Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur invited Australian women to bat first after winning the toss. Renuka Thakur Singh and Titas Sadhu destroyed the Aussie top-order and took four wickets early. But young talent Phoebe Litchfield and Ellyse Perry added 79 runs for the fifth wicket to post a respectable total of 141 runs on the board. Player of the match Titas Sadhu took four wickets in the match. Indian openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana toyed with Australian bowlers and with a 137-run opening stand, turned the match totally in India's favour. With a 9-wicket win in the first match, India take the lead of 1-0 in the three-game T20I series