🏏India Women tour of Australia 2026: 1st T20I in Sydney🏏

🏏India Women tour of Australia 2026: 1st T20I in Sydney on 15/02/2026 at 2PM IST🏏

In the series opener for the multi-format assignment, Australia Women (AUS W) will be hosting India Women (IND W) in the first T20I on Sunday, February 15, at the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney.

The Australian side will be entering a new era in their leadership unit, as bowling all-rounder Sophie Molineux will officially start her captaincy stint in international cricket with the upcoming encounter. Following the departure of Alyssa Healy, it will be interesting to see if Molineux & Co. can carry forward the legacy of dominance that the Aussies have had in all these years.

Toss India have won the toss and will bowl first.

Harmanpreet Kaur: "Looking at the conditions we thought it was the right thing to bowl first."

Sophie Molineux: "I feel like with the bat we can make the most of the wet outfield."

Australia: Beth Mooney (wk), Georgia Voll, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Nicola Carey, Sophie Molineux (c), Kim Garth, Darcie Brown

India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Kranti Gaud, Sree Charani, Renuka Singh Thakur

Renuka Singh to Mooney, OUT

skied straight up and Mandhana takes it at cover! Full, shaping across, Mooney tries to loft against the shape and gets a leading edge that flies straight up and Mandhana takes a simple catch

Beth Mooney c Mandhana b Renuka Singh 5 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 62.5

Gaud to Voll, OUT

caught behind!

Georgia Voll c †Ghosh b Gaud 18 (10b 4x4 0x6) SR: 180

Australia Women

(3.2/20 ov) 27/2

India Women

IND Women chose to field.

Stats view

Current RR: 8.10

Live Forecast:

AUS-W 159

Australia Women

(6.1/20 ov) 51/2

India Women

IND Women chose to field.

Stats view

Current RR: 8.27

• Last 5 ov (RR): 41/2 (8.20)

Live Forecast:

AUS-W 164

Thank you for the thread and tags, Savera ji.

India-W have already taken two wickets

I hope both the teams win today!

Australia Women

(8.2/20 ov) 76/3

India Women

IND Women chose to field.

Stats view

Current RR: 9.12

• Last 5 ov (RR): 49/2 (9.80)

Live Forecast:

AUS-W 178

Deepti Sharma to Gardner, OUT

chipped to midwicket!

Ashleigh Gardner c Kaur b Sharma 4 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

Australia Women

(8.5/20 ov) 79/4

India Women

IND Women chose to field.

Stats view

Current RR: 8.94

• Last 5 ov (RR): 50/2 (10.00)

Live Forecast:

AUS-W 175