Australia tour of India: Healy, Mooney guide team to win in third T20I as visitors seal series 2-1

Alyssa Healy's Australia sealed the Twenty20 International series 2-1 after yet another all-round show on Tuesday at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The visitors restricted India to 147/6, and then chased it down in 18.4 overs to register a seven wicket win.

It was a familiar story for India who failed to put up a threatening total after being asked to bat first. The dew had played a role in the second match that the visitors had won by six wickets and a more steady but aggressive approach was needed from the Indian batters.

Shafali Verma (26) and Smriti Mandhana (29) were unable to sustain their momentum and turn their strong starts into substantial scores. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues were removed for low scores yet again by Annabel Sutherland.

However, Deepti Sharma and Richa Ghosh put up a respectable stand for the fifth wicket but Georgia Wareham ended it when Sharma was caught at long-on in the 15th over. Amanjot Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar ensured their late hitting helped India cross 140 runs.

Sutherland was the pick of the bowlers having picked up two wickets and conceding just 12 runs.

This time around, it was Australian openers Healy and Beth Mooney who played the starring role for their...

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