India Vs Australia highlights, 1st Women ODI: Australia beat India by 6 wickets

Kranti Gaud will operate from the other end. Watch out for her nip-backer into the right-hander. Gaud has dismissed Healy four times in 5 ODI innings. 

Renuka Singh Thakur to Phoebe Litchfield, A dot to end but 7 runs off the first over. Angles across the batter, outside off. Phoebe Litchfield leans across and pushes it to cover.

Renuka Singh Thakur to Alyssa Healy, Swinging in on middle and leg. Healy turns it to the right of mid-wicket for one more.

Renuka Singh Thakur to Alyssa Healy, Angled in full and on the pads. Healy clips it through mid-wicket for a brace.

Renuka Singh Thakur to Alyssa Healy, FOUR! Beautifully driven to get the chase underway! Overpitched, around off, tailing in late. Healy plays with a straight bat, past mid on and it beats the dive before racing to the fence.

Renuka Singh Thakur to Alyssa Healy, This one holds its line! Fuller delivery, outside off. Healy throws her arm to slash it away but misses.

Renuka Singh Thakur to Alyssa Healy, Inward movement for Thakur as she pushes it full and on middle. Alyssa Healy plays it through the line and to mid on.

Welcome back for Australia's reply. The Indians disperse from the huddle and spread out on the field. The Aussie skipper, Alyssa Healy, walks out to open alongside Phoebe Litchfield. Renuka Singh Thakur will have the first crack with the new ball. Healy is on strike. A slip in place. Here we go!

... THE RUN CHASE ...

Surface with something for everyone - As they say, if it seams, it spins, and that has certainly been the case today at Allan Border Field. Even as the ball got older, it continued to do a bit off the seam, and Alana King, with her control, managed to extract handy purchase from the surface. The extra bounce is something Australia will have to contend with in their chase. They would be better served looking to play down the ground, as several of the Indian dismissals came from batters playing square of the wicket. All the ingredients of an intriguing chase are in place. Stick around.

A brief revival, but Australia close the door - India did find some stability through a vital 53-run stand between Harmanpreet Kaur and Kashvee Gautam that briefly raised hopes of pushing towards 250, but Australia struck again by dismissing Kaur at a crucial juncture. That left Kashvee Gautam battling with the tail. She did not quite get the desired support, and in hindsight, Gautam could have managed the situation better by farming the strike more effectively. If not for the dropped catch by Tahlia McGrath when Gautam was on 17, Australia might have managed to keep India under 200.

From edges to elegance - Smriti Mandhana began in scratchy fashion, with a few edgy boundaries that could so easily have gone to hand, but she survived that testing phase. Mandhana grew in confidence and got a partnership going with Harmanpreet Kaur, but the hosts were able to nip the threat of the stand in the bud at just the right time. They were able to apply the squeeze from there and pick up a couple of wickets along the way to reduce India to 140/6.

Early blows rocked India - Despite there being a bit of cloud cover, Harmanpreet Kaur opted to bat first. India were rocked early by the Aussie new ball attack, who made full use of the swing and seam on offer to ask all the right questions of the top order. Jemimah Rodrigues could not do much either.

A disciplined and well-rounded bowling effort - A job well done from Australia. They never allowed India to get on top, and whenever the visitors threatened to build momentum, the hosts struck back and wrested control of the proceedings.

Direct hit! Ashleigh Gardner hits the stumps at the bowling end and that's that for the Indian innings.

Annabel Sutherland to Renuka Singh Thakur, OUT! RUN OUT! A slight error in reading the game. Kashvee Gautam should not have taken a single on the first ball in the very first place. Short and on middle, Renuka Singh Thakur turns it straight to mid-wicket. Gautam rushes for a single but is sent back as it was hit straight to Ashleigh Gardner. She underarms the throw at the bowler's end and hits the target. Easy decision for the third umpire. INDIA END WITH 214.

Annabel Sutherland to Renuka Singh Thakur, A slower length delivery, around off. Renuka Singh Thakur punches it to point. 

Annabel Sutherland to bowl the penultimate over. 8-1-31-0 so far for Sutherland.

Annabel Sutherland to Kashvee Gautam, Takes a single! Short of a length and drifting on middle and leg. Kashvee Gautam gets in an awkward position as she pulls it to square leg and crosses over. Gautam throws her head back at the non-striker's end after completing the run.

Ashleigh Gardner to Renuka Singh Thakur, This is full and on middle, Renuka Singh Thakur nudges it to square leg for no run.

Ashleigh Gardner to Kashvee Gautam, A bumper, around off, gets big on the batter. Kashvee Gautam gets on top of the bounce and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Ashleigh Gardner to Kashvee Gautam, A low full toss, outside off, there to be hit but Gautam finds the cover fielder. 

