India maintained their winning run in the group stage of the ICC Women's World T20 with a thumping 48-run victory over Australia at Providence Stadium here on Saturday. Riding on Smriti Mandhana's career-best 83, India posted a competitive 167 for 8 in their 20 overs in a Group B match.

Australia, in their reply, managed to put up only 119 in 19.4 overs. Ellyse Perry was the only Australian batswoman to get going with 39 runs off 28 balls. Anuja Patil claimed three wickets while her teammates Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav and Poonam Yadav picked two wickets each.