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Outplayed successful the series-opener, reigning satellite champions India would purpose for an improved batting effort successful the 2nd women's ODI against Australia to support the three-match rubber live connected Friday (February 27, 2026).
Having won the T20 bid 2-1, a below-par India started the ODI contests connected a disappointing note, losing by six wickets successful Brisbane. The Indian women's squad has ne'er won a bilateral ODI bid against Australia.
Australia person dominated the rivalry against India successful this format, having won each 11 of the bilateral ODI bid betwixt the 2 sides, including a 3-0 triumph successful precocious 2024 and a 2-1 triumph successful September 2025.
But India volition look to gully inspiration from their five-wicket triumph implicit Australia successful the 2025 Women's ODI World Cup semifinals.
In the lung-opener here, India were not upto the situation and were bundled retired for a paltry 214.
Barring vice-captain Smriti Mandhana (58), skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (53) and Kahsvee Gautam (43), nary different Indian batter could nutrient important knocks and struggled against Australia's disciplined bowling.
Opening the batting, Pratika Rawal made a duck, portion Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma besides failed to emergence to the occasion. India would beryllium banking connected the quartet to travel bully connected Friday.
Big-hitting wicket-keeper Richa Ghosh, who made 23, besides struggled and the squad would anticipation that she provides the much-needed impetus towards the end.
On the bowling front, left-arm spinner Shree Charani was the prima with figures of 2/41 from her 9 overs, but she volition look for enactment from the likes of Deepti Sharma (1/49) and Kashvee successful the mediate overs.
But the onus would beryllium connected right-arm accelerated mean pacers Renuka Singh and Kranti Gaud to inflict the harm aboriginal on, which they failed to bash successful the series-opener.
Trailing successful the series, the Indian squad absorption mightiness besides beryllium tempted to bring successful all-rounders Amanjot Kaur and Sneh Rana.
Senior India all-rounder Deepti hopes to marque a beardown comeback successful the 2nd ODI to gully parity successful the series.
"As a squad we played but the effect didn't travel our way. We wil travel backmost stronger successful the adjacent game," she said connected the eve of the match.
"We volition support it simple, we are not reasoning that much. We are focussing connected our strengths."
Australia, connected the different hand, volition beryllium assured of providing the cleanable farewell to their skipper Alyssa Healy, who scored a good 50 astatine the apical successful the past match, by sealing the bid connected Friday.
Healy and Phoebe Litchfield person been accordant astatine the top, stitching a half-century basal and they volition similar to proceed successful the aforesaid vein.
The pursuit was a cakewalk for Australia with Beth Mooney (76) and Annabel Sutherland (48 not out) finishing the proceedings with an 85-run basal for the 4th wicket.
Australia's bowling excessively has been spot connected with Megan Schutt, Ashleigh Gardner, Alana King, Tahila McGrath and Sophie Molineux each being economical and among wickets.
The trophy for the multi-format series, which includes a lone pinkish shot Test successful Perth, volition beryllium decided connected points, with 2 points for each T20 and 50-over triumph and 4 for a Test triumph.
Teams:
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 9.20a.m..
