After leading the Indian Eves to their maiden Test win against Australia on Sunday, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said their hard work for so many years finally paid off.
Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana guided India Women to clinch their maiden Test win against Australia after beating them by eight wickets at Wakhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Harmanpreet Kaur's side posted, 406/10.
Ellyse Perry and Tahlia McGrath are currently on the crease to lead the Aussie batting lineup in their second inning and took the visitors to 63/2 at lunch.
The Australia women's team regrouped after stumbling four times in the first session on Day 1 of the one-off Test against India at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.
Test cricket will feature for the first time in India women's home season since 2014 when they take on England and Australia. In 2014, they defeated South Africa by an innings and 34 runs in Mysore.
Lanning sat out in Australia's recent Ashes series in England due to medical reasons and will remain sidelined through a pair of three-match white-ball contests against the West Indies at home at the start of next month.
With Maiden ODI centuries from Phoebe Litchfield and Annabel Sutherland, Australia outplayed Ireland in the third match to clinch the series by 2-0 in Dublin on Friday.
Chasing a total of 218, Litchfield struck an unbeaten 106 and Annabel Sutherland hit 109 unbeaten runs to help Australia reach the goal in 35.5 overs as they chased down 218 for victory.
On the Sky Sports panel, only three commentators, including former Australia captains Mark Taylor and Ponting, as well as ex-Australia women's cricketer Mel Jones, have found themselves outnumbered by a large group of ex-English players.
Australian batters set the tone of the match with the help of explosive knocks by Ellyse Perry 91 (99) and Ashleigh Gardner 65 (39), giving a massive target of 322.