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CWG 2022: Cricket gets off to thrilling start with IND vs AUS

India lose plot from a winning position in Commonwealth Games debut; No.6 batter Ash Gardner inspires stunning fight back for Australia to win by three wickets

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Australia’s Alana King (left) and Ashleigh Gardner fist bump India’s wicketkeeper Yastika Bhatia after their T20 game on the opening day of the Commonwealth Games at Edgbaston, Birmingham, yesterday. Pic/AFP

Australia’s Alana King (left) and Ashleigh Gardner fist bump India’s wicketkeeper Yastika Bhatia after their T20 game on the opening day of the Commonwealth Games at Edgbaston, Birmingham, yesterday. Pic/AFP

India pacer Renuka Singh’s dream spell did not prove to be good enough as Australia came back from the brink to pull off a three-wicket win in the Commonwealth Games Group ‘A’ opener here on Friday.

The target of 155 should have been a straightforward chase but Renuka, playing only her seventh T20, broke the backbone of Australian batting with figures of four for 18 in four overs.

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