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Having secured a stunning T20I bid triumph, reigning satellite champions India volition person the intelligence borderline erstwhile they instrumentality connected Australia successful the archetypal women's ODI of a three-match bid successful Brisbane connected Tuesday (February 24, 2026).
India had beaten Australia successful the World Cup semifinal past year successful Navi Mumbai and the hosts would beryllium looking to avenge that stunning defeat.
What makes the bid adjacent much important is the information that 1 of Australia's top players, Alyssa Healy, volition beryllium making her swansong ODI quality successful this rubber. She volition beryllium ending her illustrious vocation aft the one-off Test against India starting connected March 6 successful Perth.
Healy volition instrumentality to pb Australia aft missing the three-match T20I bid which India clinched 2-1 aft winning the decider by 17 runs successful Adelaide connected Saturday (February 21). It was Australia's archetypal bilateral bid decision since 2017.
Star leg-spinner Alana King is besides coming to the ODI and Test sides aft being overlooked for the T20 series.
For India, Kashvee Gautam, Harleen Deol and Pratika Rawal volition travel successful to regenerate of Arundhati Reddy, Bharti Fulmali, and Shreyanka Patil.
Having recuperated from an ankle injury, batter Rawal was added precocious to the ODI squad.
Star opener Smriti Mandhana is expected proceed to beryllium India's batting mainstay aft her match-winning 82 successful the 3rd T20I.
"Beating Australia successful Australia is thing truly special. We volition determination connected to the ODI series. We are connected the verge of a modulation wherever we privation to predominate satellite cricket.
"And whoever we beat, wherever we beat, that doesn't matter. We conscionable privation to beryllium accordant successful beating them and being astatine the top," Mandhana had said.
Jemimah Rodrigues, who made a stunning 127 successful India's five-wicket win implicit Australia successful the ODI World Cup, will beryllium different batter to ticker retired for. She contributed 59 and shared a 121-run concern with Mandhana successful the 3rd T20I win.
India volition besides beryllium banking connected skipper Harmanpreet Kaur to lend musculus to batting. She did not get a accidental to bat successful the archetypal T20I, made 36 successful the 2nd and 2 not retired successful the third.
In the bowling department, Renuka Thakur and Sree Charani volition spell into the ODI bid aft being among the wickets successful the T20I matches portion seasoned Deepti Sharma would look to travel bully aft a mediocre amusement successful the shortest fortmat.
There is nary dearth of match-winners successful the star-studded Australian broadside which had dominated white-ball cricket for long. They would question inspiration from the likes of Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, too Healy and King, to marque amends of the T20I bid loss.
After the opening crippled successful Brisbane, the different 2 ODIs of the bid volition beryllium held successful Hobart connected February 27 and March 1.
The trophy for the multi-format bid volition beryllium decided connected points, with 2 points for each T20 and 50-over triumph and 4 for a Test triumph.
India are presently starring 4-2 aft the 2-1 T20I bid win.
The Squads:
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 astatine 9.20 americium IST.
