It was a day on which rain had a major say in the proceedings as only 23.2 overs of play was possible on the opening day of what is the final match of the ongoing multi-format series. Electing to bowl in overcast conditions, Australia A were immediately on top, thanks to Georgia Prestwidge dismissing Nandini Kashyap and Dhara Gujjar for ducks on consecutive deliveries in the second over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Georgia\u2019s first wicket came via a delivery that breached Nandini\u2019s defence and castled her through the gate, while she had Dhara reaching out to a wide delivery and nicking to first slip.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Georgia then arguably produced her best delivery of the day to castle Shafali Verma, who had threatened to take the attack back to the bowlers with a fluent 38-ball 35, including eight boundaries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fellow pacers Sianna Ginger and Maitlan Brown then took out Tejal Hasabnis and Tanushree Sarkar for nine and 13 respectively as India A slipped to 93\/5 before rain forced the players to go off the field.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Despite several warm-ups between showers, play could not resume for the remainder of the day. All hopes for India A putting up a competitive total rest on Raghvi Bist and captain Radha Yadav, who are unbeaten on 26 and eight respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Previously, Australia A had completed a 3-0 clean sweep of the T20 series, before the India A side bounced back by winning the 50-over series 2-1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Despite several warm-ups between showers, play could not resume for the remainder of the day. All hopes for India A putting up a competitive total rest on Raghvi Bist and captain Radha Yadav, who are unbeaten on 26 and eight respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India A 93\/5 in 23.2 overs (Shafali Verma 35, Raghvi Bist 26 not out; Georgia Prestwidge 3-25, Sianna Ginger 1-25) against Australia A<\/p>\r\n\r\n