1st T20I: Mooney unbeaten 89 helps Australia girls gun down 173-run goal, take 1-0 collection lead vs India girls

1st T20I: Beth Mooney’s unbeaten 89-run knock helped Australia girls gun down the 173-run goal and take a 1-0 collection lead over India girls in Mumbai.

Mumbai,UPDATED: Dec 9, 2022 22:47 IST

1st T20I: Australia girls chase 173, take 1-0 collection lead vs India girls (AFP Photo)

By India Today Web Desk: Australia rode on the heroic knocks of captain Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney to gun down the 173-run goal with 9 wickets to spare and take a 1-0 collection lead over India girls within the first T20I in Mumbai on Friday.

Chasing a stiff goal, the formidable Australian opening pair of skipper Alyssa Healy and Mooney gave Australia the beginning it wanted, including 73 runs in just below 9 overs. Healy and Mooney performed some great photographs throughout their scintillating partnership to place the Indian bowlers underneath stress.

Mooney smashed 16 fours throughout her keep within the center and was helped by Tahlia McGrath’s unbeaten 29-ball 40, which included 4 boundaries and two sixes. Australia thus took a 1-0 lead within the five-match collection.

Earlier, the skilled Deepti Sharma blazed away to an unbeaten 15-ball 36 to energy India to 172 for 5. Sharma smashed 4 successive boundaries within the remaining over, bowled by Megan Schutt to spice up India’s run charge after Richa Ghosh (36 off 20 balls) and the returning Devika Vaidya (25 off 24) added 56 runs for the fifth wicket.

India have been off to a flying begin with the teenaged Shafali Verma smashing Megan Schutt for a 4 and a six over long-on within the first over, which yielded 12 runs. The seasoned Smriti Mandhana (28 of twenty-two balls) lower debutant Kim Garth for a 4, earlier than Shafali slashed Ellyse Perry on the off-side for her second most, a ball after an inside edge went previous the keeper for a boundary.

However, Perry had her revenge when she cramped Shafali for room on the leg facet and the batter ended up giving a catch to skipper Alyssa Perry. This was the fourth time Perry has dismissed the 18-year-old Indian power-hitter.

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Dec 9, 2022