Opener Beth Mooney smashed India’s 173-run goal with a blistering 57-ball 89 to information the Australian girls’s group to a convincing nine-wicket win within the first T20 International.
Mooney hit 16 fours throughout her keep within the center, and helped Tahlia McGrath rating an unbeaten 29-ball 40, which included 4 fours and two sixes. In this manner, Australia took a 1-0 lead within the five-match sequence. Earlier, skilled Deepti Sharma scored an unbeaten 36 off 15 balls to bundle out India at 172 for 5. Sharma hit Megan Schutt for 4 consecutive fours within the closing over after Richa Ghosh (36 off 20 balls) and returning Devika Vaidya (25 off 24 balls) added 56 runs for the fifth wicket.
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Chasing a good goal, a powerful Australian opening pair of captain Alyssa Healy and Mooney gave Australia the beginning they wanted, including 73 runs in simply 9 overs. Healy and Mooney performed some sensible pictures throughout their stupendous partnership to place the Indian bowlers underneath stress.
To make issues worse, Radha Yadav dropped a catch at backward level off Renuka Singh, giving Mooney a life when the batsman was on 4. Mooney then hit medium pacer Renuka for 3 consecutive fours earlier than his captain hit the primary six. Australian innings.
If the dropped catch wasn’t sufficient, India’s fielding total was poor. Vaidya, enjoying her first T20I since her debut in 2014, received Healy caught by Harmanpreet to get her first breakthrough. The lack of the captain, for 37 off 23 balls, did not disturb Australia’s momentum as Mooney discovered an in a position ally in Tahlia McGrath. Mooney took 18 runs within the fifteenth over to deliver the equation down from 55 off 36 balls to solely 37 runs within the final 5 overs.
Earlier, Sharma hit eight fours in his blistering innings whereas Ghosh hit the fence 5 occasions and cleared it twice.
India hit a 4 and a six over long-on within the first over with Kishore Shafali Verma conceding 12 runs. Experienced Smriti Mandhana (28 from 22 balls) minimize debutant Kim Garth for a boundary earlier than Shafali slammed Ellyse Perry on the off aspect for her second most, a ball previous the keeper after taking an inside edge. Gone for a 4 from shut.
However, Perry received her revenge when she hammered Shefali for room down the leg aspect and the batsman edged previous skipper Ellyse Perry. It was the fourth time that Perry dismissed the 18-year-old Indian power-hitter.
Mandhana, who has an excellent file towards the Aussies, confirmed her class by hitting Garth for 4 fours, a flurry of fours that took India to 45 for one in simply 4 overs.
The wicket of Jemimah Rodrigues fell after a 17-run fourth over, who succumbed to the stress after 4 dot balls from Perry, a mistake by the batsman on the pull to Annabel Sutherland. Schutt was introduced again after the primary wicket by Perry, and he conceded simply three runs to go away India at 48 for 2 on the finish of six powerplay overs on the DY Patil Stadium.
Healy launched the off-spin bowling of Ashleigh Gardner, and Harmanpreet Kaur (21 off 23) drove her by means of the covers for her first boundary. Healy made one other bowling change and it labored as Sutherland had the well-set Mandhana caught by Mooney in a somewhat delicate dismissal.
After a quiet few overs, Harmanpreet pulls Sutherland for a welcome boundary. Garth, nevertheless, had the prized scalp of Harmanpreet – her first for Australia after representing Ireland for a decade – when the Indian captain performed away from her physique and hit the fielder straight at cowl. After this the pair of Ghosh and Vaidya took cost.
Abbreviated Score:
India Women: 172 for five in 20 overs (Deepti Sharma 36 not out, Richa Ghosh 36; Ellyse Perry 2/10); Australia Women: 173 for 1 in 18.1 overs (Beth Mooney 89 not out, Tahila McGrath 40 not out; Devika Vaidya 1/33).
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
