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Ellyse Perry jumps out of her crease and smashes this one down the ground for a six. That seals the victory for Australia. They win this game by 3 wickets. Australia have scripted history. They have chased the highest total in Women's ODIs.

INDW 330 (48.5)

Amanjot Kaur has kept India alive in the game with a three-run over. Australia Women need 13 runs in 12 balls. Sneh Rana has been handed the responsiblity to bowl the penultimate over. A brave call this is from Harmanpreet Kaur.

AUSW 318/7 (48)

Kranti Gaud leaked 10 runs in this over and Australia are favourites to win this game now. They need 16 runs in 18 balls. Two loose balls in the over and Gaud was hit for a boundary each by Kim Garth and Ellyse Perry.

Only two singles and a wicket came off the over from Amanjot Kaur. That has put India truly back in the game. Australia Women need 26 runs in 24 balls. If India could manage to take the wicket of Ellyse Perry at this point, they will be the favourites.

AUSW 305/7 (46)

Sneh Rana bowled an economical over of four runs and Amanjot Kaur follows it up with a wicket on the very first ball of the 46th over. Sophie Molineux went for a cross-batted shot and missed it completely. The ball hit her pad and umpire had no hesitation in raising his finger. Amanjot is on a hat-trick as she had taken a wicket on the final ball of her last over.

Molineux lbw b Amanjot Kaur 18(19)

Set batter Ashleigh Gardner is OUT! She got an inside edge of the delivery of Amanjot Kaur that nipped back in. The ball then hit the pad to disturb the stumps. Are India back in the game? Doesn't seem like that as Ellyse Perry is back to bat again. Australia Women need 32 runs in 36 balls.

AUSW 299/6 (44)

Just four came off the final over of Deepti Sharma. She ends with figures of 2 for 52. Australia Women need 39 runs in 42 balls. The match is still in their grip. India need a couple of wickets to make a game out of this.

Amanjot Kaur bowled a short of length ball outside off-stump and Sophie Molineux pulled it away for a four. She found the gap between the long-on and deep mid-wicket fielders. A dot ball followed. Eight came off the over. Australia Women need 43 runs in 48 balls. 

AUSW 288/5 (42)

A terrific review from India at a crucial juncture in the game. They are still alive in this contest, fighting hard against Australia. It was an appeal for LBW against Tahlia McGrath first but umpire turned it down. India decided to go upstairs and it turned out to be a right decision. The ball would have hit the leg stump, projected the ball-tracker.

McGrath lbw b Deepti Sharma 12(8)

AUSW 279/5 (40.4)

Alyssa Healy has been caught at backward point on the bowling of Shree Charani. She is out after scoring 142 runs off just 107 balls. India get the most-important wicket, but is it too late for them now? Australia Women need 66 runs in 67 balls. This is still their game to lose.

Healy c Sneh Rana b Shree Charani 142(107)

AUSW 265/4 (38.5)

Alyssa Healy targetted Sneh Rana in the 38th over and smashed the spinner for a six and a four. The biggie went over the fielder at deep backward square-leg and the second boundary went through the deep mid-wicket. Australia Women need 73 runs in 72 balls.

AUSW 258/3 (38)

Alyssa Healy smashed Sneh Rana for a four on the third ball of the over and took a single to get to the other end the very next ball. That is how her game has been tonight. She scores a boundary and then looks for a single to rotate the strike. Amazing game awareness and discipline.

AUSW 240/3 (36) 

A short ball from Kranti Gaud and that has been clobbered away by Alyssa Healy for a four. She perfectly found the gap between the long-on and deep mid-wicket fielders for that boundary. Australia are in command. Healy and Ashleigh Gardner have added 44 runs off 36 balls for the fourth wicket. India badly need a breakthrough.

AUSW 214/3 (33)

A four and a single and that sees Alyssa Healy race to her hundred in just 84 balls. This has been a crucial knock for Australia and has kept the side a bit ahead in the big chase. With this century, she has also joined Karen Rolton and Meg Lanning as Australia women batters with most ODI World Cup tons.

Just when it seemed India were putting some pressure on Australia, Ashleigh Gardner jumped out of her crease and smashed the Shree Charani delivery down the ground for a six. That will take the pressure off Australia, who were going a bit slow in the past few overs.

