India Women achieve historic feat with maiden Test victory over Australia in one-off match in Mumbai

Mumbai: India recorded their maiden victory against Australia in a women's test match at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday (24 December 2023) with their comprehensive eight-wicket win in the one-off contest.

India had taken control of the match with a commanding 187-run lead in the first innings. They needed just 75 runs to win the match after bowling Australia out for 261 in the second innings. India reached the target just after lunch losing two wickets.

This is India's



first victory against Australia in 11 tests since the teams first clashed in the longest format in 1977.

Earlier, after the tourists had resumed their second innings at 233 for 5, India took the final five Australian wickets for just 28 runs restricting the visitors to 261 all out.

Off-spinner Sneh Rana was chosen player of the match for her seven-wicket haul.The teams will now play three ODIs and an equal number of T20 Internationals.