a single to long on off the fifth delivery. Litchfield gets two with a reverse sweep on the fifth ball. A run on the final delivery makes it six off the over.

Vastrakar to Perry. A single off the final delivery. Vastrakar fires it in the block hole which Perry digs out to cover to complete the single.

Sneh Rana for her first over. FOUR! Perry steps out on a full toss and whips the delivery between mid on and mid wicket. Pokes the second delivery to deep cover for one run. Litchfeld tries to step out and work it deep to long on but is stopped by the bowler.

Vastrakar for her fourth over. Litchfield clips the fourth delivery wide of mid on and pockets a single. Perry opens the bat face to run the ball down to third man for one run.

Litchfield comes out as Amanjot bowls a bouncer, a dot ball to open the over. Another dot follows as Litchfield drives it in the covers. This time the batter finds the gap in the covers, takes an easy single. Perry takes the strike. FOUR!! Amanjot bowls it outside leg as Perry pulls it behind towards fine leg for a boundary. Wide ball next. A slower one and a short one this time as Perry misses the ball completely. Two runs to finish the over. 

Vastrakar to Litchfield. A single and two dots follow. Perry drives it in the covers for a single. A dot ball follows. A short one this time, Australia tries to takes a quick single, but Amanjot makes a direct hit, however, Litchfield made it back just in time. 

Amanjot starts her over with a wide. Perry’s full-blown cut shot is stopped by Deepti at point, keeps it down to just a single. Litchfield hops out of her crease and drives to mid off to complete a single. Perry whips the final delivery of the over through square leg for FOUR.

Renuka for her fifth over. SIX! Shot! Litchfield stays put in her crease, clears her front foot and hoists this over-pitched delivery down the ground.

Amanjot Kaur to Litchfield. She finally gets width to free her arms for a drive. Deepti gets a hand at cover which keeps it down to just one run. A wide to follow.

Litchfield faces Renuka. A single on the fourth delivery. FOUR! Perry lofts an overpitched delivery over mid off and breaches the fence.

First over of spin as Saika Ishaque is brought in to bowl. FOUR! Perry punishes a short-pitched delivery with a pull shot through square leg. Threads the gap between mid-wicket and mid-on fielders on the last ball to pick another FOUR.

Renuka again. Litchfield picks a single on the first delivery through covers. The second run from the over comes on the final delivery for Perry.

Vastrakar to Litchfield from around the wicket. The batter drives it through the covers with a well-timed shot that goes for FOUR!!! Two dots follow. An out-swinging ball that almost kisses the edge of Litchfield. A short one this time, as Litchfield comes out and takes a quick single. Perry hits its across mid-wicket for two runs. 

Renuka back with the ball. A single and a dot to open the over. Litchfield flicks the ball on-side for a double. A shot of similar fashion, but this time the Aussies are limited to a single. Perry takes the strike and drives it in the covers, but only a dot ball. Two runs to end the over. 

Pooja Vastrakar to Phoebe Litchfield, one run with a punch to mid off. FOUR! A cover drive from Perry executed with text-book precision. SIX! A full toss on the pads and Perry launches it behind square for a maximum. Two runs with a flick off the final delivery for Litchfield.

Renuka to Healy, on the pad but the inswinger was going down leg for any serious appeal. GONE! SNEH RANA HAS PULLED OFF A BLINDER! Healy’s drive takes an edge and Sneh Rana leaps to her left at third man to grab an absolute jaw-dropping catch.

Alyssa Healy c Rana b Renuka Singh 0 (3)

Ellyse Perry into the middle at No. 3. A wicket-maiden to start for Renukaa.

Phoebe Litchfield and Allysa Healy will take charge of the square as Australia begins its run chase.

Renuka Singh as always will bowl the first over for India.

Schutt to Vastrakar. She slashes it straight but finds a fielder, refuses to take a single. A yorker next as Vastrakar struggles to defend it, goes for a dot. Vastrakar drives it in the covers but again just a dot ball. Vastrakar scoops it behind towards third man for a FOUR!! A single follows as Renuka is on strike for the last ball which goes for a dot.

Australia needs 283 runs to win in 50 overs

Vastrakar steps out and hits a FOUR!! Two singles follow. A double follows. SIX!!! Vastrakar gets on one knee and hits a biggie over forward square leg for a maximum. A single as Vastrakar retains strike for the final over. 