AUSW 186/3 (30)

Wow! That is a peach of a delivery from Shree Charani! She pitched it up and that turned quite nicely. Annabel Sutherland had committed herself early on that shot. She had jumped out of her crease as the ball turned and beat her outside edge to hit the middle-stump. India are back in the game.

Sutherland b Shree Charani 0(2)

What a catch at extra cover that is from Jemimah Rodrigues! Deepti Sharma pitched it up and Beth Mooney jumped out of her crease to smash this one through the extra cover. She failed to keep it down and Rodrigues took a stunning catch jumping to her left.

Mooney c Rodrigues b Deepti Sharma 4(8)

AUSW 168/2 (26.2)

At the end of the 24th over, there was some chat between the batters and Ellyse Perry is walking out of the ground as retired hurt! The physio checked her before this but it seems the issue would not let her continue batting. Beth Mooney comes in to bat next.

AUSW 154/1 (24)

Whatever pressure Shree Charani made with a maiden over, Deepti Sharma has taken that off with poor bowling. She bowled a fuller delivery down the leg side to Alyssa Healy with the fine leg inside the ring. That was smashed for a four. The spinner conceded another four on the final ball of the over.

AUSW 149/1 (23)

Against the run of play, Shree Charani has bowled a maiden over to Ellyse Perry. Australia scored 9 runs in the previous over bowled by Sneh Rana, but Charani has taken some pressure off India in this over.

AUSW 141/1 (22)

Seven came off the over from Kranti Gaud. Australia Women need 199 runs in the remaining 180 balls. They are well in control of the game. India bowlers, on the other hand, need to be a bit more disciplined and leak less runs for a comeback.

Good game awareness from Ellyse Perry and equally good shot for a four. Sneh Rana bowled it fuller onto the stumps. Perry timed a reverse sweep to perfection that too from the back of her bat. The ball comfortably ran away for a four through the right of backward point. 

Australia reached the mark of 100 runs on the final ball of the 15th over. This is the fastest hundred for any team in the ongoing edition of the tournament. Shree Charani bowled the 16th over and conceded five runs in it.

A single on the final ball of Shree Charani and Alyssa Healy races to her fifty with that. She gets there in just 35 balls. What a knock this has been! She has put India under pressure in this chase with her sensational attack. Asking rate for Australia is 6.5 and they are scoring at 6.93. Professionalism at its best!

A massive breakthough this is for India as the Australian openers were taking this game away from the hosts. Shree Charani tossed it up and Phoebe Litchfield tried to play a reverse-sweep on it. She hit it really well but right into the hands of Sneh Rana at backward point.

Phoebe Litchfield c Sneh Rana b Shree Charani 40(39)

Another huge blunder from India and they have lost a review here! Sneh Rana bowled it around off and middle stumps. The ball hit the front pad of Alyssa Healy and India appealed for LBW. Umpire gave it not out but Harmanpreet Kaur was convinced to take it upstairs. Replays revealed that Healy had edged the ball.

AUSW 84/0 (11)

On the fourth ball of the over, Amanjot Kaur outfoxed Phoebe Litchfield, but Richa Ghosh failed to collect it properly behind the stumps and effect the stumping. The ball deflected off her wicketkeeping gloves to see Litchfield survive. A huge moment in the game!

AUSW 82/0 (10)

Alyssa Healy jumped out of her crease and lofted this Sneh Rana delivery over the extra cover for a four. The Australia captain continues to lead from the front in this chase. Her sensational attack has put India on the back foot.

AUSW 65/0 (9)

Kranti Gaud leaked a total of 19 runs in her fourth over. Alyssa Healy was the wrecker-in-chief. She opened the over with a stunning six before smashing the India pacer for three fours in the over. Gaud as well as the Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur simply looked clueless.

7.1 - Kranti Gaud bowled a length ball on middle stump and Alyssa Healy nonchalantly flicked it away for an easy six over the mid-on. A superb shot it was from the Australia captain! She is enjoying her batting on this surface.

Wow! That is a stunning shot from Phoebe Litchfield for a six. Sneh Rana pitched it up and Litchfield played a lofted shot on it to the wide of long-off for a biggie. Harmanpreet Kaur was forced to make a chance and brought spinner Rana into the attack but that failed to provide any relief to India. Eight runs came off the over.

Width on offer from Kranti Gaud and Alyssa Healy didn't waste time to punish her. She smashed the good length ball through the sweeper cover for the boundary. Australia are off to a good start in this chase. India need a breakthrough to keep things under control.

