Cricket is an extremely popular sport. Women cricket teams have recently gained more interest and popularity; India-Australia was an exciting matchup.
Maddy Darke has been in terrific form for Australia A, taking some time to adjust but then dominating with her bat.
Here we will discuss the main points or high lights of India Women’s National Cricket Team vs Australia Women’s National Cricket Team Match Scorecard.
India vs Australia
Australia women’s national cricket team will face India women’s in a three-match One Day International series beginning 5 and 8 December 2024. The first two matches will take place at Allan Border Field in Brisbane while WACA Ground in Perth hosts the final match as part of the 2024-25 Women’s ODI Championship. Games will be live streamed on Disney+ Hotstar as well as broadcast by Star Sports.
Harmanpreet Kaur led India to an extraordinary win against Australia at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai – their maiden Test win ever against them – after they found themselves off track during Day 3, only for Tahlia McGrath to show her determination in fighting back and secure victory with her determined effort. It marked India’s inaugural Test win in dramatic fashion!
Indian women’s cricket has experienced an upswing since its turbulent start; finally becoming an unstoppable force at home. After two consecutive home victories over England and Australia, India will hope to maintain their winning ways when travelling Down Under for their upcoming Test series.
Australia women’s cricket team boasts a world-class squad featuring some of the world’s premier cricketers like Usman Khawaja, Matt Renshaw, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Alex Carey Peter Handscomb Sarah McIlwraith Scott Boland Josh Hazlewood Mitchell Swepson and Nathan Lyon. All these individuals have performed excellently for Australia thus far.
Though Australia have fallen to India in their opening ODI match, they have fared impressively since. Winning both third and fourth one-day internationals by wide margins respectively and beating Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium for their inaugural Test game has made a statement of intent from these Australian players.
India and Sri Lanka both know the match between them is of immense significance for their respective teams, as a win by either side can increase their chances of reaching the final and winning the prestigious trophy. While India are favorites in this series, beating hosts Sri Lanka will require them to perform at their best and beat rival India ranked second in ICC World Rankings.
India won by 44 runs
Women in Blue used both ball and bat to prevent an energetic Australian comeback, first by sparking an early collapse among visitors’ ranks to claim their remaining wickets for 28 and then easily reaching a meager target of 75 without much fuss – leaving Harmanpreet Kaur’s side alive in their search for semi-final qualification.
After losing their openers early, Australia found themselves at 14/3 in the 10th over. But thanks to Beth Mooney, who hit an amazing fifty in 38 balls – alongside Tahlia McGrath who also scored 50 in 58 balls – Australia managed a score of 163/6.
India, on the other hand, started slowly but accelerated during the second half to post 187/6 at 20 overs. Harmanpreet Kaur scored unbeaten on 62 while Smriti Mandhana made 47 runs as they created an impressive total.
India and New Zealand had tied on points at the top of their group after four matches, but with India boasting a superior net run rate to New Zealand’s, victory against Australia was essential if they wanted to progress past group stage.
Kaur believed the key to India’s success lay in keeping things straightforward and playing positive cricket, along with believing in themselves and performing under pressure. She stressed the significance of believing in yourself, saying when doing so one can develop an attitude which helps improve play: “Believe in yourself; this gives your game a boost!”
India and Australia have met 43 times in ODIs with India winning only 10 matches; Australia have an edge in T20Is though with seven victories to India’s four. Deepti Sharma leads India against Australia in T20Is, taking 27 wickets while Ellyse Perry closes behind with 24 scalps for Australia – they will meet again for Super Over on Sunday at DY Patil Stadium.
India batting
After their successful tour of England, India’s women’s cricket team will head Down Under for a three-match T20 series against Australia. Although India are favorites to win this series, their batting line-up must improve significantly if they hope to defeat Australia.
Harmanpreet Kaur will lead India’s T20I squad, while Smriti Mandhana will serve as her deputy. These two have had great success competing against one another over time in T20Is and will look to keep dominating against their Australian opponents.
India and Australia have faced off five times since 2006; India won one while Australia three. But India held on to have an edge against Australia head-to-head; they came away victorious by an innings and four runs at that Test matchup.
India and Australia will kick-off the three-match series this Friday at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium with their inaugural match slated to start at 9:00 pm local time. Both sides boast strong squads in international cricket; both will give it their all to claim the trophy and put forward their best performance on the pitch.
India made an excellent start despite losing the toss, scoring 147 runs in 20 overs with Richa Ghosh leading them with 34 runs from 28 balls, followed by Smriti Mandhan who notched an impressive fifty runs.
Australia suffered early setbacks as Pooja Vastrakar removed Ashleigh Gardner and Alana King to put Australia in difficulty, followed by Rajeshwari Gayakwad taking two wickets quickly in Annabel Sutherland and Kim Garth to put them out of contention.
Sayali Satghare and Priya Punia attempted a comeback in the final over but were run out, leaving India all out for 16 runs despite exerting huge effort in that final over.
India bowling
The India women’s national cricket team, commonly referred to as “The Women in Blue,” represents India in international women’s cricket. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and full members of the International Cricket Council with Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International status; currently captained by Alyssa Healy and coached by Shelley Nitschke; they currently top all world rankings assigned by the ICC for women’s game – currently Dream11 is their sponsor as of July 2023; previously they had been sponsored by OPPO from 2017-2022 as well Byju’s from September 2019-March 2023 respectively.
India’s bowling lineup, led by both ODI and T20I captain Jasprit Bumrah, has been formidable so far in this tournament. Axar Patel’s searing yorkers provide much-needed balance against an aggressive attack, while Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav act as formidable spinners to complete its arsenal – making India an insurmountable force to be reckoned with in this competition.
India has seen significant success with red-ball cricket despite a weak performance in their sole Test victory, thanks to players’ widespread liking of this format and senior players embracing multi-day matches as a result of India’s push into red-ball cricket. India’s success also helped spur on revivals of multi-day matches domestically.
Australia, on the other hand, boasts a formidable bowling lineup led by both ODI and T20I captain Pat Cummins and comprising Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood (unplayable this tournament), Adam Zampa adding his economical bowling, while all-rounder Marcus Stoinis can provide potency to this group.
Australia’s young talent is flourishing under the guidance of experienced coaches. This is evident by their youth teams’ performances both ODI and T20I formats, where they consistently put up good performances. A recent ODI series against England showcased some outstanding individual performances by youngsters such as wicketkeeper-batsman Alyssa Healy.