India have racked up a 187-run lead over over Australia after being bowled out for 406 early on day three of the one-off Test at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Resuming at 7-376 on Saturday, India moved to their highest rating in ladies’s Tests in opposition to Australia and their fourth largest ever within the format.

Offspinning allrounder Deepti Sharma (78) spearheaded India’s super lower-order rearguard, effectively supported by Pooja Vastrakar (47).

After coming collectively at 7-274 – on the again of a 4-14 mini-collapse – in reply to Australia’s 219, the pair ripped the momentum away from the vacationers with a 122-run stand, India’s finest ever for the eighth wicket.

The lengthy partnership lastly ended when Vastrakar pulled an Annabel Sutherland bouncer to Kim Garth at sq. leg.

The good Sharma was then bowled by Garth earlier than Australia’s short-ball ways labored once more when Renuka Singh (eight), taking evasive motion, hung her bat out and spooned Sutherland’s bumper to Ash Gardner at gully.

The tempo of Sutherland (2-41) and Garth (2-58) received the job carried out after the offspin of Gardner (4-100) had triggered India’s second-day mid-innings wobble.