Why did Australia captain Alyssa Healy turn photographer after Mumbai Test to click India’s team photo after historic win?

Led by Harmanpreet Kaur, Indian women’s cricket team registered their first ever Test match win against Australia at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. With the match going into day four, the hosts managed to dismiss the Aussies for 261 in the second innings and chased down the total of 75 with eight wickets in hand.

With the home team celebrating the one off Test win with the trophy, Australia captain Alyssa Healy came in as a surprise photographer as she snapped a picture of the winning team.

Spirit of Cricket 🤝

Australia Captain Alyssa Healy on that gesture to click a special moment, ft. #TeamIndia 📸 👏#INDvAUS | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/PJ6ZlIKGMb

— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) December 24, 2023

When asked about the gesture same post match, Healy explained, “It wasn’t my camera. It was just that they were pushing the cameramen back, so I thought I’d get one of them an opportunity to get up there, nice and close. I actually cut out half of the Indian team by accident so I don’t think they’d be using that one.”

On coming second best in Mumbai, Healy added, “What an amazing experience to come here and play Test cricket. Not easy to win over here, we found that out. We’d love to play a couple more to make it really interesting. We probably had one bad day – the first day and rest of the time we showed a lot of fight. Proud of our effort. It’s our first opportunity to play red-ball cricket over here.”

The win marked a first for India in the 11 Test matches they’ve played against Australia, six of which have ended in a draw while four were won by the Aussies.

“It’s a reward for all the hard work we have done for so many years. Credit goes to all our support staff, especially our bowling coach and batting coach. We tried to keep things very simple. It’s a reward for all the hard work and all the patience,” said Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur.

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Australia Women are in India for an all format series that will also see them play three ODIs and as many T20Is.

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