Schutt to Vastrakar. A dot ball to open the over. Vastrakar steps out but misses the ball as she swings the bat with intent. Another dot ball follows. SIX!!! Vastrakar gets on the front foot and lofts it straight down the ground for a maximum! She pulls it again but finds a fielder at long on, only a single. 

Gardner to Vastrakar. A single only from the first ball due to some amazing fielding by the Aussies in the covers. Two more singles follow. OUT!!! Jemimah lofts the outside off ball over the covers but slightly mis-times it, caught at deep cover! Renuka Singh takes the strike. A wide and a single follows. FOUR!!! The ball goes behind after hitting the outside edge for a boundary. 

A double to open the over as Sutherland continues the attack. Vastrakar steps out and slashes the ball straight for a FOUR!!! This time strikes it on-side for a single. Jemimah tries to scoop it behind but mistimes it, just a single. Vastrakar steps out and slashes it towards mid-on but stopped by the fielder for a single. FOUR!!! Jemimah lofts it straight for a boundary to finish the over!

Gardener to Jemimah. A single to open the over. A dot ball follows. FOUR!!! Vastrakar pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary. A single follows. Jemimah flicks it towards square leg for a single. A quick single to end the over.

Sutherland to Jemimah who switches the strike. A dot follows. Vastrakar swings the bat but hits the edge, the ball goes behind for a single. FOUR!! Jemimah moves away from the wicket and pulls the short one towards deep-square for a boundary. A single follows. Vastrakar drives it straight but stopped by the baller for a dot. 

Gardner to Jemimah. A dot and two singles to begin with. Another single as Vastrakar takes the strike. Dot ball follows. A wild swing towards on-side but the ball is completely missed by Vastrakar, a dot ball to end the over. 

Sutherland joins the attack again. Jemimah faces the first ball and drives it straight for a single. A dot and a single follow. Jemimah moves away from the wicket and scoops it behind towards fine leg, but only a single. Vastrakar pulls it behind but the ball is stopped at short fine leg for a single. A single to end the over. 

Wareham to Jemimah. Two singles follows. FOUR!!! Jemimah lofts it over the covers for a boundary. Another FOUR, this time over the mid-wicket. A dot ball follows. A quick single to end the over. 

Schutt to Vastrakar. A dot and a single to open the over. A short one this time, pulled by Jemimah towards square leg for a single. A full one played well by Vastrakar, but only a dot. FOUR!! Vastrakar plays a similar shot from the last over and finds a boundary past deep mid-wicket. FOUR!! Vastrakar does it again, this time finds the inside edge and the ball runs behind for a boundary.

Wareham to Jemimah who switches strike on the first ball. Vastrakar swings the bat but misses. Aussies take a review to see if there was an edge, but there wasn’t, review lost. Vastrakar defends the following delivery. Gets on the back foot and slashes it towards deep mid-wicket for a FOUR!!! A single to end the over. 

Jemimah takes a single and completes her half-century! Rana plays it towards mid on but only a dot. Another dot follows. OUT!!! Rana is bowled by Schutt with an in-swinging delivery! Vastrakar takes the strike and begins with a quick single. Jemimah drives it straight for a singel to end the over.

Wareham replaces King. OUT!! Amanjot tries to loft over mid-wicket but is caught by Alana King. Sneh Rana takes the strike. Two dots to begin with. Sneh switches strike to Jemimah. A full-toss driven in the covers for a single. Jemimah is on 49! A dot to end the over. 

Schutt to Jemimah. Dot ball to begin the over. Jemimah tries to square it behind but fails to hit it true, a dot ball. A single and a double follows. Amanjot tries to find a gap towards mid off, but only a dot. Amanjot lofts it straight but finds a fielder, just a single to end the over. 

King to Jemimah who is six runs away from her fifty. She sweeps it towards deep square for a single. A quick single follows. Jemimah drives it through the gap in covers for a single. Another quick single follows as the batters show some effecient running in-between the wickets. A single follows as Amanjot takes the strike for the last ball. A dot ball to end the over. 

Schutt joins the attack again. Jemimah starts with a drive in the covers but finds a fielder, dot ball. Jemimah squares it towards third man for a single. A slower one this time, defended by Amanjot. Another dot ball follows. A length ball driven in the covers but goes for a dot, but no-ball given for overstepping. FREE-HIT for India! Amanjot pulls the bouncer but hits top-edge, the ball goes behind the wicket for a single. A yorker driven straight by Jemimah for a single. 

King to Jemimah who takes a single. Two dot balls to Amanjot follows. A full length ball, sweeped by Amanjot towards short fine leg for a single. Another sweep shot towards square leg, this time by Jemimah for a single. Amanjot tries to reverse sweep, but Healy drops the catch behind the wicket. 

