India females cricket captain Mithali Raj might additionally want played a 61-lunge knock however Darcie Brown’s four-wicket haul helped Australia restrict India to 225/8 within the first ODI of the three-match series here on the Harrup Park in Mackay on Tuesday (September 21). Other than Mithali, Yastrika Bhatia also chipped in with an innings of 35 runs with the again of two boundaries.
It became once Mithali’s fifth successive ODI half of-century dating abet to dwelling series in opposition to South Africa final one year. In the technique, the Indian captain also scored his 59th fifty in this format apart from six centuries in 218 suits. The Indian skipper also performed 20,000 career runs over the path of this innings.
Mithali also took a blow on her head whereas batting on 11 off the bowling of Australia’s Ellyse Perry. See the video here…
Factual news – Mithali Raj is only to continue after copping this gigantic hit to the helmet off Ellyse Perry #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/HH82eDXOAs
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) September 21, 2021
Sent into bat, Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana supplied a quickfire launch because the opening duo set apart on 31 runs within the first four overs. Nonetheless, Australia stormed supreme abet as Brown pushed apart every Shafali (8) and Mandhana (16), reducing India to 38/2 within the sixth over.
Yastika and Mithali then got together on the crease and each batters set apart on 77 runs for the third wicket, however as soon as India started to develop an upper hand, the aspect misplaced the wicket of Bhatia (35) to Brown within the 26th over.
Deepti Sharma (9) failed to tear away a mark with the bat, handing Brown her fourth wicket and India became once decreased to 129/4 within the 31st over. Mithali might additionally want played a knock of 61 runs however her strike rate can once extra be talked about as she scored runs from 107 balls and her innings became once in a roundabout draw ended up by Sophie Molineux within the 38th over.
Molineux had Mithali stumped and this brought Richa Ghosh and Pooja Vastrakar together on the crease. The decrease-repeat became once unable to make contributions mighty, and within the tip, India had to settle with a ranking of 225.
In the final overs, Richa Ghosh and Jhulan Goswami played cameos of 32 and 20 respectively.
India’s frailties within the batting and bowling division had been laid bare because the mighty Australia gave the guests a nine-wicket hiding within the first females’s ODI to develop their file winning plod to 25 suits. India, who are aiming to put up 250 plus in most cases to dwelling the likes of Australia, might easiest organize 225 for eight in an innings that never got the momentum it well-known.
Australia gunned down the target in 41 overs as India bowling lacked the enamel to bother them. The four-time World Cup winners final misplaced an ODI in October 2017. After a sedate launch of 30 runs in eight overs, Australian openers Alyssa Healy (77 off 77) and Rachael Haynes (93 now not out off 100) modified gears to lunge away with the game.
Transient Ratings: India females 225/8 (Mithali Raj 61, Yastika Bhatia 35, Darcie Brown 4-33) vs Australia females 227/1 in 41 overs (Rachael Haynes 93 now not out, Alyssa Healy 77)
(with company inputs)
