Bowlers and Perry clinch Australia win to level T20 series against India

There was a sense of predictability heading into the second T20I, with the three match series on the line for Australia after India's nine-wicket win in the opener. One could expect the Aussies-winners of a record six World Cups in the shortest format to respond emphatically. And that's exactly what they did at the DY Patil Stadium here on Sunday.

- Aditya Chaturvedi

It had happened earlier on the tour as well. After India's firstever Test victory against them, Australia bounced back by sweeping the ODIS. This time, Alyssa Healy and Co levelled the T20I series with a six-wicket win in the second game.

Australia won the toss and restricted the hosts to 130/8 before scoring 133/4 in 19 overs, thanks mainly to Ellyse Perry, who was playing a landmark match of her storied career. The 33-year-old all-rounder became the first Australian woman to complete 300 international games.

It was a solid start to the chase for the visitors as Healy and Beth Mooney put on 51 runs for the first wicket.

Titas Sadhu, player of the match in the first T20I for her four-wicket haul, was taken for 12 runs and not given another over in the powerplay, while Renuka Singh bowled a decent spell (0/17) with the new ball.