India has made it to the final of the World Cup by defeating Australia by 5 wickets. Now the Indian team will face South Africa in the final on November 2. This is the biggest run chase in Women’s World Cup history. Australia, playing first in the semi-final match, had scored a huge score of 338 runs. Thanks to Jemimah Rodriguez’s unbeaten 127 runs and Harmanpreet Kaur’s 89 runs, the Indian team achieved the target with 9 balls remaining.

This is the second time in Women’s World Cup history that India has defeated Australia in the semi-final match. Earlier in the 2017 World Cup, the Indian team had defeated Australia by 36 runs. Defending champion Australia’s dream of becoming world champion for the eighth time remains unfulfilled.

India made world record

This is the highest score chased by any team in Women’s World Cup history. Earlier, the record of the biggest successful run chase was in the name of Australia, which had chased the target of 331 runs against India in the same World Cup. Also, this is only the second time in the World Cup when a team has chased a target of more than 300.

• 339 runs- India (vs Australia)
• 331 runs- Australia (vs India)
• 278 runs – Australia (vs India)
• 275 runs – South Africa (vs India)

Amazing work of Rodriguez-Harmanpreet

While chasing the target of 339 runs, India lost the wickets of Smriti Mandhana (24 runs) and Shefali Verma (10 runs) till the score of 59 runs. After this, Jemimah Rodriguez and Harmanpreet Kaur together made a historic partnership of 167 runs and brought India closer to victory. During this period, Harmanpreet and Rodriguez also got life support several times.

Harmanpreet got out on the score of 89 in the 36th over while trying to play a big shot. From here Rodriguez took the entire responsibility on his shoulders. First she added 38 runs with Deepti Sharma, then made a small but very important partnership of 46 runs with Richa Ghosh. Especially Richa Ghosh’s cameo inning of 26 runs played at a strike rate of 162 contributed a lot in bringing India closer to victory.

Australia’s experienced bowling disintegrated under pressure in the final overs. Meanwhile, catches were also missed by the fielders. Rodriguez returned unbeaten after scoring 127 runs, but the winning shot was hit by Amanjot Kaur, who returned unbeaten after scoring 15 runs in 8 balls.

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Today the second semi-final of the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup is to be played between India and Australia. Under the leadership of Harmanpreet Kaur, Team India would like to defeat the Australian team and enter the finals. The semi-final match between India and Australia will be played at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

Before the Women’s World Cup, the Australian team had come to tour India, in which a series of three ODI matches was played. The Indian team lost this series, but there was one match in which Team India won. India defeated Australia by 102 runs in the second ODI. On the other hand, if Team India defeats Australia in the semi-final match of the World Cup today, then it will directly qualify for the final.

What time will the match start?

The semi-final match between India and Australia will be played today on Wednesday, 30 October at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. This match will start at 3 pm. Just half an hour before this, the toss of this semi-final match will take place at 2:30 pm.

On which TV channel will the live streaming of the semi-finals be held?

The broadcasting rights of Women’s World Cup 2025 are with Star Sports Network. The semi-final match played between India and Australia will also be shown on Star Sports.

On which OTT platform to watch live match?

Live streaming of the semi-final match between India and Australia will be on Jio Hotstar app. Along with this, you can also watch this match live on Jio Hotstar website.

India’s probable playing eleven in the semi-finals- Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harleen Deol/Amanjot Kaur, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaur, Shri Charani and Renuka Thakur.

Australia’s probable playing eleven in the semi-finals- Alyssa Healy (captain/wk), Phoebe Lichfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashley Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Kim Garth, Alana King, Megan Schutt.