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. Not out

    Ind 42-1

    It just didn't look right. Missing leg stump by a pretty long way. Rodrigues survives.

  2. Alex Blackwell
    Former Australia batter on BBC Test Match Special

    This could be a big wicket.

  3. India review

    Ind 42-1

    Another?

    Jemimah Rodrigues given out after an Ellyse Perry appeal. This looked leggy to me...

  4. Ind 42-1

    Jemimah Rodrigues arrives at the crease as the crowd sing 'Come on Aussie, come on'. A 19-year-old joins a 16-year-old, making me feel quite old. Just two runs and the wicket from Jonassen's over, halting India's momentum.

  5. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    That's exactly what Australia wanted. They had no square leg, sweeping's not Mandhana's strength - she should have kept to her natural game. We've only had four overs, I'm not sure she needed to do that.

  6. wicket

    WICKET

    Mandhana lbw Jonassen 10 (Ind 41-1)

    Australia strike! Jess Jonassen, so dependable, breaks the opening stand with her first legal delivery. Held back from the left-arm spinner, Smriti Mandhana missing with the sweep, not bothering to review.

  7. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Australia look a little bit rattled here.

  8. Ind 40-0

    Make that 29 from 14, with Verma tickling to fine leg. Four boundaries from Schutt's over. Australia are being flayed.

  9. Ind 36-0

    She's like a one-woman highlight reel. Now it's through the covers. 25 from 13 balls.

  10. Ind 32-0

    Now a cut for four. Verma lighting up the first game. India flying.

  11. Ind 28-0

    She's at it again! Megan Schutt into the attack, but driven over mid-off. Verma's got 17 from nine balls....

  12. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    That's what happens in T20 cricket - one good over can get you going.

  13. 6 runs

    Ind 24-0

    Oh, hello! Shafali Verma! Hold the pose! Over long-on for six with no effort at all.

    Remember, she's only 16!

  14. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    You look at Verma's strike rate and think she must be a slogger, but that was a proper cricket shot.

  15. Ind 17-0

    Shafali Verma gives a glimpse of what everyone is so excited about, going inside out to ease Strano over extra cover for her first boundary. This is my first look at Verma. She looks orthodox, wristy, and blessed with the timing of a metronome.

  16. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Verma has to go hard here, she has an unbelievable strike rate. Mandhana has to bat long.

  17. Ind 11-0

    Keep an eye on the weather, because it's gone pretty dark. This pitch might be on the slow side - the cross-bat shots look hard to get away. Mandhana goes downtown, over mid-on, for the first boundary of the tournament, and follows that up with a pitching wedge over mid-off.

    Already the drop is proving expensive.

  18. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    She had that in her hands!

  19. dropped catch

    Mandhana dropped on 1

    Ind 2-0

    Should have been taken!

    Ellyse Perry sharing the new ball, Smriti Mandhana leaning back to pull a short one. Molly Strano diving at mid-wicket, getting both hands to it, but never really looking like hanging on. It was a comfortable height. Big miss?

  20. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Strano's a player who thrives on confidence, but I've never see her fail under pressure. I was surprised she wasn't in the original squad.