India Women vs Australia Women Live Score 4th T20I: Richa Ghosh off to brisk start after India lose Harmanpreet

Two sixes in two balls. Richa Ghosh ! Rememeber the name !

Six off the first ball by Richa

India need 38 runs in 12 balls. Too tall a task with the required RR 19. 

Devika is stumped, she is gone after scoring 32 off 26 balls. Good or bad? as she was struggling, the next few overs will tell

The equation is simple, India need 41 runs in 18 balls. Very much gettable in this format ! But Devika Vaidya needs to step up like Richa Ghosh.

A skier from Richa Ghosh has been dropped by McGrath. Reprieve for India.

Great over by Ashleigh Gardner, What a fantstic match she is having today! just 6 runs conceded in the 16th over.

Can Richa Ghosh  do  what Australia’s Harris did in the last 5 overs.? India need 59 runs in 30 balls.

Captain Harmanpreet is out. She did everything she could now it’s upto the rest. She goes after scoring 46 off 30. This is a big wicket for Australia !

Devika needs to accelerate here. She is 23 off 19 balls. But India have done a good job not to lose wickets. The chase is on !

This is turning out to be a nail-biting thriller. Harmanpreet is playing a blinder here. She is 44 off 27 balls

Harmanpreet is doing it for India but she needs a partner here. Can Devika emulate her? India are coming on-track. !7 runs off the 13th over.  Four boundaries for Harmanpreet

50-run partnership between Harmanpreet and Devika as India reach 100 runs.

12 runs off the 12th over. That’s the way to do it. India need more such overs. 

Devika Vaidya gets her first boundary. More such shots required at the moment.

India need to score more briskly. The required run-rate is nearing 12 now. Devika Vaidya is playing second fiddle to Harmanpreet at the moment.

Half of India’s innings is over. 10 overs gone and they would need 112 runs in 60 balls. Harmanpreet is the key for India.

With series on the line, it’s not enough fight for India. They need someone to play a blinder here. The game is slipping away for India with the run-rate going up every over. They are 68/3 in 9 overs. Can Harmanpreet be India’s saviour ?

The required run-rate has climbed to more than 11 for India. Harmanpreet Kaur is on 8 off 9 balls  and Devika Vaidya is on 5off 2 balls.

The chase seems to be going awry for India. They are under pressure now. Harmanpreet holding one end but can she get India over the line here?

Jemimah Rodrigues’ poor run in the series continues. she is gone for just 8 runs. Australia are tightening the screws here. India 49/3.

After six overs, India are 44/2. A big task to chase this down for captain Harmanpreet and Co. 

India have lost both openers now. Shafali Verma is dismissed by Darcie Brown.

The required run-rate has gone above 10. India need to keep that in mind. They are 35/1 in 5 overs at the moment.

Ellyse Perry did it with the bat for Australia. Can she get a wicket here to demoralise India?

Team India are 28/1 after 4 overs. Not the ideal start but Indian fans can keep their fingers crossed 

Jemimah Rodrigues comes to bat at No. 3. Shafali Verma is 10 off 9 balls as India try to keep up with the run rate.

India have lost Smriti Mandhana and are 23/1 after three overs.

What a knock by Ellyse Perry  as Australia finish on 188/3 after 20 overs. Grace Harris with 27 off 12 has played an amazing cameo too. 

Two sixes in two balls. What a fab innings by Perry. She is ensuring Australia get to 190.

Perry whacks Deepti for a six. Aus are above 180 already.

Oh! that was an easy run out chance but Deepti Sharma couldn’t grab the ball

How much can Australia get off the last over?. 180 looks pretty easy here. Can they get more ?

One more over to go. Australia are already 172 /3 in 19 overs. What a cameo by Harris, she has raced to 26 off 10 balls

Grace Harris is hitting everything here. one four and one six already in Anjali Sarvani’s over.

18 overs gone and Australia are 161 /3 after 18 overs. Perry is playing a great knock, she is 57 off 36 balls. Harris is giving good company to her.

Back to back fours off Renuka by Grace Harris. Australia are edging towards 170-180 here.

Three more overs to go. Can India prevent Australia from getting 180? They need wickets but Harris and Perry are hitting it big.

One wicket will not help ! Australia are headed for a big total. Dangerous Perry is still there. Aus 145/3 after 16.5 overs.

Deepti Sharma has dismissed Gardner. India needed one wicket at this stage and she has provided one.

