Sydney, Feb. 15 -- Australia's new T20I era has gotten off to a wobbly start, with an emboldened India and Sydney's weather raining - quite literally - on new captain Sophie Molineux's parade.
Sent into bat by Harmanpreet Kaur under grey skies at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia's star-studded batting line-up stuttered against a fired-up Indian attack, with Arundhati Reddy's4-22 helping bowl the hosts out for 133 in 18 overs.
Georgia Wareham, promoted to No.6 after her WBBL player-of-the-tournament heroics, top-scored with a rapid 30 off 19, while Phoebe Litchfield (26 from 19) and Ellyse Perry (20 from 11) were similarly unable to go on with their starts.
India had raced to 1-50 from 5.1 overs in reply when the heavens opened, forci...