IND vs AUS Women’s Cricket: The Indian Women’s Cricket Team faced off against Australia in the first ODI of the series at the Allan Border Field, Brisbane. India won the toss and elected to bat first. However, what followed was utter shame. They were bowled out for 100 runs in 34.2 overs. Jemimah Rodrigues was the highest scorer of the inning with 23 runs off 42 deliveries. Harleen Deol scored 19 runs off 34 deliveries. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 17 runs off 31 deliveries.
Megan Schutt scalped a five-wicket haul. She bowled 6.2 overs and gave away just 19 runs. Kim Grath picked up one wicket, Ashleigh Gardner scalped one wicket, Annabel Sutherland picked up one wicket, and Alana King picked up one wicket.
The fall of wickets was notably hastened by a brilliant direct hit run-out by Georgia Wareham, a moment that encapsulated Australia’s superior fielding on the day. The innings ended in just 34.2 overs, marking one of the lowest totals for India in women’s ODIs against Australia since 2012, when they were bowled out for 79 at Wankhede.
Australia Women end the match on a fair note, securing victory by 5 wickets
The Women in Yellow performed very differently from the Women in Blue; however, the track didn’t seem to favor batting at all. While Harmanpreet Kaur’s side suffered a treacherous fall in their batting innings, they got on the right foot with the ball as well.
Despite having batters like Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur in their side and also a young lot of players, Harleen Deol and Jemmimah Rodrigues, they were wrapped up for a total of just 100 runs.
Aussie openers Voll and Litchfield started the Aussie inning in fine fashion, as later the middle order collapsed to Renuka Singh and the spinner Mishra, though Australia squared off to a win with five wickets remaining within the quick span of just 17 overs.
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