India Women (IND-W) vs Australia Women (AUS-W) 1st ODI Live Cricket Score Updates: Smriti Mandhana scored yet another half century but it was tough going for Indian batters in the first ODI at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane on Tuesday. Pratika Rawal and Shafali Verma fell early while Jemimah Rodrigues also followed shortly. Mandhana then fell soon after getting to her half century and India struggled for momentum through the middle overs. Earlier, Harmanpreet Kaur opted to bat first in India’s first match after their World Cup triumph in November. After defeating Australia 2-1 in the T20I leg, an upbeat Indian will begin the ODI leg with the first match set to be played.

India have taken a 4-2 lead (in points) in the multi-format series after winning the first and the third T20Is. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side won the rain-affected first T20I by 21 runs in Sydney before the hosts, led by a new face in Sophie Molineux, struck back in the second game in Canberra to level the series at 1-1. It was Smriti Mandhana’s classy 82 that helped India beat Australia by 17 runs in Adelaide. Read more about India’s T20I series win here.

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AUS-W vs IND-W Playing XIs

INDIA XI: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Kashvee Gautam, Sree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Renuka Singh Thakur

AUSTRALIA XI: Alyssa Healy, Phoebe Litchfireld, Georgia Voll, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ash Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown

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Smriti Mandhana takes centerstage in Adelaide, and finds substantial supporting acts, as India beat Australia in T20I leg

Not since 2016 had India won a women’s bilateral series in Australia. And not since 2017 had Australia lost a bilateral assignment at home. Harmanpreet Kaur and Co achieved both those milestones on Saturday at the Adelaide Oval with an impressive all-round performance as they beat the world No 1 in their own backyard to clinch the T20I leg of the multi-format series 2-1. There were no trophies handed out after the match on Saturday (there are points for wins in each of the three formats to decide the overall winner at the end of the Test match in Perth), but this first leg of India’s tour Down Under was the most important, given the T20 World Cup a few months away. Which makes India’s achievement a strong statement – the ODI World Champions are gunning for the 20-over title too. (READ MORE)