INDW vs AUSW, ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 LIVE: Smriti-Rawal’s fifties take India to highest total vs AUSW in World Cup history
Fifties from Smriti Mandhana (80 off 66) and Pratika Rawal (75 off 96) helped India Women put up their highest innings total against Australia Women in a Women's World Cup match in Vizag on Sunday.
Last Updated: 06.46 PM, Oct 12, 2025
India Women put up a formidable total of 330 all out against Australia Women in their ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 clash in Vizag on Sunday. The innings was highlighted by a brilliant century stand from the Indian openers, setting their highest total against Australia in a Women’s World Cup match.
Good start from India Women
The innings got off to an explosive start with the Indian openers Pratika Rawal and Smriti Mandhana orchestrating a dominant partnership out of the gate.
Mandhana was the star of the show with a well-paced 80 runs off 66 balls, including 9 fours and 3 sixes, demonstrating her class and ability to accelerate when needed.
Pratika Rawal complemented her well with a mature 75 off 96 balls propelled by 10 fours, anchoring the innings and ensuring India maintained a steady run rate through the middle overs.
This opening partnership laid a solid foundation, putting India in control and regularly pushing the scoring rate past six runs per over.
Stars from the middle order but could not cash in
After the fall of the first wicket at 155 runs in the 24th over, India continued to lose wickets at regular intervals but kept the scoreboard ticking thanks to valuable middle-order contributions.
Harleen Deol played a useful knock of 38 runs off 42 balls, while captain Harmanpreet Kaur added 22 in a brisk cameo before falling to Megan Schutt.
Jemimah Rodrigues (33 runs off 21 balls) and Richa Ghosh (32 runs off 22 balls) kept the threat alive with aggressive intent towards the death overs.
Five-wicket haul from Sutherland
The tail-end resisted to some extent but eventually was cleaned up by Annabel Sutherland, who was the standout bowler for Australia with an excellent five-wicket haul, conceding only 40 runs in 9.5 overs.
Sophie Molineux also bowled well, taking three wickets and maintaining pressure at key junctures. The Australian bowling unit showed resilience despite the injury loss of Megan Schutt, whose injury may impact Australia’s bowling plans during the chase.
Extras were unusually high at 24, including 13 wides and five penalty runs following an incident involving the fielding team’s helmet, which added some additional runs to India’s tally. This helped push the total beyond 330, a score that presents a formidable target in the context of modern women’s cricket.