India vs Australia Women ODI Highlights: In the second ODI match, Australia defeated India by 5 wickets. In this series of women’s teams being played between Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, Kangaroo team has taken a 2-0 lead in the 3 ODI match series. In this match played in Hobart, the Indian team, batting first, was able to score only 251 runs in the stipulated 50 overs. In reply, the Australian team achieved a big victory by achieving the target in the 37th over itself.

Pratika Rawal played a half-century inning of 52 runs for Team India, who came to bat first. Smriti Mandhana scored 31 runs, while Jemimah Rodrigues’ bat remained silent, but captain Harmanpreet Kaur definitely contributed 54 runs. At one time Team India had scored 100 runs by losing only 2 wickets, but after that wickets kept falling at regular intervals. As a result, Indian batting was limited to 251 runs.

Australia did bad

Australian team captain Alyssa Healy, who came to chase the target of 252 runs, was out after scoring only 6 runs. But for the second wicket, Phoebe Litchfield and Georgia Wall broke the back of the Indian bowling line-up by making a partnership of 119 runs. Lichfield played an innings of 80 runs in 62 balls. On the other hand, Georgia Wall created havoc by scoring 101 runs in 82 balls. Beth Mooney also contributed 31 runs.

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Australia has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series. Even in the first ODI match played in Brisbane, Team India’s batting line-up collapsed. Australia won that match by 6 wickets. But before that, Team India had hoisted the flag in the three T20 match series. India won the T20 series 2-1.

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Smriti Mandhana & Harmanpreet Kaur Hits Half-Centuries: Australia women’s cricket team has defeated Team India by 6 wickets in the first match of the 3-match ODI series. In this match played in Brisbane, the Indian team had set a target of 215 runs in 50 overs to win against Australia, thanks to the half-centuries of Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur. The Australian team achieved this target given by the Indian women’s team with the loss of 4 wickets with 70 balls remaining.

India had a bad start in the ODI series

Indian women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur had won the toss and decided to bat first, but India did not have a good start. Team India’s opener Pratika Raval had to return to the pavilion without opening her account. After that, by the time it reached 25 runs, the team also lost the second wicket in the form of Shefali Verma. Team India’s score had just crossed the threshold of 50 when the Australian team also dismissed Jemimah Rodriguez. These three big blows were suffered by the Indian team at the score of 52 runs in 11.2 overs.

Smriti Mandhana-Harmanpreet Kaur’s half century went in vain

Amidst falling wickets at one end of Team India, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana was standing at the other end. He hit some brilliant shots during this period. Smriti got good support from captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who came in the middle order. Together they played a partnership. Meanwhile, Smriti completed her half-century, but she could not convert her fifty into a big score. However, the Indian women’s team got the fourth blow on the score of 100 runs in the form of Smriti Mandhana, who scored 58 runs in 68 balls with the help of 7 fours. After his dismissal, Harmanpreet tried well to take the score board of the Indian team forward, but she did not get much support from Deepti Sharma and Richa Ghosh. The result was that the Indian team could not play even 50 overs. The entire Indian team was reduced to 214 runs in 48.3 overs. In this, captain Harmanpreet Kaur contributed 53 runs on 84 balls.

Australia takes lead in ODI series

Australian women’s team chased the target of 215 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in just 38.2 overs. While opening for Australia, its captain Alyssa Healy scored a brilliant half-century. Apart from her, Beth Mooney played a brilliant inning of 76 runs, for which she was chosen ‘Player of the Match’. After winning the first ODI, Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series.

When Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur came to play in the second T20 against Australia on Thursday, she made a big record in her name. She has become the female cricketer who has played the most number of international cricket matches, leaving behind Suzie Bates of New Zealand.

Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and decided to bowl first in the Indian Women vs Australia Women second T20 being played in Manuka Over. The Indian team is leading 1-0 in the 3-match series, by winning today the team would like to take an unassailable lead in the series.

Record registered in the name of Harmanpreet Kaur

On Wednesday, Harmanpreet Kaur played her 189th T20 International match, apart from this she has played 6 Tests and 161 ODI matches for India. Today she is playing her 356th international match. She has become the female player who has played the most international cricket in the world. Earlier this record was in the name of Suzie Bates of New Zealand. Bates has played 350 matches (178 ODIs and 177 T20s) in his international career.

Smiles, applause and a special day

Celebrating #TeamIndia captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s historic milestone #AUSvIND | @ImHarmanpreet pic.twitter.com/kEher5Z3JP

— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) February 19, 2026

In the first match of this series, Harmanpreet Kaur equaled Suzie Bates. In that match, the Indian team, bowling first, had bowled out Australia for 133. Chasing the target, India scored 50 runs losing 1 wicket in 5.1 overs. India won by 21 runs under Duckworth-Lewis rule.

Harmanpreet Kaur’s cricket career

Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet, India won its first ODI World Cup last year, which can be called the biggest achievement of his career. He has scored 200 runs in 6 test matches and taken 12 wickets. Harmanpreet has scored 4409 runs in 161 ODIs, which includes 7 centuries and 22 half-centuries. He has also taken 31 wickets in this format.

