Indian women defeated Australia by 8 wickets with the help of brilliant batting from Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues in the first innings while Sneh Rana won Player of the Match award for picking 7 wickets (3/56 & 4/63) in this game.

Here, in this article we will have a look on the records created by Indian Women and more.

1 – Indian Women have defeated Australia for the first time ever in Test cricket.

IND-W vs AUS-W in Test cricket:

  • Played – 11
  • India Women – 1
  • Australia Women – 4
  • Draw – 6

India Women in Tests against:

  • England – 3 wins (15 games)
  • South Africa – 2 wins (2 games)
  • West Indies – 1 win (6 games)
  • Australia – 1 win (11 games)

India Women haven’t won a Test match against New Zealand only.

2 – Indian Women have won two Test matches in this calendar year.

India women’s winning two Test matches in a calendar year:

  • Beat England-W by 6 wickets in 2014 in Wormsley
  • Beat South Africa-W by inns & 34 runs in 2014 in Mysore
  • Beat England-W by 347 runs in 2023 in Navi Mumbai
  • Beat Australia-W by 8 wickets in 2023 in Mumbai (WS)

2 – Harmanpreet Kaur becomes only the second player to win two Test matches as captain of Indian women’s team.

Most Test matches won as captain of Indian Women:

  • Mithali Raj – 3 games (8 matches)
  • Harmanpreet Kaur – 2 games (2 matches)

Harmanpreet Kaur is the only captain to win her first two Test matches for Indian Women.

3 – India Women become only the third team to defeat Australia in Test cricket.

Most wins against Australia Women in Test cricket:

  • England – 9 wins (52 games)
  • New Zealand – 1 win (13 games)
  • India – 1 win (11 games)

4 – For the first time, four batters have recorded fifty-plus scores against Australia Women in a Test innings.

Indian batters to score fifty-plus in this Test match:

  • Smriti Mandhana – 74 (106)
  • Richa Ghosh – 52 (104)
  • Jemimah Rodrigues – 73 (121)
  • Deepti Sharma – 78 (171)

4 – Since 2000, Australia Women have a lost a Test match only for the fourth time overall.

Instances of Australia Women losing a Test match since 2000:

  • England won by 6 wickets in Worcester, 2005
  • England won by 6 wickets in Bowral, 2008
  • England won by 61 runs in Perth, 2014
  • India won by 8 wickets in Mumbai (WS), 2023

7 – Sneh Rana has taken 7 wickets against Australia in this Test match.

Most wickets by an Indian Women bowler vs Australia in a Test match:

  • Shashi Gupta – 8 in Lucknow, 1984
  • Sneh Rana – 7 in Mumbai (WS), 2023
  • Shubhangi Kulkarni – 6 in Perth, 1977
  • Diana Edulji – 6 in Delhi, 1984