India's Women's A team is currently on tour in Australia, where they played their first T20 match against Australia A. Radha Yadav is captaining the India A team in this series. Australia A won the toss and elected to bat first, scoring 137 runs for the loss of 6 wickets, which was a challenging score.
Sports News: The Indian Women's A team is performing well on their Australia tour, but in the first T20 match, the Australia A team won by 13 runs, taking a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series. A special moment of the match was the catch taken by Australia A player Courtney Webb, a kind rarely seen in women's cricket.
A Swooping Catch in the Air
Radha Yadav is captaining India's Women's A team. She and her team played the first T20 match against Australia A, which was exciting and competitive. Australia A won the toss and batted first, scoring 137 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, the Indian Women's A team could only score 124 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs, losing the match by 13 runs.
In the 9th over of the match, a catch was seen that won the hearts of all cricket fans. India A's Dhara Gujjar played a shot towards the off-side off a delivery from Sianna Ginger. The ball went towards backward point, where Australia A's Courtney Webb was fielding some distance away. But Courtney jumped quickly in the air like a hawk and caught the ball with both hands, ending Dhara Gujjar's innings. Dhara Gujjar had scored only 7 runs off 20 balls. This catch proved to be a decisive turning point in the match.
Australia A's Batting
Australia A did not have a good start, as many of their players were dismissed early. Opener Tahlia Wilson scored 17 runs, while Courtney Webb and captain Nicole Faltum were dismissed cheaply. India's leg-spinner Prema Rawat took three wickets and kept the opposing team under pressure. Elissa Healy scored 27 runs, but the main contribution came from Anika, who remained unbeaten on 50 runs, taking the team to a respectable score.
India A's Innings
Chasing the target, the India A team could not form any big partnerships. The team's charismatic opener Shafali Verma was dismissed for just 3 runs. Uma Chetry played a good innings of 31 runs and Raghavi Bisht scored 33 runs, but these were not enough to lead the team to victory. Captain Radha Yadav remained unbeaten on 26 runs and stayed on the field until the last over, while Sajana Sajeevan added 7 runs.
For Australia, Amy Edgar and Sianna Ginger took two wickets each. With this win, Australia A has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
