🏏ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026: Group A: India W vs Aus W🏏 - Page 3

Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma are at the crease. Smriti Mandhana is on strike. Lucy Hamilton will open the attack

Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma walks out to the middle and the Women in Blue will need these two to fire if they want to put Australia under any sort of pressure. The Australian players gather for a huddle, with Molineux doing all the talking. Lucy Hamilton will take the new ball for Australia.

The players are walking out in the middle, and it's time for the national anthems. Starting with India's "Jana Gana Mana". Next up is Australia's "Advance Australia Fair".

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Ashleigh Gardner to Shafali Verma, SIX, to deep extra cover

India with blazing start

Drinks - good powerplay this for India! They are going at more than seven runs per over and hasn't lost a single wicket. India will need at least one of them to go big if they want to post a massive score on the board.

- This is also India's highest opening stand vs Australia in the Women's T20 WC, bettering 41 between these two in Sydney in 2020 (which was their last win against them in the WC).

6.3

India Women opt to bat

INDW

55-0 (8.1)

8.5

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Ashleigh Gardner to Shafali Verma, FOUR, to deep extra cover

8.4

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Ashleigh Gardner to Shafali Verma, SIX, clobbered! The right-hander goes down on her knee and slog-sweeps it over deep mid-wicket for a six. Her second of the match

India Women opt to bat

INDW

82-1

(11)

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India Women opt to bat

INDW

118-2

(15.5)

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India Women opt to bat

INDW

130-2

(17.3)

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