AUSW 31/0 (5.4)

Alyssa Healy welcomed Amanjot Kaur in the over with a four through the deep square-leg. It was a cracking shot from the Australia captain. A delivery later, she drove the ball down the ground for a four. Nine runs came off the over.

AUSW 25/0 (5)

Good bowling from Kranti Gaud! She has bowled a maiden over to Phoebe Litchfield. India have managed to pull things back a bit after Australia scored 13 in the first two overs. Only three runs have been scored in the last two overs.

Litchfield receives a wide, but full, delivery from Gaud, and swings hard. She ends up getting a thick edge on it, but it's good enough to help the ball race past a diving Deepti Sharma at short third-man and go for 4.

AUS 12/0 (1.2)

Phoebe Litchfield gets off the mark with a boundary on the first ball. Width offered by Amanjot Kaur and slammed through backward point by Litchfield. Australia manage 7 runs off the first over of the innings.

Kranti Gaud will take the new ball from the other end. Gaud was the hero when India defeated Pakistan a week ago.

AUS 7/0 (1)

Welcome back! Captain Alyssa Healy and Phoebe Litchfield are out to open the batting for Australia. India are going to open the bowling with Amanjot Kaur. A chase of 331 in front of the world champions.

India were cruising at 296/4 but they lost the next six wickets for just 36 runs to get bundled out with 7 balls left in the innings. The side must be disappointed about not playing the entire quota of 50 overs, but they still have a big total on the board to challenge Australia.

"Very happy that we had that 100-run partnership. She likes to go in a way that is very entertaining. Happy that I got a decent start. Was struggling in between. There were lot of dot balls. But I'm happy that I was able to convert it into a big total. Everyone chipped in well. Just like to play the ball on the merit. Just take on the shots that are in my area," said Pratika Rawal at the innings break.

Shree Charani has played the Annabel Sutherland delivery on the stumps. The Australian all-rounder thus completes her five-wicket haul. India are all out for 330, with seven balls left in the innings. A good comeback this is from Australia!

Annabel Sutherland has dismissed Kranti Gaud. India fear getting all out now. They still have 9 balls left in this innings. Meanwhile, Sutherland aims for her fifer here. She has three balls left in her spell. 

Ashleigh Gardner has removed Amanjot Kaur! It was a tossed up delivery. Amanjot created room for herself but ended up slicing it to the fielder at backward point. Australia are making their way back into the game in these final overs. India are eight down.

Deepti Sharma departs! She jumped out of her crease and hit the Sophie Molineux delivery well but found the fielder at long-on. The ball got the height but not the needed distance. India are seven down. A total of 350 seems tough for them from this point.

INDW 320/7 (46.4)

India continue to hit boundaries. This is poor bowling from Sophie Molineux. She has begun her final over with a short ball. Amanjot pulled it through the gap between long-on and deep mid-wicket fielders for a four.

INDW 319/6 (46.1)

Jemimah Rodrigues is out for 33 runs off 21 balls. It is the experience of Annabel Sutherland that provides Australia the wicket. She went with a slower delivery well outside off-stump, outfoxing the batter. Jemimah mistimed it high in the air and Beth Mooney took the catch after running to her right from mid-off. 

Rodrigues c Mooney b Sutherland 33(21)

INDW 309/6 (44.5)

Eight runs came off the over from Sophie Molineux. India keep going despite losing wickets. They have crossed the mark of 300 runs. The hosts have six more overs left in this innings. They should score at least 40 in those. 

A huge relief for Australia this is! Richa Ghosh, who was firing on all cylinders, is out for 32 off 22. It was a back-of-a-hand slower short ball from Annabel Sutherland and Richa mistimed it into the hands of the fielder at long-on.

Richa Ghosh c (sub)Wareham b Sutherland 32(22)

INDW 294/5 (43)

Well, well, well! Richa Ghosh is playing from exactly where she left in her last innings. The player smashed Tahlia McGrath for a stunning six over long-off and then hit a four to the right of deep mid-wicket. It was an expensive over. 15 runs came off it. 

Megan Schutt is walking off the ground after bowling the first delivery of the 41st over. She seems to be in trouble and therefore, leaving the ground. There is some issue with her right calf. This is a bad news for Australia as Schutt is one of their experienced players.

