Match Details
The two are having a chat in the middle. Meg Lanning is asking Mithali Raj, should we shake hands? And they have decided! They do shake hands so the Test ends in a draw...
In the end, a hard-fought contest where both these team pushed each other to the extreme corners will not have a promising end. Rain, thunder-lightning and the hailstorm were the real villains at the Gold Coast. India's first ever Day-Night Test match had it all: a marvellous century from Smriti Mandhana, fighting fifties from Shafali Verma & Deepti Sharma, and quality spells from India's pace trio. One should also not forget Punam Raut aggressive 41 in the second innings, apart from her walk-off in the first innings.
For Australia's point of view, an out-of-form Ellyse Perry found her form back, with both bat and ball. It was the Aussie star allrounder's panache 68* off 208 deliveries that avoided the follow-on for the home team. Perry was consistently losing on partner as Meghna Singh and Jhulan Goswami were in a fiery spell with the second new ball.
Both teams will be happy with their efforts, but India will be the more satisfied team at the end of this game as they were astonishing with the bat and bowled brilliantly in her first outing with the pink ball.