The format may have changed to T20 but the result has not. Not withstanding their 3-1 T20 series win in South Africa last month, Indian women under Harmanpreet Kaur fell back upon old habits of collectively not batting and bowling well to go down to world No. 1 Australia by six wickets in the opening match of the T20 tri-series at the Brabourne Stadium here on Thursday. Once Mandhana fell to a low catch at mid-on off off-spinner Ashleigh Gardner, India hoped their captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Veda Krishnamurthy to step up the accelerator. Krishnamurthy, for her experience including the recent Women's Big Bash League, disappointed as she could not force the pace.

Source: dna March 23, 2018 00:40 UTC