Australia Women vs India Women Match Preview, 3rd ODI

India have suffered back-to-back defeats to Australia in the three-match ODI series. They lost the opening game by five wickets, while in the second, the hosts batted brilliantly to post a massive 371 before restricting the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side to 249, winning the game by 122 runs. There are plenty of areas that the team needs to address ahead of the third ODI as nothing has worked for the visitors so far.

On the other hand, the hosts have been brilliant with both bat and ball so far. In the last game, Phoebe Litchfield gave a perfect start to her team, scoring 60 while her opening partner Georgia Voll slammed a century (101 off 87). Senior all-rounder Ellyse Perry was also in phenomenal form as she batted with intent and smacked 105 runs off 70 deliveries. Keeper-batter Beth Mooney kept the momentum going, scoring a half-century.

For India, Saima Thakor picked up three wickets but the bowlers failed to contain the flow of runs and have plenty of room for improvement in the upcoming game. Even with the bat, seniors Harmanpreet and Smriti Mandhana have not been able to fire and that has put more pressure on the rest of the side. 

Match Details

Pitch Report

The surface at the WACA ground usually favours the bowlers. After the initial few overs, the batters are expected to enjoy but if bowlers pick the right line and length, the batters could be in trouble. Bowling first will be ideal.

Head-to-Head Record

Predicted Playing XIs

Australia

Australia are likely to play the same combination for the third ODI as there is no real reason to change the winning combination. The team will be hoping to keep up with the momentum and stay consistent leading to the World Cup in 2025.

Australia Women: Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Voll, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney (wk), Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath (c), Sophie Molineux, Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt

India

India might consider bringing in Arundhati Reddy but it won’t be surprising if they play the same XI.

India Women: Priya Punia, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Titas Sadhu, Priya Mishra, Saima Thakor, Renuka Singh Thakur