It was bowled in the slot from Alana King and Richa Ghosh slog swept it for a six over the deep square leg. That went just over the fielder there in the deep. 11 came off the over. Final 10 overs coming for India. Can they reach 350?

Short ball from Megan Schutt and Jemimah Rodrigues has punished her with a crunching four on the leg side. She pulled it in front of the player at deep square leg for the boundary. 10 came off the over, while India raced to the mark of 250 with that. 

Harleen Deol is out after scoring 38 runs and India are four down. Australia are truly back in the game as they have sent set batters Harmanpreet Kaur and Harleen back to the dugout in quick succession. Here comes Richa Ghosh in the middle to bat. She is coming into this game after scoring a sensational 94 against South Africa. 

The Indian captain is GONE! Megan Schutt has provided Australia a crucial breakthrough here as the duo of Harmanpreet Kaur and Harleen Deol was taking this game away. It was a slower short ball outside off-stump and Harmanpreet cut it straight into the hands of the fielder at backward point.

Kaur c Molineux b Schutt 22(17)

Harmanpreet Kaur on the charge! The Indian captain slams two boundaries in a row! The first one was clobbered over mid-off, and the second one guided through third-man. Fast start by the Indian captain. The run-rate is over 6.5 now.

IND 228/2 (35)

India are on top at the moment. Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal have set a solid platform with their respective half-centuries. Harleen Deol and Harmanpreet Kaur are the players in the middle for two-down India currently.  

Pratika Rawal has hit this one into the hands of the fielder. Annabel Sutherland bowled a short ball and Rawal pulled it really well, but found the fielder behind square. A mini recovery for Australia here as they have dismissed both the Indian openers after the side got off to a terrific start.

Pratika Rawal c Perry b Sutherland 75(96)  

Wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy failed to stop the Annabel Sutherland delivery behind the stumps as Pratika Rawal missed her shot. The ball sneaked through Healy and hit the helmet placed behind her. As per the rules of cricket, India were awarded five penalty runs. 

Alana King bowled a good length delivery on the fifth ball of the over. Pratika Rawal rocked back and tried to cut it on the off side. She got a thick outside edge as the ball ran through slips for a four. There was no chance for the short third, which was a bit wide.

INDW 177/1 (28)

Harleen Deol jumped out of her crease on the fourth ball of the over and smashed the Sophie Molineux delivery over the long-off for a biggie. It turned out to be an expensive over as Molineux leaked 11 runs in it.

Smriti Mandhana has hit this one into the hands of the fielder in the deep. She is out for 80 runs off 66 balls. It was a fuller ball from Sophie Molineux and Mandhana played a slog-sweep on it. She failed to clear the fielder in the deep. 

Mandhana c Phoebe Litchfield b Molineux 80(66)

This was an eventful over from Tahlia McGrath. Smriti Mandhana miscued one on the first ball of the over but that fell in the gap. On the second legal delivery, she smashed a six over point as Perry stepped over the boundary ropes after taking the catch. Pratika Rawal hit a four later in the over.

INDW 153/0 (24)

A friendly full-toss from Sophie Molineux and Smriti Mandhana has scooped it away for a four. She perfectly found the gap between the long-on and the deep mid-wicket fielders for that boundary. India are on top!

INDW 133/0 (22.2)

A lofted drive from Pratika Rawal down the ground for a four and she races to her half-century with it. The right-handed batter gets there in 69 balls. Both the Indian openers have scored their fifties now. What a turnaround this is from the side's openers after a poor start to this tournament.

During this knock, Smriti Mandhana has become the first-ever woman batter to smash 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year. She has also become the India player with most fifty-plus scores in ODIs against Australia. With the tally of 10, Mandhana has surpassed Mithali Raj.  

INDW 107/0 (20)

That was an expensive over from Kim Garth. 11 runs came off it. Pratika Rawal and Smriti Mandhana both smashed a four each in the over. Meanwhile, India also crossed the mark of 100 runs without losing any wicket. What a start this has been for the side!

INDW 105/0 (19)

A single on the leg side and Smriti Mandhana races to her half-century in 46 balls. She failed to play noticeable knocks in the previous three matches, but here she is with a solid one against Australia!

INDW 95/0 (18.1)

17.3 - How costly is this going to be for Australia? It was a fuller ball from Tahlia McGrath, angling into the stumps. Pratika Rawal wanted to play it on the leg side but ended up getting a leading edge on it. Alana King at mid-wicket ran forward and put a dive but dropped the catch.

