IND 57/3 in 8 overs
Georgia Wareham to Deepti. A full toss, Deepti pulls for just a single. Harma npreet drives to long off for another run. FOUR! A streaky boundary, Deepti tries a sweep, but gets a top edge. It is fine enough to beat the short third fielder to the fence. A single to deep mid wicket next. A wide from Wareham. Deepti has to dive to complete a single on the final delivery.
IND 48/3 in 7 overs
Schutt to Jemimah. FOUR! A short-pitched delivery from the bowler but Jemimah is ready to pull it away. She sweeps the next to fine leg. Harmanpreet paddles the next down leg for another single. OUT! Jemimah picks the fielder in the deep square leg position with her pull. Another wicket for Australia.
Jemimah Rodrigues c Gardner b Schutt 16 (12)
Deepti Sharma is the new batter. She works her first delivery to cow corner for one run.
IND 41/2 in 6 overs
Sophie Molineux to Smriti Mandhana, shouts for lbw. This one looks plumb. Australia goes for another review. Mandhana is gone if there’s no bat involved. There is indeed no bat and India loses its second wicket.
Smriti Mandhana lbw b Molineux 6 (12)
Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur in now. A quick single to mid wicket to get off the mark. Jemimah tries to pull, gets a top edge but the ball lands short of deep mid wicket, one run.
IND 39/1 in 5 overs
Annabel Sutherland to Jemimah, a leg bye to fine leg but Australia has gone up for a DRS. The impact was outside off and Australia loses its referral. Mandhana drives the third to deep cover for one run. FOUR! Jemimah steps out and chips it back over the bowler’s head. FOUR more! This one is fuller and hence Jemimah has to stand still and go down the ground.
IND 29/1 in 4 overs
Mandhana gets a single to cover. OUT! Gardner removes Shafali. The fielder is stationed at long on for the aerial slog, and Shafali picks the very fielder.
Shafali Verma c Sutherland b Gardner 20 (13)
Jemimah Rodrigues in at No.3 and she picks a single with a clip to square leg. Mandhana drives to long off for another single. Jemimah gets another single to deep square leg.
IND 25/0 in 3 overs
Schutt again. A wide to start the over. Mooney fails to gather allowing the batters to sneak in an additional run. FOUR! Too full from Megan Schutt, and Shafali gets ti the pitch and lofts it past mid off. SIX! Wide and full and Shafali hammers this over the long off fence.
IND 13/0 in 2 overs
Ash Gardner to Shafali, chips through covers, the fielder could have grabbed it but the ball bursts through her hands. Two runs taken. A single to long on to follow. Mandhana pulls to deep mid wicket for a single. FOUR! Shafali slog sweeps this behind square to close the over.
IND 5/0 in 1 over
Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma walk out to open the innings. Megan Schutt to bowl the first over.
Shafali goes aerial on the first delivery, clears mid on for two runs. A single to long on on the third delivery. Mandhana drives through covers, beats the infield but the ball slows down close to the boundary. Just two off it.
Here’s a bit about the moment when Phoebe Litchfield was not given leg before
Litchfield was given leg-before-wicket after she missed a reverse sweep but a decision to review the on-field call saw the decision overturned.
AUS 151/8 in 20 overs
Shreyanka to bowl the final over. FOUR! Sutherland hits and over short mid off for a boundary. OUT! Next ball, the batter tries to go down the crease and go big but misses as the ball clatters into the stumps. Another WICKET! Molineux thinks that Jemimah catches her out, but the Indian spills the ball. However, Shreyanka runs Molineux out at the non-striker’s end. SIX to end the over as Litchfield end’s Australia’s innings with a bang. 152 to win for India.
AUS 139/6 in 19 overs
Deepti with the ball. Litchfield hits it towards mid off as the ball is just short of Harmanpreet. OUT! Perry goes for the big one towards deep mid wicket but Sajana takes the catch safely. Annabel Sutherland comes in and hits a FOUR straightaway towards fine leg.
AUS 132/5 in 18 overs
Radha with the ball. Close! A direct hit there from Deepti could have sent Litchfield back to the dugout. A flurry of singles to end the over with five runs.