Ashleigh Gardner to Kashvee Gautam, Two byes! Beats everyone! Slides in a fuller delivery down leg. Kashvee Gautam looks to reverse paddle it but misses. It rolls past the keeper and to fine leg for a brace.

Ashleigh Gardner to Kashvee Gautam, SIX! This is why she wants to keep the strike! Huge from Kashvee! A fuller delivery, outside off. Kashvee Gautam takes a step down, gets on her knee and hammers it over long on for a massive six.

Ashleigh Gardner to Kashvee Gautam, Quicker, fuller and outside off. Kashvee Gautam punches it to cover. Renuka Singh Thakur wants a single but no doubt she has been sent back. There is a direct-hit at the bowler's end but Thakur is well in. 

Ashleigh Gardner to Kashvee Gautam, WIDE! Too short and too wide, over the tramline. Kashvee Gautam swings and misses.

Megan Schutt to Renuka Singh Thakur, Touch fuller and on middle. Renuka plays it back to Schutt and survives the last ball.

Renuka Singh Thakur is the last batter.

Megan Schutt to Sree Charani, OUT! GONE! Charani departs! Megan Schutt tempts Sree with a fuller delivery in the slot. Charani tries to take on as she slogs across, but fails to get the desired power behind it. Georgia Voll keeps her nerves at deep mid-wicket and holds onto it.

Megan Schutt to Kashvee Gautam, Well bowled! Schutt sees Kashvee making room on the off side. She bowls it short and wide of off. Kashvee Gautam reaches for it and hits it in front of deep cover for a single.

Megan Schutt to Sree Charani, A slower bumper, around off. Charani clears her front leg and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Megan Schutt to Sree Charani, Serves it full and attacking the stumps. Charani bends forward and plays it back to Megan.

Megan Schutt to Sree Charani, Angles across a length ball on off. Charani drops it on the pitch on the off side.

Ashleigh Gardner to Kashvee Gautam, Drops it full and on off, KG plays it back to the bowler.

Ashleigh Gardner to Kashvee Gautam, FOUR! 200 up for India. A bit too full and around off. Kashvee Gautam gets on her knee and slogs it over mid-wicket for a boundary. Gautam is single-handedly keeping the hopes alive for a competitive score for India.

Ashleigh Gardner to Sree Charani, In the air and falls safely! Looped up, in the slot on middle. Charani stands in her crease and swings hard. She miscues it behind Ashleigh's head and it falls safely. A run.

Ashleigh Gardner to Sree Charani, Pushes it full and around off. Charani knocks it straight to cover.

Ashleigh Gardner to Sree Charani, Floats it very full from around the wicket and on middle. Charani taps it back to the bowler.

Was that needed from Kranti Gaud? With Kashvee Gautam batting so well at the other end, all she needed to do was bring her back on strike. Australia won't mind it one bit. Sree Charani is the new batter.

Ashleigh Gardner to Kranti Gaud, OUT! TAKEN! Gaud holes out! Gardner loops it full and on off, keeps it simple. Gaud comes down the track and forces to go across but slices it off the outer half and lobs to short third. Sophie Molineux takes a simple catch there. Ashleigh Gardner picks up her third wicket.

Megan Schutt to Kranti Gaud, Loopy slower ball, fuller and on leg, Gaud whips it aerially in front of deep mid-wicket for a single.

Megan Schutt to Kranti Gaud, Kranti Gaud survives! On top of off, on a back of a length, Kranti drops it in front of cover and is keen for a single. Gaud sets off before being sent back. Phoebe Litchfield swoops in and scores a direct hit at the batting end. Kranti turns around and plonks her bat in. The third umpire is summoned for a check. The replays show that Kranti's blade gets stuck in the turf right on the popping crease, but she survives as the heel of her right leg was inside the crease when the bails light up.

Megan Schutt to Kranti Gaud, And again! This is the leg-cutter, a bit of extra bounce, on a good length, outside off. Gaud swings hard at it but misses.

Megan Schutt to Kranti Gaud,  Another swing and a miss! Fuller and around the off pole. Kranti clears the front leg and swings for the hills but does not connect.

Megan Schutt to Kranti Gaud, Banged in short, on off, Kranti flays at it but is beaten for pace.

Megan Schutt to Kranti Gaud, On a good length, on off and middle. Gaud covers the line and stabs it down on the deck.

Ashleigh Gardner to Kashvee Gautam, Flat and short, on off, Gautam taps it to cover.

Ashleigh Gardner to Kranti Gaud, Spinning down leg, on a nagging length, Kranti gets it away behind square leg for a single.

Ashleigh Gardner to Kranti Gaud, Shorter and on middle, Kranti hangs back to defend.

Ashleigh Gardner to Kranti Gaud, Wide! Short and down leg, Gaud sweeps and misses.