Indian Women's Cricket Team Wins T-20 against Australia

By Meryl Garcia

January 30, 2016

The Indian women's cricket team has created history in Australia, with Captain Mithali Raj leading the team to victory.

Sounds Interesting? Share it now!

1 Trafficked by a Family Friend at 13, This Survivor Has Now Rehabilitated Over 4500 Girls

2 ‘I Have Seen Poverty in Its Cruel Form’: 56 YO Helps 4,000 People in Villages Find Jobs

3 IPS Officer Educates 1000s in MP’s Villages, Helps Them Escape Intergenerational Sex Work

On Friday, the Indian women’s cricket team recorded a historic win by defeating Australia in the second Twenty20 International. In a rain-affected match in Melbourne, the Indian team won by 10 wickets. Due to the rain, the match was reduced to 18-overs-a-side.

Captain Mithali Raj hailed the victory as ‘sensational’ and called it the best match of her T20 career.

Opting to bowl after winning the toss, the Indian side won their first ever series Down Under.

cricket women

Photo source: Twitter

With this victory, India have clinched the 3-match series against Australia (2-0).

India Women’s beat Australia in the 2nd T20I to take an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the three-match series #AUSvIND https://t.co/XckdxLsCCV
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 29, 2016

Mithalali said to the The Hindu, “Coming into this tour, we weren’t really prepared for these Australian wickets. Other than three-four of us, who came here way back during the 2009 World Cup, nobody had played here before. Also, we hadn’t faced Australia since a warm-up one-day game in 2013. Considering all these factors, it’s a sensational win.”

India were 69 for no loss in 9.1 overs. Mithali Raj was not out on 37 runs and Smriti Mandhana was not out on 22 runs.

Jhulan Goswami was declared the player of the match for taking two wickets in four overs.

For Autralia, Meg Lanning was the top scorer by registering 49 runs.

People took to Twitter to congratulate the team.

Congratulations to Indian women's cricket team on registering T20 Series victory over Australia. Nation is proud of its talented daughters.
— ShivrajSingh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) January 29, 2016

CM congratulated Indian women cricket team, led by Hydearabadi Mithali Raj, for winning T20 series against Australia with a match to spare

— Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) January 29, 2016

Congratulations 2 Indian Women Cricket Team for the debut but historic T2O series win against Australia.Impressive performance @MithaliRaj
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) January 29, 2016

Way to go girls!
Indian women's team scripted history!
Clinched T20 series against champions Australia today. pic.twitter.com/MNQdk7r8e6
— Doordarshan National (@DDNational) January 29, 2016