AUS 127/5 in 17 overs
Deepti with the ball and she is hit for a FOUR right at the off by Phoebe Litchfield down the ground. NOT OUT! Litchfield was caught before wicket but a review showed the ball pitching outside leg. However, the batter had gone for a switch-hit, which prompted the Indian players telling the on-field umpire the same. Litchfield stays on. FOUR! Perry goes on her backfoot and finds the boundary towards the cow corner. Pooja seemed to have given up on that occasion there.
AUS 115/5 in 16 overs
Shreyanka with the ball. A couple of singles so far. Perry swings her bat and sends the ball towards deep square leg as the batters take two runs. FOUR! Perry pulls it for a boundary as the ball races towards deep square leg. SIX! Perry ends the over with a huge maximum between deep mid-wicket and square leg.
AUS 101/5 in 15 overs
Pooja returns. FOUR! Gardner goes straight and finds the boundary towards long on. 100 up for Australia. Review says NOT OUT as Gardner stays on at the crease. India thought that there was a sound there when she swung the bat and the ball was caught by Richa behind the stumps. India loses all its reviews. OUT! Next ball, Gardner pulls a short-pitched ball but an edge sees it fall kindly for Radha Yadav.
AUS 95/4 in 14 overs
OUT! Huge wicket for India as Deepti Sharma sends Grace Harris back! The batter hits it towards short mid wicket but Smriti Mandhana is there to take the catch. Ashleigh Gardner the newest batter at the crease. A wicket and just four runs from the over.
AUS 91/3 in 13 overs
Arundhati returns. FOUR! Shouts of ‘catch it’ are vain as Harris hits it down the ground for a boundary. Harris ends the over with another FOUR as she turns and twists to send the ball, going outside leg, towards deep backward square leg.
AUS 80/3 in 12 overs
Radha Yadav brought in to bowl. She is instantly welcomed by the Australian skipper with a FOUR. DROPPED! McGrath is dropped by skipper Harmanpreet at short mid off. OUT! McGrath goes down the crease for the big one but catches air. Richa Ghosh stumps her out with ease. The skipper goes off for a well-made 32.
AUS 71/2 in 11 overs
Renuka with the ball. Close! McGrath is almost caught out in the deep but the shot falls just short of Pooja Vastrakar. The batters run between the sticks to notch up six runs. But more drama ensues as Harmanpreet has gone upstairs for a lbw check on the McGrath. The skipper will remain at the crease for a bit more at least, as the review shows the ball missing the wickets.
AUS 65/2 in 10 overs
Deepti Sharma into the attack. Harris sweeps the first delivery to deep mid wicket, one run. A single through the on side for McGrath. Harris punches the fourth to mid on for another single. BEATEN! McGrath tries to reverse sweep but misses. Two runs on the final delivery.
AUS 60/2 in 9 overs
Arundhati to McGrath, two runs through mid wicket. She cuts the next to sweeper cover for a single. Shelled! Harris hits straight to Deepti Sharma at point who cannot grab the chance. FOUR! McGrath clears mid off.
AUS 52/2 in 8 overs
Vastrakar for her second over. India appeals for a leg before as Harris is struck on the back foot. The height is an issue and Harmanpreet decides against a review. FOUR! McGrath steps out and creams this through covers. Vastrakar follows it up with a bouncer. A single to extra cover on the next delivery. FOUR more! Harris shuffles across and ramps this past the keeper.
AUS 42/2 in 7 overs
Arundhati Reddy for the first time today. On the pads to start off and Harris picks a single to deep backward square. A leg bye for McGrath. A quick single for Harris through mid off. McGrath pushes to long on and adds a run. Harris cuts to deep point and makes it five runs from the over.
AUS 37/2 in 6 overs
Shreyanka to Harris, FOUR! A slog sweep to breach the fence. Two leg byes on the fourth delivery. A single on the final delivery makes it seven from the over.
AUS 30/2 in 5 overs
Renuka again. Starts with a wide. A single to deep mid wicket for Harris. McGrath tucks away the third delivery through mid wicket for a single. A bye on the next ball. McGrath drives the fifth but a diving save from Jemimah keeps it to just one run. Another leg bye to fine leg. Six runs from the over.
AUS 24/2 in 4 overs
Pooja Vastrakar to McGrath, taps to third man for a single. Another run for Harris through the off side on the fifth delivery. FOUR, angling on McGrath’s pads and she guides it away to the boundary.
ASHA SHOBANA RULED OUT
Indian spinner Asha Sobhana suffered a knee injury minutes before the start of her side’s crucial game against Australia in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 and was forced to sit out the match. Radha Yadav was named as her replacement.
