Live Updates & Detailed Commentary: India Women vs Australia Women 3rd ODI

The Indian women’s cricket team suffered a heavy defeat as the Australian women’s team scored over 400 runs under intense heat. Champion Australian team dominated the match, showing up strong, following their previous defeat. Standout performances included Alana King hitting a boundary off Arundhati Reddy’s delivery and Megan Schutt knocking a full outside off through for a single. Also notable was Kim Garth being caught out by Arundhati Reddy. Georgia Wareham, too, took multiple hits including a six off of Renuka Singh Thakur’s delivery, bringing the Australian women’s team to a total of 399.

Earlier, Arundhati Reddy had also managed to take a strong catch against Kim Garth on the follow-through, making Australia women 406/9. Ash Gardner made a quick-fire 39 off 24. Beth Mooney made an impressive century in just 57 balls making a knock of 138 off 75 balls in a fantastic innings. After 44 overs, Australia Women stood at 380/7 with Georgia Wareham at 6 and Alana King at 2 runs. The game continued like this with India Women struggling to keep up. By 46 overs Australia Women had moved onto a score of 405-8.

It was a tough day for the Indian women with poor fielding and unsuccessful bowling changes contributing to the huge total posted by Australia.