Captain radha yadav

Captain Radha Yadav: Captain Radha Yadav starred with the ball to pick 3-45, before Yastika Bhatia and Shafali Verma’s 77-run opening stand set up India A’s three-wicket win over Australia ‘A’ in the first 50-over game at the Ian Healy Oval on Wednesday.

Pushed into bowling first, India ‘A’ put up an improved bowling show to bowl out Australia ‘A’ for 214 in 47.5 overs. Apart from Radha, Minnu Mani and Titas Sadhu took two wickets each. In the chase, Yastika hit a solid 59 off 70 balls while Shafali hit 36 off 31 balls, as their 77-run opening stand came off just 10.4 overs.

Despite a late wobble, Raghvi Bist steered the chase home with an unbeaten 25, as India ‘A’ won with eight overs to spare. Electing to bat first, Australia ‘A’ suffered early blows as Tahlia Wilson and Alyssa Healy fell in first ten overs. Their problems increased when Tahlia McGrath fell in the 12th over.