When we talk about greatness in Australian team sports, surely now they must be counted amongst the very best we've ever seen.

"It was certainly a medal that we never thought we'd ever win, we never thought we'd be a part of a Commonwealth Games," Australia all-rounder Ash Gardner said.

"We've won a lot of medals, but I think this one's pretty special."

The Australians batted first and made 8-161, largely thanks to Beth Mooney's 61 off 41 balls.

As she so often does, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur took control to put India in a dangerous position before Gardner dismissed her for 65.

"I thought they had control that chase for a long period of that batting innings of theirs," Mooney said.

"But on the flip side, I thought that if we got a couple of wickets that we were in with a real shot of turning the screws and putting the squeeze on them, which is what happened."

India needed 11 runs off the final over, with two wickets left.

But Jess Jonassen delivered the goods with the ball as the Australians claimed another major title.

A strange sideshow played out during the game.

On the morning of the match Australia all-rounder Tahlia McGrath tested positive to COVID-19, but she was still allowed to play.

In bizarre scenes, McGrath had to socially distance from her teammates when she took a catch – never mind that they were all touching the same ball.

And all the COVID safe protocols were forgotten when she was swept up by her teammates in the festivities at the end of the match.

"It'd be pretty upsetting for someone like Tahlia who's been in this team not being able to hug her teammates when we've won a gold medal," Mooney said.

"So hopefully they turn a blind eye to that and forget that happened."

Megan Schutt said the team felt bad for McGrath.

"It was so weird. We didn’t want to get in trouble," Schutt told the Sydney Morning Herald.

"We felt bad for Tahlia at the end there.

"At the end, screw it. If we get COVID, so be it."

Original Story By | Amanda Shalala