India women's team register first-ever Test win over Australia
India rewrote history as Harmanpreet and Co. thrashed Australia by 8 wickets to record 1st-ever Test win over the Baggy Greens in women's Tests.
India Women sealed a eight-wicket win against Australia Women on Day 4 of their one-off Test match, in Mumbai on Sunday.
Chasing 75 runs, India reached 75/2 in 18.4 overs, courtesy of an unbeaten knock of 38 off 61 balls by Smriti Mandhana. The visitors began the second innings with a total of 261, in response to India's first innings score of 406.
Tahlia McGrath (73) got a half-century for Australia in their second innings but it didn't really make an impact due to Sneh Rana's 4/63.
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Meanwhile, Harmanpreet Kaur and Rajeshwari Gayakwad scalped two dismissals each for India.
Speaking after hitting the match-winning four, Mandhana said, "It wasn't that tough. We thought it was going to be a rank turner on day three and four. But if you showed patience, it wasn't that hard. I told Shafali to bat as we batted in the first innings. Just react to the ball, that was the only message we had. She was unfortunate, but she started off beautifully with that cover drive."
