Two gorgeous innings, on both facet of the interval on a mad Saturday, offered the very best commercial for the upcoming ladies’s cricket World Cup.
Beth Mooney’s 75-ball 138 (23×4, 1×6) had nearly sealed a series-winning victory for Australia towards India on the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Australia had made 412 — 110 runs greater than the goal set within the highest profitable chase in ladies’s ODIs.
However, for the primary 20 overs of the Indian innings, the unimaginable regarded attainable.
India opener Smriti Mandhana was batting as if she was in a dream. She had made 58 and 117 within the final two matches and had regarded fluent whereas making these runs.
On this evening, she was a reduce above the remainder.
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The left-handed stylist charmed the fairly-filled stands with a panoramic show of pictures. She discovered her contact straightaway, and her bat quickly started to look extra like a magical wand, as she got here up with one attractive shot after one other.
The Australians had been dazed.
On the finish of the 20 overs, the host was 204 for 2. With skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (52, 35b, 8×4) lastly discovering her kind, the Indians, had been threatening to make historical past in additional methods than one.
However, Harmanpreet was trapped in entrance by Kim Garth, ending the 121-run stand for the third wicket. Within the very subsequent over, the vice-captain adopted her captain to the dressing room: Smriti, making an attempt to drag a full toss, was caught at deep square-leg off Grace Harris.
Earlier, Smriti’s hundred got here off 50 balls. Solely former Australian captain Meg Lanning has made a quicker century in ladies’s ODIs — off 45 balls.
After the setbacks, Deepti Sharma (72, 58b, 5×4, 2×6) waged a courageous battle, however the goal was going to be too daunting.
Smriti’s hundred got here off 50 balls. Solely former Australian captain Meg Lanning has made a quicker century in ladies’s ODIs — off 45 balls.
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SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
Smriti’s hundred got here off 50 balls. Solely former Australian captain Meg Lanning has made a quicker century in ladies’s ODIs — off 45 balls.
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SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
Within the afternoon, Mooney performed the star position in Australia’s spectacular batting present. And he or she was a lady in a rush. She had come into this match with a strike-rate of almost 86, however on this innings she struck at 184.
After captain Alyssa Healy (30, 18b, 7×4) fell to Kranti Goud for the third time within the collection, fellow-opener Georgia Voll (81, 68b, 14×4), Ellyse Perry (68, 72b, 7×4, 2×6) and Gardner (39, 24b, 5×4, 1×6) all went after the Indian bowlers, who had referred to as the pictures within the second ODI at New Chandigarh.
With this win, the Aussies have maintained their unbeaten document in bilateral collection towards India, courting again to 1984.
Printed on Sep 20, 2025