Despite registering a few victories in the past, the Indian women are yet to score a bilateral series win in Australia across all three formats.
India A captain Radha Yadav claimed bowling figures of 4/19 in 3.4 overs in the first innings and then scored an unbeaten 18-ball 31 runs knock in India's chase.
A record opening stand between Georgia Voll and Beth Mooney paved the way for Australia to level a three-match T20I series with a 19-run victory against India.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur etched her name into the record books on Thursday, becoming the most-capped player in women's international cricket.
Aiming to establish an unassailable lead over Australia, Harmanpreet Kaur's India would draw confidence from a strong bowling performance in the rain-hit opening win when the two sides square off in the second and penultimate T20I on Thursday.
Pratika Rawal picked up the injury during the World Cup last year while fielding during a game against Bangladesh.
India A brushed aside Pakistan A by eight wickets in their Group A clash of the Women's Asia Cup Rising Stars on Sunday.
Seamer Arundhati Reddy (4/22) led an excellent bowling display as India packed off Australia for 133.
Top athletes were honoured as the Government of India announced the prestigious Padma Awards on Sunday.
Shreyanka Patil and batter Bharti Fulmali on Saturday returned to the Indian T20I squad while wicketkeeper G Kamalini and left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma earned maiden ODI call-ups for the white-ball tour of Australia next month.
India are the reigning Asian Games champions in both men's and women's cricket.
India's star batter Jemimah Rodrigues played an innings of a lifetime during the semi-final of the Women's ODI World Cup at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai last year.
India women's cricket team star Jemimah Rodrigues revealed a scary incident from her childhood that nearly turned out to be tragic.
The 20-year-old left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma from Gwalior made her India debut in the T20 International format just last year in a home series against Sri Lanka.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Smriti Mandhana on Thursday said the Indian women's cricket team is aiming to be the best across formats and the WPL is going to have a major role in this mission.
India's star opening batter Shafali Verma and South Africa's star duo Laura Wolvaardt and Sune Luus have been nominated for the ICC Women's Player of the Month for December 2025.
The fourth edition of the Women's Premier League launches Friday with the popularity of women's cricket at an all-time high in India following their maiden World Cup triumph.
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur on Tuesday moved up two spots to reach 13th position in the latest ICC Women's T20I ranking for batters, following her match-winning knock in the fifth and final game against Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram.