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Outclassed successful the archetypal 2 ODIs, a struggling India volition request to code their batting frailties to salvage immoderate pridefulness erstwhile they look a ascendant Australia successful the 3rd and last women's ODI successful Hobart connected Sunday (March 1, 2026).
World champions India person failed to station competitory totals successful some matches, allowing Australia to cruise to triumph with small resistance.
In the opening game, India slumped to 3 wickets down wrong the powerplay and ne'er rather recovered. Though the visitors corrected that successful the 2nd ODI with a 78-run opening stand, the mediate and little bid failed to capitalise.
India mislaid 5 wickets for conscionable 52 runs betwixt the 17th and 31st overs, an country they request to address.
India were bowled retired for 214 successful the archetypal ODI and managed a below-par 251 for 9 successful the second, totals that Australia chased down comfortably to support their grounds of winning each bilateral ODI bid against India.
Harmanpreet Kaur and her squad volition request a markedly improved batting show to forestall Australia from completing different whitewash, akin to the 1 successful precocious 2024.
Young opener Pratika Rawal rebounded from a duck to people a fifty, portion Smriti Mandhana made 31 and 58 successful the 2 matches.
Harmanpreet besides registered 2 half-centuries.
However, the deficiency of important contributions from elder batters specified arsenic Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma has wounded India.
“I deliberation successful the past 2 games we didn’t bat well, and I deliberation that truly outgo us. So I deliberation it’s lone astir batting good and batting deep, and hopefully successful the adjacent crippled we’ll bash that,” Harmanpreet had said aft the 2nd ODI.
The bowling portion excessively has been inconsistent and lacked penetration.
Deepti has taken 3 wickets, but Shree Charani, though she took 2 wickets successful archetypal game, was costly successful the 2nd match.
The gait duo of Kashvee Gautam and Kranti Gaud volition request to beryllium much accordant and onslaught aboriginal to forestall Australia from dominating the powerplay.
India's fielding was besides not upto the people with Gaud, Mandhana and Richa Ghosh dropping chances.
Australia, successful contrast, person ticked astir boxes.
Georgia Voll’s commanding period and Phoebe Litchfield’s fluent strokeplay powered a connection pursuit successful the 2nd ODI, portion Beth Mooney, Alyssa Healy and Annabel Sutherland had starred successful the archetypal game.
The Australian bowling attack, led by Megan Schutt and Ashleigh Gardner, has besides impressed with corporate contributions.
Besides the two, Alana King and Sutherland excessively person been among wickets.
India had won the T20I bid 2-1, but Australia’s 2 ODI victories person fixed them a 6-4 pb successful the multi-format series.
India volition look to bounce backmost successful the last ODI and the consequent one-off Test successful Perth to debar ending the circuit connected a disappointing note.
Teams (from):
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Renuka Thakur, Sree Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Sneh Rana, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Uma Chetry (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Kashvee Gautam, Harleen Deol, Pratika Rawal.
Australia: Alyssa Healy (c), Sophie Molineux (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham.
Match starts: 9.20 americium IST.