Australia are 139/2 after 16 overs. !7 runs were hit in Anjali Sarvani’s over

Perry is 50 off 32 balls. She is taking the game away from India. Australia looking at big total

Austrlia have hit 49 runs in last 4 overs, striking at more than 16 runs per over. This is T20I cricket at best

Australia will come all guns blazing in the last five overs. They have wickets in hand. Aus 122/2 after 15 overs.

India need wickets but their bowlers are getting hit for plenty here. Perry gets a four of Shafali now

Australia are 111-2 after 14 overs. Ellyse Perry is 39 off 27 balls and Ashleigh Gardner is 26 off 18 balls

Spin is not working to Perry. She whacks Devika for a six.

100 for Australia in the innings after 13 overs. Ashleigh Gardner and Ellyse Perry are doing a great job here. Australia looking at 170 here.

Gardner gets a big six now. Momentum is shifting. This is some power-hitting.

Perry gets a four off the first ball of 13th over.

13 runs scored in the 12th over off Renuka. Australia are 86/2 after 12 overs.

 Australia need a big over and they have got one. Renuka has conceded two fours already in this over.

Ellyse Perry gets a four after a long time. Australia needed this big time !

India are keeping Australia at bay at the moment.Ellyse Perry and Ashleigh Gardner have been silenced. Australia are 73/2 after 11 overs.

After 10 overs, Australia are 70/2. Radha Yadav just bowled a great over with only 2 runs conceded.

Nine overs gone and Austalia are 68/2. Ellyse Perry and Ashleigh Gardner are building a partnership here

Australia are 59/2  after 8 overs. Ellyse Perry is trying to up the ante. She is off to a quickfire 11 off 3 balls.

India are into this game after that quick start by Healy. Aus 52/2 after 7 overs

Second wicket down for Australia ! Tahila McGrath is out to Radha Yadav

Oh ! Healy has left the pitch. She is retired hurt. It always seemed to be coming as she was really struggling with cramps

Australia are 42/1 after 6 overs. Healy is struggling with cramps but she is not gonna relent here.

Healy moved towards the off-side to hit Deepti for a four. But the shot has caused her cramps. Physio is out to check her. Australia 42/1 after 5.5 overs

Australia are 35/1 after 5 overs. Healy and McGrath are at the crease. Healy is 25 off 16 balls.

Alyssa Healy gets four off Anjali. Healy seems to be the key wicket here

Australia are 29/1 after 4 overs. Now India can try to build some pressure as the run flow has come down a bit

First wicket down for Australia ! Deepti Sharma does it for India ! Beth Mooney is out for just 2 runs

Deepti Sharma is into the attack. Can she provide the breakthrough that India need ?

Aus are 23/0 after 3 overs.

No loss so far after 2.4 overs, Australia are 23/0. Alyssa Healy on 19 off 12.

Australia are taking quite a few risks here. Four 

Healy flicks it for a four to fine leg

Australia are 10/0 after first over

Alyssa Healy is off the mark with a four towards third man

Alyssa Healy (c & wk) and Beth Mooney opening the innings for Australia. Renuka Thakur Singh bowling the first over for India

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Devika Vaidya, Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Anjali Sarvani, Renuka Thakur

Australia: Alyssa Healy (capt & wk), Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Grace Harris, Annabel Sutherland, Heather Graham, Alana King, Darcie Brown, Megan Schutt

India Women win the toss and opt to bowl first

That is how Shafali Verma described what it is like to face the Australians. “When I play against Australia, it feels like I’m playing against men because their game is like that. If they see a small mistake that you are making, they will take advantage of it. So we have to be on top of our game against them. You can’t make mistakes against them. You have to play your best shots, which you are confident about. I learnt a lot while playing against Australia. I love playing against them. Aisa lagta hai ki ladkon ke sath hi khel rahe hain (it seems you are playing against a men’s team),” she told reporters

They produced a performance that made it a night to remember for the capacity crowd at the DY Patil Stadium. Australia scored a mammoth 187/1 batting first but the Indians were up for the challenge. Smriti Mandhana’s 79 off 49 balls, coupled with a typically ballistic cameo from Richa Ghosh, helped India level the score. In the Super Over, Mandhana and Richa smashed 20 runs and then managed to restrict Australia to 16 runs, thus winning the potboiler.

India have equalised this series once before, that too in the most dramatic of fashions. But this one is a little different in the way that there is a series on the line. They clearly like competing against the Australians but their performances against the all-conquering side from Down Under tends to veer between meek and extraordinarily inspiring. Wonder which Indian team we will get to see today.