| Australia 219 (McGrath 50; Vastrakar 4-53) & 261 (McGrath 73; Rana 4-63) |
| India 406 (Rodrigues 73, Sharma 78; Gardner 4-100) & 75-2 (Mandhana 38*) |
| India win by eight wickets |
| Scorecard |
India secured their first Take a look at win over Australia with an eight-wicket victory in a one-off match in Mumbai.
Australia started the ultimate day with 5 second innings wickets in hand and a lead of 46 however India ruthlessly dismissed the vacationers for 261.
India then chased down a modest goal of 75 shortly after lunch because of Smriti Mandhana’s unbeaten 38.
“It is the reward for all of the exhausting work we now have accomplished for therefore a few years,” stated India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.
“It is reward for the exhausting work and persistence. We simply wished to play constructive cricket.”
India’s win is their first in 11 girls’s Checks towards Australia, who’re ranked primary on this planet within the format, because the sides first performed in 1977.
A primary-innings lead of 187 had given India the higher hand within the contest after they posted a commanding 406 in response to Australia’s 219.
Richa Ghosh (52), Jemimah Rodrigues (73), Deepti Sharma (78) and Mandhana (74) all made affected person half-centuries for India, whereas spinner Ash Gardner took 4-100.
Australia’s batters struggled on the Wankhede Stadium with vice-captain Tahlia McGrath the one participant to make a half-century in both innings for the vacationers.
India all-rounder Sneh Rana was named participant of the match after her off-spin introduced her match figures of 7-119 from 44.4 overs.
“A Take a look at match in India is going on after a very long time, so this win is true on the high,” Rana stated.
“For Indian followers additionally this win is large. The gamers who’re rising will see this win and need to play extra Take a look at cricket.”
It was a disappointing begin to Alyssa Healy’s reign as captain having been named as Meg Lanning’s everlasting successor throughout all codecs earlier this month.
“Apart from the primary day, we confirmed lots of combat,” Healy stated.
“Full credit score to the Indian staff, they simply put too many runs on us. If we’d have batted the primary full day, we might have been within the recreation.”
India’s victory was their second in Checks this month having thrashed England by 347 runs in Mumbai.
Australia and India play one another in three ODIs and three T20s beginning on 28 December.