Australia dominated the first session of the first day, India lost 4 wickets till lunch:

News India Live, Digital Desk: Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first on the bouncy pitch of Perth. The start was not good for the Indian team and after the initial setbacks, Team India seems to be struggling.

Match Update (Day 1 – Till Tea Break)

India’s score: 99/4 (27 overs)

Current batsman: Jemimah Rodriguez (15*) and Deepti Sharma (4*)

Main Wickets: Smriti Mandhana (4), Shefali Verma (35), Pratika Rawal (18) and Harmanpreet Kaur (19).

status of first session

The Indian opening pair, Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma, started cautiously, but lucy hamilton gave the first blow to India by clean bowling Mandhana on a personal score of 4 runs. After this she is playing her debut match Pratika Rawal Tried to handle the innings with Shefali, but Annabel Sutherland pushed India on the backfoot by dismissing Shefali (35) and then Pratika (18). Captain Harmanpreet Kaur played a quick inning of 19 runs, but she too was bowled by Darcy Brown.

Special Features:

Alyssa Healy’s farewell match: Australia captain Alyssa Healy is playing the 299th and last international match of her career.

4 debuts of India: The Indian team has given a chance to four new players in this match – Pratika Rawal, Kashvi Gautam, Sayali Satghare and Kranti Gaur.

Multi-Format Series: Australia is currently leading 8-4 in this series. It is mandatory for India to win this test to draw the series.

Playing-11 (Playing XIs)

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Jemimah Rodriguez, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Kashvi Gautam, Sneh Rana, Sayali Satghare, Kranti Gaur.

Australia: Alyssa Healy (captain), Phoebe Lichfield, Georgia Voll, Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Beth Mooney, Ashley Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Alana King, Lucy Hamilton, Darcy Brown.