IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I: Sutherland, Wareham help AUS restrict IND to 147/6

Despite some intentfilled innings by Shafali Varma and Richa Ghosh Australia was able to take wickets at regular intervals to restrict India to 1476 in the third and final T20I of the series at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on TuesdayWith the series level at 11 Australia needs to chase down 148 runs to win both the whiteball series having whitewashed the ODI series 30Put to bat first by Australia India was off to a decent start with opener Shafali Varma showing some attacking intent targeting Kim Garth in particular smashing her for three fours in an overHer shortlived inning came to an end after being caught by skipper and keeper Alyssa Healy on a Megan Schutt delivery for 26 off 17 balls with six fours India was 391 in 44 oversAlso Read Indian Street Premier League ISPL unveils opportunity for coownership of teamsSmriti Mandhana kept attacking after Shafalis dismissal bringing 12 runs from Ashleigh Gardners over to bring up 50run mark in 55 oversIn the first six overs at the end of powerplay one India was 511 with Smriti 20 and Jemimah Rodrigues unbeatenRodrigues failed to impress in the series decider being caught by Georgia Wareham on a delivery by Annabel Sutherland for just two runs India was 602 in eight oversIndias progress was hampered big time as in the next over Wareham removed Mandhana for 29 off 28 balls with two fours and a six She was caught by Gardner at near deep midwicket In the very next over skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was cleaned up by Sutherland for just three continuing a string of low scoresWith four of their premier batters inside the pavilion India was 664 in 95 oversAllrounder Deepti Sharma and Richa Ghosh now had the responsibility to rebuild Just when it seemed they would stitch a big partnership Wareham took her second wicket by removing Deepti for 14 in 18 deliveries India was 995 in 144 oversIndia touched the 100run mark in 15 oversRicha however went ahead with her attacking game unbothered smashing Wareham and Schutt for a four and six each in their respective overs She started to build a promising partnership with Amanjot KaurGardner ended the 36run stand by cleaning up Richa for 34 off 28 balls with two fours and three sixes India was 1356 in 191 oversHowever Amanjot 17 in 14 balls and Pooja Vastrakar 7 in two balls finished strongly to help India reach 1476 in 20 oversSutherland 212 and Wareham 224 were the pick of the bowlers for Aussies Gardner and Schutt got two wickets eachThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever