Poonam Yadav Leads India To A 17-run Win Over Australia women

India women defeated Australia women by 17 runs in the first match for the ICC women's world cup T20 played today at showground stadium in Sydney.

India batted first in the match and could only manage a low score of 132 runs, but was able to restrict the opponents finishing with an unpredictable win. Poonam Yadav was the showstopper, for she stunned everyone with her quality leg-spin.

Jesse Jonassen and Ellyse Perry hit hard at the start and gave a good pickup to the team. Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur failed to get off to a good start in the tournament. Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma took India past the 100-run mark by scoring an unbeaten 49. Australia was off to a good start in their chase with opener Alyssa Healy (51) making a 35-ball 51, laced with six boundaries and a six to anchor the chase initially. Mandhana spent some time off the field after injuring her left side, trying to save a boundary early in Australia’s chase. India will next take on Bangladesh at Perth on February 24.

Brief scores: India 132/4 in 20 overs (Deepti Sharma 49*, Shafali Verma 29; Jess Jonassen 2-24) beat Australia 115 all out in 19.5 overs (Alyssa Healy 51, Ashleigh Gardner 34; Poonam Yadav 4 for 24, Shikha Pandey 3-14) by 17 runs.