Australia beat India to level the series 1-1 after the second Women’s T20I. (PHOTO: CREIMAS FOR BCCI)

India Women (IND-W) vs Australia Women (AUS-W) 2nd T20I highlights:  India’s batting collapsed in the second half of the run-chase of 164 as a collective bowling effort saw Australia fight back into the series to level things up. Georgia Voll hit a fine 88 but India fought back superbly in the backend with some terrific death bowling to restrict Australia to 163/5, with Arundhati Reddy picking up two wickets. But that innings was the game-changer ultimately in a match where big-scoring wasn’t easy. Harmanpreet Kaur had opted to bowl first in the second game at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. The multi-format series is now level on points at 2-2.

Rain played spoilsport but ultimately favoured India in the opening T20I against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Chasing a modest target of 134, India came out firing and reached 50/1 in just 5.1 overs before a heavy downpour halted play with the visitors way ahead of the par score at 29. Australia were bowled out for 133 in 18 overs, with Arundhati Reddy’s four-for complemented by Renuka Singh Thakur, Sree Charani and Deepti Sharma

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

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

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On Sunday at the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground, Arundhati Reddy was India’s star in the first T20I, picking up four wickets – one in each over she bowled – as Australia were bowled out in a home women’s T20I for only the second time in history. Incidentally, the last time Reddy played in Australia, she had picked up a superb 4-wicket haul at another iconic venue Down Under. In the only ODI she played on that tour, she ran through Australia’s top order in one spell, taking the first four wickets to fall between overs 11 and 17. It didn’t help India win that day, but it was her career-best ODI figures – just as the 4/22 in Sydney is now in T20Is. READ MORE

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