Australia Women’s National Cricket Team, better known as the Southern Stars, are an internationally acclaimed women’s cricket side and fierce competitors of India on the global scene.
India’s innings began well, with openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana hitting early boundaries – however, their momentum was soon derailed by Australia bowlers.
The full details of the encounter can be seen in the India Women’s National Cricket Team Vs Australia Women’s National Cricket Team Match Scorecard.
| Date | Format | Venue | Result | Player of the Match | Player of the Series | Series Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2024 | T20I | DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai | Match tied (India won Super Over) | Smriti Mandhana (India) | – | – |
| Dec 14, 2022 | T20I | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | Australia won by 21 runs | – | – | – |
| Dec 17, 2022 | T20I | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | Australia won by 7 runs | – | – | – |
| Dec 20, 2022 | T20I | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | Australia won by 54 runs | – | – | – |
| Feb 23, 2023 | T20I | Newlands, Cape Town | Australia won by 5 runs | – | – | – |
India vs Australia 1st ODI
The India Women’s National Cricket Team, commonly referred to as the Women in Blue, represents India in international women’s cricket competition. Part of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), they compete against teams worldwide in ODIs, Twenty20 matches and Test matches organised by the International Cricket Council – currently ranking number one on their rankings list.
Women in Blue hope to end their trophy drought and challenge world champions at the 2025 ODI World Cup hosted in India and Sri Lanka. Harmanpreet Kaur will captain her side with Smriti Mandhana serving as vice captain; Jemima Rodrigues made the 15-person squad whereas Shafali Verma was left off of it due to her controversial approach towards cricketing matters.
Australia defeated India by 66 runs at Sydney Cricket Ground to take an early advantage in their three-match ODI series. Aaron Finch and Steve Smith each scored centuries for Australia after they won the toss and elected to bat first, leading their side over 300 runs total in 50 overs; Indian bowlers struggled to contain Australia’s attack.
However, India began their innings strongly as openers Mayank Agarwal and Shikhar Dhawan made a blistering start by posting an opening stand of 53 in less than five overs. But Australian captain Hazlewood struck back strongly by picking off both openers to shift momentum back in his side’s favour.
Though they lost key batsmen early, the Women in Blue kept compiling large totals by rotating strike and not taking any unnecessary risks. Veteran batters KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav understood how best to respond, regularly rotating strike rotation and deflecting away bad balls with ease.
Anika Learoyd, Sianna Ginger, and Nicole Faltum all made valuable contributions in the middle order. India maintained an even run rate until losing four wickets during the final over; thus lowering their required rate from 7.95 per over to 7.85. Shubha Rawat kept up the pressure with her offspinners to reduce India’s required run-rate further.
India vs Australia 2nd ODI
Australia Women secured an emphatic 122-run win against India Women to tie their series at 1-1 in the 2nd ODI and end on an emphatic note. They dominated from start to finish and put in an outstanding performance with both bat and ball; Annabel Sutherland being particularly effective, taking four wickets. Australia’s bowling unit performed brilliantly too in slowing the momentum gained by Indian batting lineup by keeping their batsmen from scoring many runs at all.
Georgia Voll and Phoebe Litchfield had an opening partnership of 130 before Litchfield fell for 56 off 75 balls in the 20th over. Beth Mooney and Ellyse Perry helped lead their hosts’ total to 371 runs in their first innings – they shared an outstanding second-wicket stand of 98 runs before Perry hit an astounding century off just 72 deliveries to bring it past 350 runs total.
Indian lower order found itself struggling against such an intimidating target, though Shafali Verma and Raghvi Bist both made impressive half-centuries to try and keep India within striking distance. Amy Edgar eventually ended this resistance though; Sianna Ginger scored unbeaten 103 which ensured India maintained an acceptable over-rate while trying to achieve the target.
India’s pursuit of Australia’s huge target got off to a poor start when Smriti Mandhana and Harleen Deol both fell cheaply. Richa Ghosh and Jemima Rodrigues offered some resistance but couldn’t keep pace with Australia’s relentless run scoring.
Minnu Mani attempted to improvise in the final over, trying to play a lofted shot down the ground; unfortunately she misjudged and was caught out for 17. Australia brought in Tahlia McGrath as they switched up their bowlers; she delivered a yorker that Mooney believed she had left out, believing it had hit the pad but the umpire did not concur with this view and she eventually got one single off this over to fall short of her maiden ODI fifty – she eventually fell short but did fall short before going onto Perth for Wednesday’s third and final ODI matchup against Australia vs India.
India vs Australia 3rd ODI
After an exciting third ODI in Rajkot, Australia and India are locked at 1-1 after India won decisively to put immense pressure on Australia. India are eagerly awaiting Tuesday’s final match at Eden Gardens – their women’s team being one of the finest ever seen – having won four World Cup titles, and reaching multiple twenty20 finals over time – featuring strong batting lineups with aggressive fielding units and formidable bowlers; plus currently sitting atop of the ICC rankings as current defending champions!
Women’s Cricket Association of India was established in 1973, and their national cricket team made its debut at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore the following year. While initially unsuccessful in test and one day internationals (ODI), over time their performances improved rapidly – they now rank fourth globally and future matches will be important as they try to maintain dominance.
India will need to make several adjustments in their squad for their upcoming matches against Australia, starting with Harmanpreet Kaur being rested and given time off, with Uma Chetry replacing her as captain. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will return while Shubman Gill will miss out. Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah have also returned after missing the second ODI.
India will also need to cope with the loss of wicket-keeper Sargun Kaur, as she had been performing impressively against Australia in their second ODI. In that match alone she scored an outstanding fifty and was instrumental in building India’s innings.
Sargun has made her name in both domestic and IPL cricket; playing for both RCB in IPL as well as Himachal Pradesh domestic cricket teams.
Women’s World Cup to kick-off September 30 and will feature eight teams. Following in the footsteps of its male counterpart, this tournament will begin with a round-robin league before semi-finals and finals are staged.
India vs Australia 4th ODI
Australia women’s bowling squad performed admirably as a unit, effectively restricting India’s batting and never permitting long-standing partnerships to develop. Annabel Sutherland led with four wickets while all bowlers other than Tahlia McGrath contributed at some stage.
India began poorly but eventually recovered and set Australia a target of 358 runs at Mohali on a thrilling batting beauty. Shikhar Dhawan scored his 16th ODI hundred while Rohit Sharma hit 95; they appeared well-positioned until dew and some poor fielding helped Australia turn things in their favor.
Raghvi Bist kicked off scoring for the visitors by striking two boundaries off Amy Edgar in the 16th over, even though their required rate remained high at 11. It helped give their innings some momentum and bring some scoring opportunities closer.
Alyssa Healy looked poised to strike as she struck several sharp boundaries off Ginger before hitting one over Webb for an easy catch in the deep. Harmanpreet Kaur too suffered when she edged a short delivery from McGrath directly to Kim Garth at slip.
India managed to reach their target in 487.5 overs despite early wickets falling, and unfortunately were unable to live up to expectations once more.
Australia’s pacers stepped up and took control of the final session as they bowled out India for 214. Bhuvneshwar Kumar claimed two consecutive wickets off Aaron Finch within 37 balls to become only bowler ever to do so in one-day international cricket; Peter Handscomb and Usman Khawaja’s 192-run partnership for third wicket was not only their highest ever against India at home but was also their joint-best third-wicket partnership outside subcontinent venues. Australia now lead this series 5-0; they can win their fourth game at Melbourne where both teams will meet up again Friday.
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