The Indian
men’s team captured
most of the
attention when they swept their recent
Twenty20 International series against
Australia, but it was the women’s team
who made history.
Beating the Aussies 2-1 in their three-game
T20 series, they registered their first
series win in any format against Australia.
They won the first match by five wickets
and the second by 10 wickets, before losing
the third by 15 runs.
“Since most of us have not played in
Australia before, I did not expect to go on
to win the series,” Captain Mithali Raj told
DNA. “We thought we’d win one match at
the most. It came as a pleasant surprise.”
Compiled and partly written by Indian humorist MELVIN DURAI, author of the novel Bala Takes the Plunge.
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