AUS 18/2 in 3 overs
Renuka to Harris, one run as she heaves to deep mid wicket. Renuka struggling with her lines, gives away FIVE WIDES. Looks like there was pad. A single for Mooney on the next. WICKET! Mooney is caught at point. Mooney square cuts a full delivery but holes out to Radha Yadav.
Beth Mooney c Radha b Renuka Singh 2 (7)
Another one! Georgia Wareham is given leg before. Two in two for Renuka. A sharp nip backer is too good for Wareham.
Georgia Wareham lbw Renuka 0(1)
Tahlia McGrath survives the hat-trick ball. She gets a leg bye to fine leg.
AUS 9/0 in 2 overs
Shreyanka Patil to bowl the second. Mooney on strike. Shouts for lbw, but the ball had pitched outside leg. Mooney sweeps the third to fine leg, no run. She flicks the fourth to deep mid wicket for a single. Harris picks a single to deep square leg.
AUS 7/0 in 1 over
Grace Harris and Beth Mooney to open for Australia.
Renuka Singh Thakur with the new ball. Richa Ghosh up at the stumps. Asha Shobana not on the field at the moment. FOUR! A little bit of width from Harris, cut away through point. A wide adds to Australia’s total. Two runs on the fifth delivery through square leg.
Injury scare for India
Asha Shobana has hurt her ankle. She stepped weirdly when warming up right before anthems, pings Lavanya Lakshmi Narayanan from the ground.
We still wait for official confirmation.
LINEUPS
Australia: Beth Mooney(wk), Grace Harris, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath(c), Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Sophie Molineux, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown.
India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh.
TOSS - AUSTRALIA
Tahlia McGrath walks out as Austrlia captain.
Australia wins the toss and opts to bat. Grace Harris and Darcie Brown are the injury replacements.
One change for India. Pooja Vastrakar comes in for Sajana Sajeevan.
IND vs AUS Dream11 Prediction
WICKETKEEPERS
Beth Mooney (c)
BATTERS
Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Harmanpreet Kaur, Shafali Verma
All-ROUNDERS
Deepti Sharma, Ashleigh Gardner (vc), Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland
BOWLERS
Renuka Singh Thakur, Sophie Molineux
Team composition - IND-W 5:6 AUS-W, Credits left - 6
JUST IN - Alyssa Healy ruled out
It was a mere formality when the Australia captain arrived in crutches for the game, and the Australian camp just confirms that Alyssa Healy will not play today’s game.
Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Alyssa Healy seen in crutches ruled out of India vs Australia
The teams out on the park
India vs Australia - Head to head record
Matches played: 34
India won: 7
Australia won: 25
Tied: 1
No Result: 1
Last result: Australia beat India by 7 wickets (Mumbai, 2024)
Here’s what India captain had to say before the match
Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur wants her team to play its best cricket against Australia and doesn’t want it to lose sleep over a destiny that isn’t in its hands (result of New Zealand vs Pakistan match).
India vs Australia in T20 World Cups
2023 - Australia beat India by 5 runs
2020 - Australia beat India by 85 runs
2020 - India beat Australia by 17 runs
2018 - India beat Australia by 48 runs
2012 - Australia beat India by 8 wickets
2010 - Australia beat India by 7 wickets
How the Points Table stands
(Updated after England vs Scotland match on October 13)
Injury woes for defending champion
In the ongoing Women’s T20 World Cup, it is faced with more misfortune as the defending champion is faced with potentially losing Tayla Vlaeminck and skipper Alyssa Healy to injuries.
India vs Australia - Match preview
India will play against Australia in their big Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 group clash in Sharjah on Sunday, injuries to key members of the Australian side have only stirred the pot further.
Will we see a repeat of the 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup semifinals?
The last time India and Australia faced each other in a Women’s T20 World Cup was during the 2023 edition. The sides met in the semifinals, which saw the eventual champion Australia pip the Indians for a five-run win.
Where to watch India vs Australia Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 LIVE?
Where to watch LIVE telecast of Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 match between India and Australia?
The LIVE telecast of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 match between India and Australia will be available on the Star Sports platform.
Where to watch LIVE stream of Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 match between India and Australia?
The LIVE stream of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 match between India and Australia will be available on the Disney+ Hotstar platform. Moreover, you can catch all the LIVE updates on the Sportstar website and app.
