India vs Australia, ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020: As it happened between INDW and AUSW - in pictures

Australia win toss and opt to field

India Women (Playing XI): Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Deepti Sharma, Veda Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, Taniya Bhatia(w), Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Australia Women (Playing XI): Alyssa Healy(w), Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Meg Lanning(c), Ellyse Perry, Rachael Haynes, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Molly Strano, Megan Schutt

Australia have won the toss and chosen to bowl at the Sydney Showground!

Good decision? #AUSvIND | #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/3A5Ngbxy6X

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) February 21, 2020

Squads:

India Women Squad: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Taniya Bhatia(w), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Veda Krishnamurthy, Pooja Vastrakar, Harleen Deol

Australia Women Squad: Alyssa Healy(w), Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Meg Lanning(c), Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Rachael Haynes, Nicola Carey, Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt, Delissa Kimmince, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Erin Burns, Molly Strano.

Mandhana is good against the left-arm spinners however, calling Jonassen into the attack paid off for the Australians. 

Mandhana couldn't connect the sweep and was rapped right in front of the stumps. 

Australia needed that breakthrough. 

Mandhana lbw b Jonassen 10(11) [4s-2]

Perry gets a major breakthrough!

There were hardly any runs scored after the dismissal of Mandhana and Shafali Verma felt the pressure. 

She wanted to slam this delivery over mid-wicket, however, she failed to connect the pull.

Shafali Verma c Sutherland b Perry 29(15) [4s-5 6s-1]

Not what India wanted. Kaur departs now and she leaves India in a big mess. 

India scored beautifully in the first powerplay, but after the dismiss of the openers, India have slowed down.

This was a time to build the innings but Kaur decided to launch this delivery. She came charging down and missed it. 

Healy couldn't collect it cleanly and the ball struck her pads and came back to hit the stumps. Kaur was well outside the crease. 

Kaur st Healy b Jonassen 2(5)

India had reached the 100 mark, but soon Jemimah Rodrigues had to go for 26.

Rodrigues is given lbw again and she has decided to review again. It was on a fuller length and was angling back into Rodrigues.

She wanted to hoick it across the line but she misses it and was rapped right in front of the stumps. 

India lose an important wicket. 

Rodrigues lbw b Delissa Kimmince 26(33)

India needed this and Shikha Pandey delivers. 

Mooney makes some room and steers the ball uppishly towards point. It was a good catch there by Gayakwad stretching out with both hands to her right. 

Mooney c Gayakwad b Shikha Pandey 6(12)

Wicketkeeper Bhatia is very confident of an outside edge and doesn't even go through with a straightforward stumping. The finger soon goes up.

A lovely delivery from Gayakwad, beating Lanning in flight after she had come down the pitch. 

Left in a sticky spot with the ball dipping in front of her, the Australian captain goes through with her drive but it turns and takes the edge. 

Lanning c Bhatia b Gayakwad 5(8)

Poonam Yadav made sure to give India a breather. First, she dismissed Rachael Haynes and then Ellyse Perry. She just missed a hattrick. 

Haynes was Stumped!! Completely deceived by the googly, as she lured Haynes out of her crease before the guile sucker-punching her. 

Haynes st Bhatia b Poonam Yadav 6(8)

In the second, Elysse Perry is Bowled!! She is gone the first ball. 

It's the googly that's done it again and Perry charges but realizes she's nowhere close to the dipping trajectory and resorts to defence. 

It sneaks through and knocks over leg.

Perry b Poonam Yadav 0(1)

Poonam Yadav sends Jonassen back thanks to wicketkeeper Bhatia!! 

Poonam Yadav is all over Australia. She flighted googly across off, Jonassen looks to sweep but gets a faint bottom-edge through to the keeper. 

Jonassen c Bhatia b Poonam Yadav 2(6)

The second, Shikha Pandey does the job. 

Bhatia collects this wide outside off and throws herself at the stumps to wipe them out. 

As good as Poonam Yadav's been, Bhatia deserves a mention for her glovework too.

Sutherland st Bhatia b Shikha Pandey 2(5)

Done and dusted!!!!

First Shikha Pandey gets Gardner as the batswoman spoons a full toss straight up. 

Pandey goes under the ball and collects it. The umpires check about the height, but it's just beneath the waist. 

Gardner c and b Shikha Pandey 34(36) [4s-3 6s-1]

She later finishes the job as Schutt is Run Out!! 

Schutt pushes this in front of deep extra cover. They look for two but Schutt falls short of the mark. 

Rodrigues rushes in and returns a throw that's accurate enough to do the job. 

Schutt run out (Rodrigues/Shikha Pandey) 1(1)