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INDW vs AUSW, T20I Series: Women in Blue will be looking for early lead against the Aussies, check out when and where to watch

INDW vs AUSW, T20I Series: In the ongoing tour India has won the test series, while the Aussies swept the ODI series.

New Delhi: The Indian women’s team, after dominating the test match, suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat in the ODI series against the Australian women’s team, as both the teams have now won one series a piece in the ongoing Australia tour of India.

The two cricketing giants will now be locking horns against each other in the three match T20I series, starting from Friday, January 5.

Harmanpreet and company will be looking to get an early lead against the mighty Aussies as if they allow the Australian team to get early success, they will make the remaining journey tough for the women in blue.

Just like test and ODI, the Aussie women’s team also have the advantage when it comes to head-to-head against the women in blue in T20Is, as the former has won 23 out of 31 matches they have played so far. Indian women’s team has emerged victorious on seven occasions, while one match ended in no contest.

Australia on Indian tour so far

The Aussies women’s team started their Indian tour with a one-off test series, where the hosts, with the help of Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana’s masterclass, registered their first-ever test match victory against the Aussies in the history of test cricket, as they registered an easy eight wickets win.

However, the Aussies turned their luck in the ODI series, as in the first match of the series, with the help of Phoebe Litchfield and Ellyse Perry, chased down their highest total in an ODI match to take 1-0 lead in the series.

Indian women’s team gave a tough fight in the second match of the series, but Richa Ghosh’s brilliant 96 runs innings went in vain as the hosts fell three runs short of the target, giving the visitors an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the series.

It was the battle of pride for the women in blue in the third match, but once again, Phoebe Litchfield and Alyssa Healy’s masterclass handed the visitors another win, and a clean sweep of 3-0 in the series.

When and where to watch

The first T20I match of the three-match T20I series between the Indian women’s team and the Australian women’s team will take place at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai from 07:00 p.m. IST.

The live telecast of the match will be done through Sports 18 networks, while the rights for the live streaming is reserved with Jio Cinema app and website.

The live streaming will be free on the Jio Cinema app and website.