Gold Coast, Oct 7 (PTI) The first T20 International between the Indian women's cricket team and Australia was abandoned due to heavy rain here on Thursday.

Invited to bat, India were 131/4 in 15.2 overs when rain disrupted the proceedings, leading to the match being eventually called off.

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Jemimah Rodrigues was not out on 49 and giving her company was Richa Ghosh (17 not out).

Both sides got one point each from the abandoned match.

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Tahlia McGrath and Hannah Darlington were making their T20I debuts for Australia.

For India, Renuka Singh was handed a debut while it was a maiden T20I appearance for Yastika Bhatia.

Before this, India drew the rain-affected day/night Test against the hosts following a 1-2 loss in the ODI series.

The second T20 International of the three-match series between the two sides is scheduled to be held on Saturday at the same venue.

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