India Women vs Australia Women, 1st T20I Highlights: Beth Mooney Shines As Australia Win By 9 Wickets

We are back for the run-chase! The Indian players are in the huddle and they disperse now to take their respective positions. Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney are the openers for Australia Women. Renuka Singh to start with the ball for India Women. Here we go...

...THE RUN CHASE…

Australia Women would be pretty disappointed with this bowling effort. They pulled things back a bit in the middle overs after India got off to a quick start with Ellyse Perry getting rid of Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues in quick succession. Annabel Sutherland and Alana King bowled decently in the middle overs along with Ashleigh Gardner but there was always a boundary ball in between which the Indian batters made sure to take full advantage of. However, India smashed 57 in the last five overs which included 18 off the last over from the experienced Megan Schutt and now it is up to the Australian batters to win them this game. Let's see how they go about their business in this run-chase.

The Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur has emphasised time and again in the recent past that they want to play an aggressive brand of cricket which is exactly what we saw from Indian batters today.  Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana came out all guns blazing in the Powerplay and by the time Verma departed on 21 off just 10 balls, the pressure was on Australia. However, Jemimah Rodrigues departed for a duck and Smriti Mandhana who played a quick eye-catching knock departed in the 8th over. Kaur and Devika Vaidya then steadied the ship but India lost their skipper just when she was trying to explode. However, young Richa Ghosh came out with great intent and played a brilliant cameo of 36 off just 20 balls and Deepti Sharma then carried that momentum as she smashed 36 off just 15 deliveries to take India to a huge total here.

A brilliant batting display from India! Take a bow, Deepti Sharma! She has played a blinder here to take India over 170. India will be pretty happy with this score but the pitch is quite good to bat on and Australia have a dangerous batting line-up. However, India will surely go into the break as a happier side.

Megan Schutt does get it full enough this time around. This is around the legs and Deepti Sharma brooms it behind square on the leg side for a single. 18 off the over and India Women finish with 172/5 on the board!

FOUR! This is just poor bowling from an experienced campaigner. Pace on this time, fuller and once again down leg. Deepti Sharma whips it away into the fine leg fence to make it four boundaries on the trot.

FOUR! A hat-trick of boundaries from Deepti Sharma and the crowd is going completely wild. This is fuller and down leg, Sharma gets low and just scoops it fine. The ball beats the fielder at fine leg and goes into the fence.

FOUR! This is a scintillating cameo from Deepti Sharma. back of a length and angling into the body. Sharma comes down the track and pulls it wide of the fielder at deep backward square leg for another boundary.

FOUR! In the gap! Slower one from around the wicket and dug in short. Deepti Sharma comes forward and pulls it in between deep mid-wicket and deep square leg. The fielders over there look at each other as the ball runs away into the fence.

Devika Vaidya advances and Megan Schutt just bowls it shorter and wider of the off stump. Vaidya is able to reach it and hits it through covers for a single.

This is angled into the pads, Devika Vaidya heaves it aerially and towards cow corner but just for a single.

Gardner sees Sharma coming this time and pulls the length back. This is heaved away through mid-wicket for a run.

FOUR! Hammered away and the 150 is now up for India Women. Tossed up around middle, Deepti Sharma dances down the track and drills it back past the bowler to make it back-to-back boundaries.

FOUR! Poor delivery, begging to be hit. Another juicy full toss on leg stump, Deepti Sharma steps out and pulls it down to the square leg fence for a boundary.

Comes from around the wicket to the left-hander and tosses it outside off. Devika Vaidya steps out and hits it wide of mid off for a quick single.

This is a full toss down the leg side, Deepti Sharma paddles it towards fine leg for only a single.

Slower one, full and around middle, this is flicked away in front of mid-wicket for a single. Can India Women get to the 160-run mark from here?

FOUR! Top shot! Short but not that wide, Deepti Sharma stays on the back foot and pounces on it. Sharma cuts it hard and past the point fielder for yet another boundary.

Goes full and straight now, taking pace off as well, Sharma just eases it towards mid off.