This is the biggest defeat of the Australia women’s team. The Australia women’s team has lost over 100 runs in ODIs for the first time. Earlier, Australia’s biggest defeat was 92 runs. England defeated Australia in 1973.
Australia won the toss and decided to bowl. Batting first, the Indian team scored 292 runs losing all wickets in 49.5 overs. India’s opener Smriti Mandhana scored 117 runs with 4 sixes and 14 fours off 91 balls. He completed his century with just 77 balls. Indian women’s cricket is the second fastest ODI century in history.
The record of scoring the fastest ODI century is also in the name of Mandhana. Earlier this year, he scored a century off 70 balls. This was the 12th century of Mandhana’s ODI career. Apart from Mandhana, Deepti Sharma scored 40, wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh 29, Pratika Rawal 25 and Sneh Rana scored 24 runs.
For Australia, Dorky Brown took 3 wickets for 42 runs in 8 overs. Ashley Gardner took 2, Megan Skut, Annabel Sadherland, Tahila McGrai took 1-1 wickets. Australia used 8 bowlers.
Chasing a target of 293 runs, the Australian team was reduced to 190 runs in 40.5 overs and lost the match by 102 runs. Anabel Sutherland scored 45 and Alice Perry scored 44 runs for Australia. For India, Kranti Gaur bowled deadly and took 3 wickets for 28 runs in 9.5 overs. Deepti Sharma took 2 wickets for 24 runs in 6 overs. Renuka Singh, Sneh Rana, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav took 1-1 wickets.