Wareham with the ball. Jemimah takes a single. A leg-by and a single follows. Amanjot tries to sweep it on-side but completely misses the turning ball. Amanjot lofts it over covers for two runs. A dot to end the over. 

King to Jemimah who takes a single from the first ball. Amanjot sweeps it on-side for a another quick single. Another single follows. The next two deliveries defended well by Amanjot. FOUR!!! Amanjoth lofts it over long off for a boundary to end the over!

Wareham to Amanjot. Switches strike to open the over. A full delivery driven by Jemimah in the covers for a double. Amanjot drives it straight but stopped by the baller. Two more dots follow.

King to Amanjot who defends it well to begin the over. Tries to scoop it behind leg slip but the ball lacked pace, just a single. Jemimah drives it in the covers for a single. A dot follows. Amanjot slashes it towards point for an easy single. A dot to finish the over. 

Wareham joins the spin attack again to Amanjot who switches the strike to open the over. Jemimah sweeps it behind the wicket for a cheeky FOUR!! Jemimah dropped at point as she tries to play a big shot but fails to hit it true, picks up two runs instead. Two singles and a dot follows.

King to Jemimah who sweeps it behind towards short fine leg for a single. OUT!!! Deepti tries play a big shot over mid-wicket but is caught! Amanjot takes the strike and defends the first delivery. Amanjot tries to drive it straight but almost handed an easy catch to the bowler, King. Next, she plays it towards square leg for a single. Jemimah defends to end the over. 

Gardner to Deepti. A dot and two singles follow. Deepti defends the next three deliveries to end the over. 

Alana King for the first time today. Jemimah sweeps the first delivery to fine leg, collects two runs. Works away the next on the on sid to get off strike. FOUR! Deepti uses the long on fielder coming into the ring. Steps out and launches it over mid on. Takes a single on the penultimate delivery. FOUR again! Jemimah goes inside out over cover for her second boundary.

Gardner to Deepti. A maiden over.

Brown for her seventh over. She oversteps again in this over. FOUR! Deepti makes the most of the free hit and slogs it to cow corner. Pulls the fifth to fine leg for a single.

Gardner to Jemimah, FOUR! Slog sweeps the first delivery to find the fence. Brings up the 100 for India. Nudges the second delivery to square leg for a single. Deepti late cuts and beats the short third fielder to collect FOUR runs. FOUR to finish the over. The delivery is straying down leg and Deepti just helps it down to fine leg.

Darcie Brown back into the attack. Two singles for India in the over.

Wareham to Yastika, two runs. Heaves the full delivery across the line. Gardner runs in from deep mid wicket to prevent the boundary. WICKET! Yastika Bhatia falls on 49! She has pulled a full toss straight into the hands of the deep square leg fielder.

Yastika Bhatia c Schutt b Wareham 49 (64)

Deepti Sharma flicks her first delivery to get off the mark.

McGrath for her second over. Singles off the first four deliveries of the over. 

Wareham to Yastika. The batter misses the sweep and Australia goes up for a review. It had pitched outside leg Australia is down one review. Just two singles in the over.

Tahlia McGrath to Jemimah. Clips to mid wicket for a single. Yastika drives to deep cover for one. Four runs in total from the over.

Georgia Wareham into the attack. FOUR! Short and wide and Yastika laps it up with a cut beyond short third man. FOUR again! This time Yastika makes use of the full toss and pulls it to the fence. FOUR more! Another full toss which is driven along down the ground. Fourteen runs in the over.

Gardner to Jemimah, sweeps for outside the off stump and runs one. FOUR! Yastika tonks a full delivery straight back over Gardner’s head. Clips the fifth to fine leg for two. Sweeps the final delivery to square leg to make eight from the over.

Just four singles off Sutherland’s over - two each of Jemimah and Yastika.

Gardner to continue. Harmanpreet is GONE! What a big wicket. She goes for a sweep only to top edge it and put Darcie Brown in action at fine leg. She dives full stretch to her left and grabs the catch.

Harmanpreet Kaur c Brown b Gardner 9 (17)

Jemimah Rodrigues joins in at No. 5.

Sutherland again. Harmanpreet taps to point with soft hands and Yastika darts home for a single. Yastika tries a ramp shot again, fails to middle it again and fine leg cuts it off.

Spin in as soon as the PowerPlay ends. FOUR! Harmanpreet sends a reverse sweep fine and all the way to the fence. She nudges the final delivery to fine leg for a single.

