India A beats Australia A by three wickets in the first One-Day game


India A women registered first win on their tour to Australia winning the first of the three ODIs by three wickets at Ian Healy Oval in Brisbane on Wednesday. The win comes after India A lost 0-3 in the T20 series.

Chasing 215, India A reached the target in 42 overs thanks to Yastika Bhatia’s 59 and valuable contributions from Shafali Verma (36) and Dhara Gujjar (31).

Righvi Bisht remained unbeaten on 25 and made sure India A finished the match without slip ups after Australia A threatened to make a comeback during the middle overs.

Earlier, captain Radha Yadav picked three wickets while Titas Sadhu and Minnu Mani took two each to bowl out the host for 214.

Anika Learoyd was left stranded at 92 as she ran out of partners from the other end. Learoyd was provided able support by Rachel Traneman who scored 51 before getting run out.

The ODI series is followed by one unofficial four-day Test starting August 21.



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