India A defeated Australia A in the first T20 match at the Bandra Kurla Complex on Monday by four wickets. Indian team management had decided to field a full-fledged team keeping the upcoming World T20 in mind, which commences next month.

Smriti Mandhana hit a classy 72 off 40 balls and added 116 runs with captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who made 45 runs off 39 balls to ensure India A won the match easily. India A had lost two quick wickets in Jemimah Rodrigues and Taniya Bhatia for just four runs.

Australia A scored 160-6 in 20 overs batting first, with Heather Graham scoring 43 and Naomi Stalenberg playing a knock of 39. Deepti Sharma picked 2/30 and Anuja Patil picked 2/22 for India.

With two more games to go in the series, India A will be hoping to fix the weak links before traveling to the Caribbean.

BRIEF SCORES:

AUS A 160/6 (H Graham 43; A Patil 2-22) lost to India A 163-6 (S Mandhana 72, H Kaur 45; L Cheatle 2-18) by 4 wickets