Australia suffered their first dwelling bilateral collection defeat in 9 years as India received the third and remaining ladies’s T20I in Adelaide to seal a 2-1 collection win.
Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues each struck half-centuries as they placed on a 121-run second-wicket partnership – a document for India within the shortest format – to assist the vacationers publish 176-6.
Australia fell to 32-3 firstly of their chase as off-spinner Shreyanka Patil despatched again Georgia Voll and Ellyse Perry, however Ash Gardner saved them within the sport with a 45-ball 57.
Nevertheless, Sophie Molineux’s reign as the new Australia captain started with a defeat as Patil completed with figures of 3-22 for India, backed up by left‑arm spinner Shree Charani, who returned 3-28.
India received the rain-affected first T20I by 21 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) methodology earlier than Australia bounced again with a 19-run victory to arrange the decider in Adelaide.
The 2 sides will now play a three-match ODI collection, beginning in Brisbane on Tuesday, adopted by a one-off Take a look at in Perth from 6 March.
