Summary

  • India win by 17 runs

  • Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav takes 4-19

  • Healy 51 (35) c&b by Poonam

  • India 132-4 (20 overs) - Deepti Sharma 49 not out

  • Opening game of tournament at Sydney Showground

  • England's first game on Sunday against South Africa

  • In-play clips available to UK users

Live Reporting

Stephan Shemilt and Mark Mitchener

  1. Ind 2-0

    Tight ring field, Strano bowling stump to stump, even getting a little drift in to the left-handed Mandhana. If you've not seen Mandhana bat before, think of David Gower with a ponytail. Only two from the first over.

  2. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Molly Strano has shown time and time again in the WBBL how good she is. She even claims herself that she bowls "straight breaks".

  3. Molly Strano, who wasn't even in the Aussie squad until two days ago, has the ball. She'll bowl quickish off-breaks. The obligatory ICC countdown, then we're off...

  4. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Young Shafali Verma who's opening the batting is only 16 which is incredible. She's got the firepower.

  5. Here come the India openers. The classy Smriti Mandhana and 16-year-old Shafali Verma. 16! What were you doing when you were 16? I dyed my hair orange and went to a Papa Roach gig.

  6. TMS predictions: Who will make the final?

    Alex Hartley: Australia and India.

    Henry Moeran: Australia and England.

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    Robbie Kahar: Backing Team India for the massive clash, come on girls! The nation believes in you!

  8. The teams are out for the anthems, emerging through the smoke of fireworks. Two solid anthems, these. Australia probably shading it, but it really could go either way. Neither of them as good as Sri Lanka, obvs.

  9. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    We saw Harmanpreet Kaur batting at five in the warm-ups, but I think she's better at four. I think your best player needs to be facing the largest amount of balls. Time and time again, she comes in and tries to take a single from the first two or three balls she faces, so I'm sure Australia will bring the field up and try to stop her scoring freely.

  10. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    You have an Indian side without Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami, and a 16-year-old opening the batting. Compare that with Ellyse Perry, who's playing in her seventh T20 World Cup, and is probably good for a couple more.

    How will India respond to the pressure?

  11. Team line-ups

    Australia: Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Meg Lanning (capt), Ellyse Perry, Rachael Haynes, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Molly Strano, Megan Schutt.

    India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Deepti Sharma, Veda Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad.

  12. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    I think it'll be Australia and India making it through from this group.

  13. This fixture, by the way, is in Group A, where you'll also find New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. With the top two going through to the semis, one of the Aussies, India or New Zealand will fall.

    England get their Group B campaign under way on Sunday against South Africa, and will also face West Indies, Pakistan and Thailand. They've got a favourable draw.

  14. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    Without the pace of the injured Tayla Vlaeminck, the intimidation factor goes - and that might put more pressure on Ellyse Perry and Megan Schutt.

  15. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Some are talking about Australia already being in the final, so there's going to be a lot of pressure on them.

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  17. BBC coverage

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    Read, listen or watch (maybe even all three at the same time). We've got it all covered.

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  19. India captain Harmanpreet Kaur: "I definitely wanted to bowl, but we just want to play good cricket. We're going with three spinners and two medium-pacers. I'm really happy, we just want to play our natural game."

  20. Australia captain Meg Lanning:"We're going to have a bowl first and see what happens. There might be a few showers coming through, so it'll give us an idea of what we need to do. Molly Strano comes straight into the team."