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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
