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The Indian Women’s Cricket team will face the near-invincible Australian side in a Super Sunday blockbuster at the 2025 Women’s World Cup on October 12 at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam in front of a sold-out crowd.
The Women in Blue come into the game on the back of a shock defeat at the hands of South Africa from a winning position as the Proteas pulled off a heist to seal a three-wicket win with seven balls to spare. The hosts are third on the table with five points.
Meanwhile, Australia are on top spot in the table after starting the tournament with a big win over New Zealand by 89 runs. Later, their game against Sri Lanka was washed out due to rain. Later, they survived a scare against Pakistan as they were 76-7 but still won by a huge margin of 107 runs.
Australia leads the head-to-head, as the two sides have played each other 59 times, in which the Southern Stars have 48 wins while India has just 11 victories. In the Women’s World Cup, the two sides have faced off 13 times, with three wins for the Women in Blue and 10 for the seven-time champions. The two sides met in a three-match series just before the event started, which was a closely fought affair with the Allysa Healy-led side winning it 2-1.
Toss: Australia win the the toss, chose to bowl
Weather Report: While there has been rain around in Vizag, which saw the India-South Africa game also start an hour later, the threat for this fixture is minimal with less than 20% chance of rain.
Pitch Report: The India-South Africa game was the first match at the venue and saw a sluggish track with help for bowlers early, but it got better to bat as the innings went on.
India XI: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (WK), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Sree Charani
Australia XI: Alyssa Healy (C/WK), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ash Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt
India Woman Squad: Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Richa Ghosh(w), Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Uma Chetry
Australia Woman Squad: Alyssa Healy(w/c), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Georgia Wareham, Kim Garth, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Heather Graham, Sophie Molineux, Darcie Brown, Georgia Voll