Both Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal are close to their respective fifties. Mandhana needs just one run to get there, while Rawal needs 10. This has been a superb first-wicket partnership for India. They are in complete control of this game at the moment.

Currently batting at 32, Smriti Mandhana is inching closer towards her half-century. It will be her 33rd half-century for India in ODI cricket. She is also getting a good support from Pratika Rawal as she is also dealing in boundaries and taking India ahead in the game. Rawal is also batting at 32 and nearing her fifty.

IND 65/0 (13 overs)

WOAH!!! What an over for India!!! Smriti Mandhana makes Australia think about their decisions. In the previous over of Ashleigh Gardner, Mandhana plays fearless cricket and hits a maximum and two boundaries. In total, the spinner leaks 10 runs. Great batting from the Indian openers. 

INDW 52/0 (9 overs)

As India openers Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal deal in boundaries, Australia skipper Alyssa Healy hands over the ball to spinner Ashleigh Gardner. The Aussies are desperate for a wicket and looking to stop the onslaught by the Indian openers at the earliest. 

INDW 26/0 (7 overs)

FOUR!!! Pratika Rawal hits a brilliant boundary off Kim Garth's delivery. A gentle loosener on the pads, and Rawal picks it away through midwicket for her second boundary. In total, Garth leaks six runs in this over. Good hitting from both Rawal and Smriti Mandhana. 

INDW 21/0 (5 overs)

Good comeback from Australia as they control the flow of runs. In the previous over, Megan Schutt concedes just two runs as Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal continue to assess the conditions. 

INDW 7/0 (2 overs)

India openers Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal provide their with a good start against Australia. In the first over of Kim Garth, the duo scores five runs, which include a boundary from Mandhana. They now aim for more boundaries in the upcoming overs. 

INDW 5/0 (1 overs)

The Women's ODI World Cup 2025 match between India and Australia finally begins. For India, Pratika Rawal and Smriti Mandhana have opened the proceedings. The duo aims to form a solid opening partnership, in order to provide India with some momentum. On the other hand, Kim Garth will be bowling the first over for Australia. Let's play!!! 

Players of both the teams are out on the field for their respective national anthem. The match between India and Australia will begin shortly. Stay tuned for all the updates. 

Indian top-order batters’ struggles have become a recurring theme in this ODI showpiece. They were perilously close to a total shutdown against Sri Lanka and Pakistan before late order batters did the firefighting. It turned into a reality against South Africa, and Australia, who have a varied and skillful attack, will punish such lapses quite mercilessly.

"Going to be warm, but the good thing is we're not likely to see rainfall. Slight bias on one side. 54 and 59 meters. 67 meters down the ground. Batters' delight. There is still something in it for the bowlers. It's flat and hard, but there would be swing and slower spin will get turn as well," reckon Mel Jones and Anjum Chopra. 

Australia Women (Playing XI): Alyssa Healy(w/c), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Kim Garth, Alana King, Megan Schutt.

India Women (Playing XI): Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh(w), Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani

"Pitch looks better than what we had in the last game. Same XI. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. It's about how you bounce back. We were there in the game for 95 overs, lots of positives for us. They've always been important for us. Always been nice, cheering the team day and night. Biggest part in our lives that we're getting this support," said Harmanpreet Kaur. 

"We're going to bowl. Got dewy last evening while training. Hopefully can slide on the bat. Just one change. Molineux is back and Wareham misses out. Nice to have Soph back. At some point during World Cups, you just need to get what needs to be done and get the win. But when you come up against a really good opposition like India, you need to put everything together. My first time back in Vizag since 2011. Should be a great atmosphere. Got a bit of Aussie support. Girls are pumped for that," said Alyssa Healy. 

Australia skipper Alyssa Healy wins the toss and opts to bowl against India in the Women's ODI World Cup 2025 match on Sunday at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. 

The three-wicket defeat against South Africa on Thursday exposed India's limitations of sticking to the five-bowler template in all conditions. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur turned to her part-time off-spin in the absence of a sixth bowler, but once the Proteas targeted the pacers past the 40th over, the home side ran out of ideas. Kranti Gaud and Amanjot Kaur conceded 30 runs in 12 balls across the 47th and 49th overs as South Africa overhauled a 252-run target.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Women's ODI World Cup 2025 match between India and Australia, straight from the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. Stay tuned for all the live updates.