India women vs Australia women 1st ODI: Australia women put up a show with a bat as they clinched a six-wicket victory against India in the first ODI at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, December 28.

The visitors chased down a 283-run target to go 1-0 up in the ODI series, taking just 46.3 overs for the win on the back of a remarkable partnership of 148 runs for the second wicket between Phoebe Litchfield and Ellyse Perry.

Tahlia McGrath also played a remarkable unbeaten knock of 68 runs in just 55 deliveries with Ashleigh Gardner standing at the other end.

 

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Australia were off to a horrible start in the run chase as sipper Alyssa Healy was dismissed early in the innings for 0 with Sneh Rana holding onto a stunner to give her team the first success.

That was the only promising moment for the hosts while defending as they struggled for wickets for a long while.

Renuka Thakur, Pooja Vastrakar, Sneh Rana, and Deepti Sharma were the wicket takers for India as all of them picked up a wicket each.

Earlier, the Women in Blue posted a massive total of 282/8 in their 50 overs on the back of incredible batting efforts from Jemimah Rodrigues and Pooja Vastrakar.

After opting to bat first, India lost Shafali Verma for 1 run whereas Yastika Bhatia (49) missed out on her half-century by just one run.

India were struggling at 57/3 before Yastika and Jemimah added 38 runs for the fourth wicket before the former's dismissal in the 20th over.

Jemimah continued to attack and batted till the 47th over, adding crucial runs with Deepti Sharma (21) and Amanjot Kaur (20) before stitching another magnificent stand of 68 runs with Vastrakar for the eighth wicket.

While Jemimah was dismissed for 82 runs in 77 balls with the help of seven fours, Vastrakar also smashed her fifty and remained unbeaten for 62 runs in just 46 balls on the back of seven fours and two sixes.

 

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Gardner and Georgia Wareham picked up two wickets for Australia whereas Darcie Brown, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, and Alana King ended up taking a wicket each.

The second match of the three-match ODI series is scheduled to be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday, January 2.