“It was pretty emphatic in the end,” Mooney said.
“I was disappointed to get out with 12 runs to get and sending someone else out there, but that’s the sort of (aggressive) style of cricket we want to play moving forward.”
Australia’s bowlers shone to restrict India after the hosts suffered injury blows before their team could be named.
Stars Ellyse Perry and Kim Garth were ruled out of the series before India won the toss and elected to bat. Both suffered quad strains in the T20 loss to India on Saturday.
Fast bowler Megan Schutt, not originally in the squad, was called up and took a wicket with the second ball of the innings when she trapped Pratika Rawal in front for a duck.
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At the other end Darcie Brown took an athletic caught-and-bowled to dismiss Shafali Verma (four) and put the visitors on the back foot early.
The spin of Ashleigh Gardner, Alana King and Sophie Molineux kept the pressure on, with the trio claiming wickets in the middle overs to keep the run rate down.
Gardner (3-33) had the best figures but all seven bowlers used by Australia did their jobs.
Medium-pacer Tahlia McGrath claimed the key scalp of in-form opener Smriti Mandhana (58 off 68 deliveries) when she swept an innocuous leg-side delivery to deep fine leg.
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (53) and big-hitting allrounder Kashvee Gautam (43) rescued the innings when it was looking rocky.
The fielding of Georgia Voll – who took three catches – was a highlight, especially her brilliant diving effort to dismiss the captain.
Georgia Voll celebrates after taking the catch to dismiss India’s Harmanpreet Kaur.Credit: Getty Images
Gardner finished the India innings in the 49th over when her slick flick at the stumps ran out the dangerous Gautam.
Gautam said India did not make enough runs but added they hadn’t become a bad side just because of one loss.
The next match in the series is in Hobart on Friday.
“We can bounce back,” Gautam said.
Earlier, Cricket Australia released a statement about Perry and Garth’s likely return ahead of the one-off Test at the end of the ODI series.
“Their availability for the Test match will be further assessed at the end of the ODI series pending on how they progress with rehab,” the statement said.
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