INDW vs AUSW 1st T20I: Team India completed a solid performance in the INDW vs AUSW 1st T20I as they won the series opener by 9 wickets. Chasing a modest total of 143 runs, openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma completed their respective fifties with the bat as the visitors bowling line-up looked clueless at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai.
Earlier in the match, Titas Sadhu was the star with the ball as she bagged four wickets for just 17 runs. Phoebe Litchfield continued her fine run of form as she smashed 32-ball 49 to take Australia to 141. Earlier, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and opted to bowl against Australia in the 1st T20.
India Women Playing XI: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh(w), Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Thakur Singh, Titas Sadhu
Australia Women Playing XI: Alyssa Healy(w/c), Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Phoebe Litchfield, Grace Harris, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown
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India Women Squad: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Thakur Singh, Mannat Kashyap, Kanika Ahuja, Minnu Mani, Yastika Bhatia, Saika Ishaque, Titas Sadhu
Australia Women Squad: Phoebe Litchfield, Alyssa Healy(w/c), Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt, Grace Harris, Heather Graham, Darcie Brown, Jess Jonassen
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