Harmanpreet Kaur scored 3784 runs in 167 innings played in T20. He has 1 century and 15 half-centuries to his name in this format. Kaur has also taken 32 wickets in T20 International.

Sophie Molineux Appointed Australia New Captain: All-rounder Sophie Moliny has been appointed captain of the Australia women’s team on Thursday, January 29, for the T20 series against ODI world champions India next month. After this home series, she will take over the captaincy in all formats in place of Alyssa Healy. Healy had announced that she would retire from international cricket after playing against India. She will captain the Australian team in three ODIs and one Test match against India.

Australia announced the team for the series against India

Australia’s teams for all formats for the series against India were announced on Thursday. India’s Australia tour will begin with a three-match T20 International series starting in Sydney on February 15. The remaining two matches will be played on 19 and 21 February in Canberra and Adelaide respectively. The three-match ODI series will be played on 24, 27 February and 1 March. The first match will be played at Allan Border Field in Brisbane while the next two matches will be played at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. The only Test match between India and Australia will be played at the prestigious WACA Ground in Perth from March 6 to 9.

Molini will captain Australia in all formats from the West Indies tour.

After this, Molini will be the captain of Australia in all formats during the tour of West Indies in March. Tahlia McGrath has been retained as the vice-captain, while another spin bowling all-rounder Ashley Gardner has also been appointed as the vice-captain. Nicola Carey has made a comeback in the limited overs format, while 19-year-old Lucy Hamilton, who was in the Delhi Capitals team, has been included in the Test team. The selectors have included left-handed batsman Phoebe Lichfield in their squads across all formats despite being ruled out of the ongoing Women’s Premier League (WPL) due to injury. Alana King has been dropped from the T20 International team. Megan Shutt, Grace Harris and Heather Graham are not included in the ODI team. Molini has been the youngest captain in the Women’s Big Bash League. She took over the captaincy from Meg Lanning at Melbourne Renegades and later led Victoria.

Australia’s squads for the series against India are as follows:

T20: Sophie Molini (captain), Ashley Gardner (vice-captain), Tahlia McGrath (vice-captain), Darcey Brown, Nicola Carey, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Phoebe Lichfield, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Woll, Georgia Wareham.

ODI: Alyssa Healy (captain), Sophie Molini (vice-captain), Darcey Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashley Gardner, Kim Garth, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Woll, Georgia Wareham.

Test: Alyssa Healy (captain), Sophie Moliny (vice-captain), Darcy Brown, Ashley Gardner, Kim Garth, Lucy Hamilton, Alana King, Phoebe Lichfield, Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Woll, Georgia Wareham.

Indian Women Team Squads For Australia Tour: The Indian women’s cricket team has been announced for the Australia tour. On this tour, Team India will play a series of 3 ODIs and the same number of T20 matches. Many major changes have been made in the team, one of which is the return of Bharti Fulmali to the national team. Bharti played her last international match in the year 2019. This 31-year-old batsman made a comeback after 7 years, as he had a brilliant performance in WPL 2026. This series is very important for the preparation of the T20 World Cup to be held in June 2026. Keeping this in mind, the team management has also given opportunities to young players. So that the young players are also ready when needed.

Bharti Phoolmali returns after 7 years

Bharti Phulmali has been selected in the Indian women’s team for the first time since 2019. He has scored 289 runs in 13 matches in WPL 2026 at a strike rate of 162.85. Before this, he has played only two T20 matches in his career, in which he has scored 23 runs. The team management hopes that Bharti Fulmali can make an important contribution to the team in finishing.

Shreyanka Patil also included in T20 team

Shreyanka Patil has been included in the team for the T20 series against Australia. Shreyanka is making a comeback after 14 months of injury. Whereas Harleen Deol has not got a place in the T20 team, even though she has performed well in the recent matches. Vaishnavi Sharma and G Kamalini have got a chance for the first time in the ODI team. Both these players have become part of the national team for the first time. At the same time, Kashvi Gautam has been included in the ODI team. He has replaced Arundhati Reddy. Spinner Radha Yadav has been dropped from both ODI and T20 teams.

Indian team for Australia tour:

India’s T20 team: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shefali Verma, Renuka Thakur, Sri Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma, Kranti Gaur, Sneh Rana, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), G Kamalini (wicketkeeper), Arundhati Reddy, Amanjot Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Bharti Fulmali, Shreyanka Patil.

India’s ODI team: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shefali Verma, Renuka Thakur, Shree Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma, Kranti Gaur, Sneh Rana, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), G Kamalini (wicketkeeper), Kashvi Gautam, Amanjot Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol.

India’s star batsman Jemimah Rodrigues performed a feat against Australia in the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup 2025, which cricket history will always remember. In the match played at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, Jemima played her most memorable innings till date and took India to the final. After the match, Jemima became so emotional that she started crying bitterly on the field.

“I have cried almost every day…”

After the match, Jemima said emotionally, “I have cried almost every day during this entire tour. Mentally, I was not feeling well, I was going through a lot of nervousness and anxiety.”

