The third match of the ongoing Women’s T20I tri-series in Australia saw the host nation take on Indian eves. Rachel Haynes won the toss and chose to bowl first.
The Indian innings proved to be a disappointing one with only Smriti Mandhana (35), and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (28) reaching double digits, along with a lower order flurry of Radha Yadav, who made 11 and took India to 103/9.
Ellyse Perry proved to be the best Australian bowler with figures of 4/13 and Tayla Vlaeminck picked 3/13.
The chase was supposed to be an easy one, but Shikha Pandey and Deepti Sharma removed the openers early, while Gayakwad picked two wickets as well. Ashleigh Gardner made 22, while Perry continued her all-around show by making 49 with 8 fours, before falling to Radha. However, the total proved to be insufficient for Indian bowlers to defend and Australia won in the 19th over with 4 wickets in hand.
Ellyse Perry won the Player of the Match award.
BRIEF SCORES:
INDW 103/9 (S MANDHANA 35; E PERRY 4/13) lost to AUSW 104/6 (E PERRY 49; R GAYAKWAD 2/18) by 4 wickets
