India Women vs Australia Women 2026 1st T20I Full Commentary

Result · Feb 15 2026, Sun - 01:45 PM (IST)

1st T20I, - Sydney Cricket Ground

AUSTRALIA WOMEN

133

INDIA WOMEN

50/1

India Women won by 21 runs (DLS Method)

CRR:9.68

Player Of The Match

Arundhati Reddy

17.6

OUT! Bowled. Arundhati Reddy to Darcie Brown. Length ball, pushing, missed.
17.5

Arundhati Reddy to Sophie Molineux. Half volley, driving, Played to backward point for 1 run.
17.4

Arundhati Reddy to Darcie Brown. Half volley, working, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to mid off for 1 run.
17.3

Arundhati Reddy to Darcie Brown. Length ball, driving, Played to mid off for no runs.
17.2

Arundhati Reddy to Sophie Molineux. Length ball, driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to mid on for 1 run.
17.1

Arundhati Reddy to Sophie Molineux. Length ball, Late Cut, Played to backward point for no runs.
16.6

Sree Charani to Darcie Brown. Length ball, pushing, Played back to bowler for no runs.
16.5

Sree Charani to Darcie Brown. Length ball, pushing, Played back to bowler for no runs.
16.4

OUT! Caught. Sree Charani to Kim Garth. Length ball, pulling, Edged in the air uncontrolled to backward square leg, caught by Thakur.
16.3

Sree Charani to Kim Garth. Length ball, pushing, Played back to bowler for no runs.
16.2

Sree Charani to Sophie Molineux. Full toss, working, Played to deep mid wicket for 1 run.
16.1

Sree Charani to Kim Garth. Half volley, pushing, Played to point for 1 run.
15.6

Renuka Singh Thakur to Kim Garth. Length ball, pushing, Played to mid on for 1 run.
15.5

Renuka Singh Thakur to Kim Garth. Length ball, pushing, Played to cover for no runs.
15.4

OUT! Stumped. Renuka Singh Thakur to Annabel Sutherland. Length ball, pushing, missed, by Ghosh.
15.3

Renuka Singh Thakur to Annabel Sutherland. Length ball, driving, Played to extra cover for no runs.
15.2

Renuka Singh Thakur to Annabel Sutherland. Yorker, driving, missed for no runs, fielded by Ghosh.
15.1

Renuka Singh Thakur to Sophie Molineux. Length ball, working, Played to mid on for 1 run.
14.6

Sree Charani to Annabel Sutherland. Length ball, driving, Played in the air under control to long off for 2 runs.
14.5

Sree Charani to Sophie Molineux. Half volley, working, Played to long on for 1 run.
14.4

Sree Charani to Annabel Sutherland. Length ball, driving, Played to deep extra cover for 1 run.
14.3

Sree Charani to Sophie Molineux. Half volley, driving, Played to long off for 1 run.
14.2

OUT! Bowled. Sree Charani to Nicola Carey. Length ball, cutting, missed.
14.1

Sree Charani to Nicola Carey. Length ball, reverse sweeping, Played to short third man for no runs.
13.6

Arundhati Reddy to Annabel Sutherland. Length ball, pushing, mis-timed back to bowler for no runs, dropped catch by Reddy.
13.5

OUT! Caught. Arundhati Reddy to Georgia Wareham. Full toss, driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to extra cover, caught by Sharma.
13.4

Arundhati Reddy to Georgia Wareham. Length ball, working, Played in the air uncontrolled to deep backward square leg for 2 runs, dropped catch by Charani.
13.3

Arundhati Reddy to Georgia Wareham. Half volley, driving, Edged to leg slip for no runs, fielded by Ghosh.
13.2

FOUR! Arundhati Reddy to Georgia Wareham. Length ball, driving, Played in the air under control past long off for 4 runs.
13.1

FOUR! Arundhati Reddy to Georgia Wareham. Half volley, driving, Hit Hard past long on for 4 runs.

