India Vs Australia Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup: AUS-W 101/5 (15 Overs) | IND-W Bowlers On The Charge In Sharjah

AUS-W are crumbling in Sharjah and how! In the space of four overs, they have lost three wickets as IND-W made great comeback in the contest. Pooja Vastrakar bowled in short to Ashleigh Gardner, and the Aussie batter fell in for the trap as she hit in the air and safely in the hands of Radha Yadav.

AUS-W 101/5 (15 Overs)

Deepti Sharma dismissed the in-form Grace Harris (41) as India women fought back in the contest. Just as one thought that the Aussies will run away with the innings, India came back to dismiss the set batters at the crease.

AUS-W 95/4 (14 Overs)

Radha Yadav counted herself unlucky when she saw her skipper Harmanpreet Kaur put down a catch. But the left-arm spinner came back with a gem of a ball to dismiss Tahlia McGrath of the following delivery as Australia lost their third wicket.

AUS-W 80/3 (12 Overs)

Grace Harris and Tahlia McGrath have built an unbeaten 48-run stand for the third-wicket and are looking strong at the crease. That Deepti Sharma-chance was a golden opportunity but IND-W did not take their chance. Australians are 6.5 rpo and this could get messy for India, unless they strike in middle-overs.

AUS-W 65/2 (10 Overs)

After a double-wicket blow, AUS-W have stabilised the innings much thanks to Grace Harris and stand-in captain Tahlia McGrath, who have hit the bad balls away as they keep the scoreboard ticking. India must find a way to sneak wickets or else they would find themselves chasing the game.

AUS-W 52/2 (8 Overs)

A brilliant start for IND-W given by Renuka Singh, as she dismissed two AUS-W batters early on. India, who have to win this match, will look to dismiss the Australians for a reasonable target, given the quality the latter have in their ranks.

AUS-W 30/2 (5 Overs)

Renuka Singh strikes yet again to dismiss the dangerous Beth Mooney in the first five overs of the game. The catch was taken by the excellent Radha Yadav, who sprung forward to take the catch as the ball was dipping on her. She follows with another blow, dismissing Georgia Wareham for 0.

AUS-W 18/2 (3 Overs)

AUS-W have no Alyssa Healy at the top of the order but that's no issue for the reigning champions, as they have abundance of talent in their ranks. Grace Harris and Beth Mooney open the innings for Australia. Renuka Singh Thakur with the new ball.

AUS-W - 7/0 (1 Over)

The square boundaries are 59m and 63m respectively and the straight boundary is 73m. Not much grass on this suface as compared to Dubai, it's drier. The spinners are going to get turn. The spinners who bowl stump-to-stump will get the rewards here. The big shots haven't been easy to come over here. The primary target for the team batting first will be to score 140 and 20-30 more runs will be an added bonus, reckon Anjum Chopra and WV Raman in their pitch report

Australia women have won the toss and elected to bat first. Check the Playing XIs:

Australia Women (Playing XI): Beth Mooney(w), Grace Harris, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath(c), Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Sophie Molineux, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown

India Women (Playing XI): Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh

"For us tomorrow's game is important and we'll try to play our best cricket. [What happens when] New Zealand and Pakistan play after us is not in our hands. And we don't even want to discuss those things. We just want to keep things simple and just focus on tomorrow's game." - Captain Harmanpreet Kaur insists India are focussed on the Australian game.

AUS-W skipper Alyssa Healy was injured in the game against PAK-W and it remains to be seen whether the wicketkeeper-batter will play tonight. If she does not make it to the playing XI, expect Tahila McGrath to lead the side out.

And it seems Healy won't play tonight, given she entered the stadium on crutches.

Australia Women Squad: Beth Mooney, Alyssa Healy(w/c), Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Wareham, Tahlia McGrath, Annabel Sutherland, Sophie Molineux, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown, Alana King, Grace Harris, Kim Garth, Heather Graham

India Women Squad: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Sajeevan Sajana, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh, Yastika Bhatia, Dayalan Hemalatha, Radha Yadav, Pooja Vastrakar