India, Sept. 16 -- Sunday belonged to Australia's young gun Phoebe Litchfield, who showed her batting prowess by hitting 88 off 80 balls in the first ODI against India at New Chandigarh.

But Litchfield proved to be instrumental even beyond batting as she exhibited brilliant athleticism when she sent back India's main batter Smriti Mandhana for 58 with a direct hit from extra cover breaking India's opening-wicket stand of 114 runs earlier

Had Mandhana batted for more overs, India would have surely scored in excess of 300 runs instead of the 281/7 they eventually ended up with. This athleticism not only comes from cricket training but also from the fact that Litchfield has dabbled in various sports as a teenager before choosing hockey and...