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5.1

FOUR! Kim Garth to Jemimah Rodrigues. Half volley, working, Played past fine leg for 4 runs. Rain has brought a premature end to tonight's series opener between Australia and India, with the visitors kicking off their tour with a 21-run victory by way of the DLS method. The Australian batters struggled to get a feel for the pace of this slow, late-season SCG pitch. Most got starts but no one passed 30 as they stumbled to be all out for 133. Arundhati Reddy made the most of conditions and finished with 4 wickets in a match-defining spell. In response, the Indian openers scored boundaries regularly in their first 5.1 overs before the players were called off due to rain with the score at 1/50. No further play was possible but the minimum threshold was achieved to constitute a match so India take full points from this game. Reddy's spell deservedly earned her the Player of the Match award, meanwhile, Australia have some things to consider before the continuation of this series in Canberra on Thursday.
End of Over 5

Over 5. Power Play Fielding. 13 runs. Bowler: Sophie Molineux. India Women: 46/1 (rr 9.20)
4.6

Sophie Molineux to Smriti Mandhana. Length ball, pushing, Played to mid off for no runs.
4.5

FOUR! Sophie Molineux to Smriti Mandhana. Half volley, driving, Hit Hard past deep extra cover for 4 runs.
4.4

FOUR! Sophie Molineux to Smriti Mandhana. Length ball, pulling, Played in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs.
4.3

Sophie Molineux to Jemimah Rodrigues. Half volley, pushing, Played to mid off for 1 run.
4.2

FOUR! Sophie Molineux to Jemimah Rodrigues. Length ball, Late Cut, Hit Hard past deep backward point for 4 runs.
4.1

Shafali Verma c Georgia Wareham b Sophie Molineux 21 (11)

OUT! Caught. Sophie Molineux to Shafali Verma. Length ball, pulling, Played in the air uncontrolled to deep mid wicket, caught by Wareham.
End of Over 4

Over 4. Power Play Fielding. 15 runs. Bowler: Nicola Carey. India Women: 33/0 (rr 8.25)
3.6

Nicola Carey to Shafali Verma. Length ball, Slog, mis-timed to mid on for 1 run.
3.5

FOUR! Nicola Carey to Shafali Verma. Length ball, driving, Played past deep extra cover for 4 runs.
3.5

Wide Nicola Carey to Shafali Verma. Length ball, Leave, for 1 run, fielded by Mooney.
3.4

SIX! Nicola Carey to Shafali Verma. Length ball, Slog, Hit Hard in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs.

3.3

Nicola Carey to Smriti Mandhana. Length ball, pulling, Played to deep mid wicket for 1 run.
3.2

Nicola Carey to Smriti Mandhana. Length ball, cutting, Played to point for no runs.
3.2

Wide Nicola Carey to Smriti Mandhana. Length ball, Leave, for 1 run, fielded by Mooney.
3.1

Nicola Carey to Shafali Verma. Back of a length, pulling, Played to backward square leg for 1 run.
End of Over 3

Over 3. Power Play Fielding. 4 runs. Bowler: Darcie Brown. India Women: 18/0 (rr 6.00)
2.6

Darcie Brown to Smriti Mandhana. Slower length ball, pulling, mis-timed to cover for no runs.
2.5

Darcie Brown to Smriti Mandhana. Back of a length, Leave, for no runs, fielded by Mooney.
2.4

Darcie Brown to Smriti Mandhana. Length ball, Slog, Edged in the air uncontrolled to third man for 2 runs.
2.3

Darcie Brown to Smriti Mandhana. Length ball, driving, Played to extra cover for no runs.
2.2

Darcie Brown to Smriti Mandhana. Back of a length, cutting, Played to cover for no runs.
2.2

Wide Darcie Brown to Smriti Mandhana. Half volley, Leave, for 1 run, fielded by Mooney.

2.2

Wide Darcie Brown to Smriti Mandhana. Length ball, Leave, for 1 run, fielded by Mooney.
2.1

Darcie Brown to Smriti Mandhana. Length ball, cutting, Played to point for no runs.
End of Over 2

Over 2. Power Play Fielding. 8 runs. Bowler: Kim Garth. India Women: 14/0 (rr 7.00)
1.6

Kim Garth to Smriti Mandhana. Length ball, working, Played in the air under control to backward square leg for 1 run.
1.5

Kim Garth to Smriti Mandhana. Length ball, working, Played to mid wicket for no runs.
1.4

Kim Garth to Shafali Verma. Length ball, driving, Played to deep point for 1 run.
1.3

Kim Garth to Shafali Verma. Length ball, working, Played to short mid wicket for no runs.
1.2

SIX! Kim Garth to Shafali Verma. Length ball, driving, Hit Hard in the air under control over long off for 6 runs.
1.1

Kim Garth to Shafali Verma. Length ball, driving, missed for no runs, fielded by Mooney.
End of Over 1

Over 1. Power Play Fielding. 6 runs. Bowler: Darcie Brown. India Women: 6/0 (rr 6.00)
0.6

Darcie Brown to Smriti Mandhana. Length ball, pushing, missed for no runs, fielded by Mooney.

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