She said, “I want to thank God, because all this was possible because of him. I want to thank my mother, father, coach and all the people who believed in me. The last one month was very difficult for me. It feels like a dream has come true.”

Jemima said, “I knew I just had to play on the field, God would take care of everything else. In the beginning I was just playing and talking to myself. As the match progressed, I was reading a line from the Bible, ‘Be calm, God will fight for you.’ I just stood… and truly, God fought for me,”

Gave credit to the team and audience

Jemima also gave credit to her colleagues and fans for this victory. She said, “There was a lot going on inside me, but I was trying to remain calm. When we won, I couldn’t control myself. When Harry Di came, I just had to make a good partnership. In the end, I was trying to push myself further, but my body was not supporting me. At that time, Deepti was talking to me on every ball, encouraging me. The rest of the team mates were motivating me. Every scream of the audience, every applause gave me energy. Yes, this victory is not just mine, it is for the whole of India.”

‘Played to win, not to get a century’

Jemima told that she came to know about batting at number 3 at the last moment. She said, “I was taking a shower when I was told that I will be at number 3. For me, this match was more about India’s victory than my innings. Today was not about a century or a half-century, but about helping the country win.”

Jemima’s unbeaten century innings

India had a huge target of 339 runs, but Jemimah completely turned the match around by making a partnership of 167 runs with captain Harmanpreet Kaur (89). Jemima scored unbeaten 127 runs in 134 balls, which included 14 fours. This inning of hers became India’s biggest run chase innings so far in the Women’s World Cup knockout.

IND W vs AUS W: History was made on Tuesday night at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Indian women’s team has made it to the World Cup final by defeating seven-time champion Australia. Happiness was seen everywhere on the field. When Amanjot Kaur hit a four in 48.3 overs and gave India victory, the entire team became emotional. The real story of this historic victory was written by Jemimah Rodriguez and Harmanpreet Kaur, who had tears of joy flowing from their eyes after the victory.

Jemima Rodriguez became emotional

Jemimah Rodriguez, who played an unbeaten inning of 127 runs with 17 fours, burst into tears when India secured a place in the final. All the players sitting in the dugout had their eyes on him.

When Jemima completed her century during her innings, she did not celebrate. She knew that “work still remains.” This maturity makes him different from other batsmen. When the camera turned towards her after the victory, Jemima had tears in her eyes.

tears man jemimah rodrigues you’re everything to me pic.twitter.com/hdXk7zXu3h

— (@goldwingcd) October 30, 2025

Even Harmanpreet could not stop her tears

Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur also could not control herself in the emotional moment of this victory. When he hugged Jemima after playing a brilliant inning of 89 runs in 88 balls, both of them had moist eyes. This was the third consecutive knockout match for Harman, in which he scored a half-century. As captain, he took the team out of difficult situations and led it to victory with confidence.

Australia’s pride broken by historic partnership

While India was chasing the huge target of 339 runs, Harman and Jemima made a historic partnership of 167 runs for the third wicket. This partnership is considered to be one of the best in the history of Indian women’s cricket. At the same time, luck was also with India, Australian fielders dropped two easy catches, which completely changed the course of the match.

When Amanjot hit the winning four, the entire stadium echoed with slogans of ‘India-India’. On the field, Indian players hugged each other and cried bitterly and the spectators became witnesses of this historic victory.

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.

IND-W vs AUS-W Semi Final In Mumbai: The semi-final match between India and Australia (IND vs AUS Semi Final) will be played today, Wednesday, 30 October, at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. This knock out match will start at 3 pm today. Australia has become world champion seven times. Team India is looking to win this title for the first time. But more than Australia, the biggest problem for India at this time is rain. There is a yellow alert for rain in Mumbai today and it has started raining since morning.

How will the weather be in the semi-finals?

Rain may hamper the semi-final between India and Australia. According to the report of Accuweather, the temperature in Navi Mumbai today is going to be between 25-degree Celsius to 33-degree Celsius. Today will be cloudy most of the time. At the same time, rain can spoil the enjoyment of the semi-final match. Light rain is occurring at many places in Mumbai around 10 am. There is heavy rain in the coastal areas. There is a possibility of 40-70 mm of rain in Mumbai in the next 24 hours.

Some northern suburbs already getting rains.. From here on other parts parts of Mumbai will also start getting showers. Coastal areas will get more rains than interiors. Total rainfall next 24 hours likely to be 40-70mm. #MumbaiRains

— Mumbai Rains (@IndiaWeatherMan) October 30, 2025

Will the semi-finals be washed out due to rain?

If it rains continuously during the semi-final match between India and Australia, then there is no need for Indian fans to panic. ICC has also kept a reserve day for the semi-final match. If this match cannot be played on 30th October due to rain, then it will be played on Reserve Day on 31st October.

It rained on 31st October also, then?

The second semi-final of the Women’s World Cup 2025 reaches the reserve day and if it rains in Mumbai on October 31 and the match cannot be held, then Team India may face a big blow. Due to being on top in the World Cup points table, the Australian team will qualify for the finals. Due to rain, Team India will be out without playing.

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