Sutherland to Harmanpreet. Sharp running between the wickets. Harmanpreet pats the ball to mid on and the batters get through for an easy single. FOUR! Yastika cuts away a wide delivery over point.

Brown again. A single for Harmanpreet on the fourth delivery with an on drive. Yastika ducks out of a bouncer’s way.

Annabel Sutherland into the attack now. A quick single for Yastika first up with a push to mid on. FOUR! Ghosh chips a delivery at her pads and gets it to beat the square leg fielder in the circle. WICKET! Ghosh is caught at mid off. Another delivery on the pads and this time Ghosh closes the bat face too early. A simple catch for Tahlia McGrath as the ball pops up in the air.

Richa Ghosh c McGrath b Sutherland 21 (20)

Harmnpreet off the mark off her first delivery, flicks through mid wicket for a single. The fifth delivery is a wide.

Ghosh against Brown . FOUR! Another cut shot from Ghosh. The point fielder had no chance. FOUR more! Ghosh punished width on the previous but she is up for a short delivery too. Pummeled away to the fence.

Ghosh faces Schutt. Ghosh finds her flick get an outside edge and run away between point and cover, two runs taken. A single to cover on the fourth delivery. Yastika gets a single to fine leg. Richa absolutely muscles away the final delivery of the over but there is a deep mid wicket in place to protect the fence, just a single.

Brown to Ghosh. A wide down leg off the second delivery. FOUR! Richa cracks it through point on the third. Edged and over the second slip fielder, one run for Ghosh. Six runs in the over.

Schutt to Yastika. FOUR off the final delivery. Overpitched from Schutt and Yastika again taps it straight to beat the mid on fielder. 

Brown to Shafali, starts the over with a dot delivery. BOWLED! Shafali is gone. Pitches at a length and nips in to breach Shafali’s defence. 

Shafali Verma b Brown 1 (5)

Richa Ghosh walks in. A bouncer to greet the new batter but she sends it too high, given a wide. Beats the outside edge on the next delivery. Richa tries to slash at the final delivery but misses.

Smriti Mandhana is unwell and hence was not available for selection for the first India-Australia ODI.

Megan Schutt from the opposite end. Yastika on strike. Schutt too starts with a no ball. No run off the free hit. Two back-to-back drives for Yastika but she cannot breach the infield. FOUR! A gentle push down the mid off region from Yastika.

Darcie Brrown to Yastika, 2nb. Short and wide, and Yastika cuts. It is a no ball too so a FREE HIT coming up. Yastika’s ramp shot on the full delivery down the on side is only parried onto the stumps. Another cut shot on the third delivery, gets a single to third man. The second no ball of the over. Shafali makes room and clobbers on the off side but can only get a single. Yastika gets an inside edge down to fine leg and picks a single.

It’s time for the first over. It will be Yastika Bhatia and Shafali Verma to start the innings for India.

Played: 21

India Women won: 4

Australia Women won: 17

Last Result: Australia Women won by 97 runs (Vadodra 2018)

So the big news from the game is Smriti Mandhana is not in the Indian 11 for the game.

“Green patches in the middle but around the crease, shaved bare,” says Lavanya.

India Women: Harmanpeet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrirgues, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Sneh Rana, Amanjot Kaur, Richa Ghosh, Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Singh, Saika Ishaque.

Australia Women: Alyssa Healy (c/wk), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Tahlua McGrath. Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown.

“Debuts for Saika,” pings Lavanya.

India wins the toss and opts to bat.

India Women: Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Sneh Rana, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Jemimah Rodrigues, Renuka Singh, Harleen Deol, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Amanjot Kaur, Titas Sadhu, Mannat Kashyap and Saika Ishaque

Australia Women: Kim Garth, Jess Jonassen, Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Heather Graham, Phoebe Litchfield and Darcie Brown

Played: 50

India Women won: 10

Australia Women won: 40

Last Result: Australia Women won by 6 wickets (Auckland 2022)

Wicket-keepers: Beth Mooney, Alyssa Healy

Batters: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Ellyse Perry

All-rounders: Tahlia McGrath, Deepti Sharma, Ashleigh Gardner

Bowlers: Megan Schutt, Renuka Singh Thakur, Alana King

Team composition: IND 4-7 AUS | Credits Left: 6

The India Women vs Australia Women 1st ODI match will be telecast on the Sports18 Network in India. Live streaming of the match will be available on Jio Cinema in India.