Australia Women's team defeated India by 3 runs

Australia Women's team defeated India by 3 runs: half-centuries from Litchfield and Perry took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ODI series.

Australia Women's team defeated India by 3 runs in the second ODI match. With this, Australia has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series. Australia had won by 6 wickets in the first ODI.

Australia won the toss and decided to bat first at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. The team scored 258 runs losing 8 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, the Indian team could score only 255 runs after losing 8 wickets in 50 overs.

Phoebe Litchfield (63), Elise Perry (50) played half-centuries. Whereas, Annabel Sutherland got 3 wickets. For India, Deepti Sharma took 5 wickets and Richa Ghosh missed her century after scoring 96 runs.

The third and last match of the series will be held on January 2 at Wankhede Stadium. After this, both the teams will play a series of 3 T-20 matches.

Australia started strong, middle order faltered

Captain Alyssa Healy and Phoebe Litchfield opened the innings for Australia. Healy returned to the pavilion after scoring 13 runs, she became the victim of Pooja Vastrakar. Elise Perry came at number three and handled the innings with Phoebe. There was a partnership of 77 runs between the two batsmen. Deepti Sharma broke this partnership by taking the wicket of Perry in the 24th over. Perry returned to the pavilion after scoring 50 runs.

The third wicket fell in the form of Beth Mooney, she was out after scoring 10 runs. Phoebe was out after scoring 63 runs in 98 balls. After this Australia failed to make any major partnership.

Tahlia McGrath returned to the pavilion after scoring 24 runs, Ashley Gardner 2 runs, Annabel Sutherland 23 runs and Georgia Wareham 22 runs. Alana King played some shots in the end and scored 28 runs in 17 balls. Kim Garth remained unbeaten with him after scoring 11 runs.

Deepti took 5 wickets

Deepti Sharma took 5 wickets for India. He got Elise Perry caught by Shreyanka Patil. After this, Beth Mooney was LBW and Tahlia McGrath was bowled. At the same time, Annabel Sutherland and Georgia Wareham caught Deepti's ball. Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil and Sneh Rana got 1 wicket each.

Richa Jemima's partnership did not work

The start of the Indian innings was not good. Yastika Bhatia and Smriti Mandhana opened the innings. Bhatia scored 14 runs and Mandhana scored 34 runs. Richa Ghosh who came at third place and Jemimah Rodriguez who came at fourth place strengthened the team. There was a partnership of 88 runs between the two. Jemima was out after scoring 44 runs and from here India's innings faltered.

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur also returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs. From here Deepti Sharma supported Richa and together added 47 runs, but this partnership did not last long and Ghosh returned to the pavilion after scoring 96 runs. It became difficult for the team to chase from here. Amanjot Kaur also got out after scoring 4 runs. Pooja Vastrakar was out after scoring 8 runs and Harleen Deol, who came in after a concussion, was out after scoring 1 run. Deepti Sharma remained unbeaten on 24 runs and Shreyanka Patil remained unbeaten on 5 runs.

Annabel Sutherland got 3 wickets for Australia. Georgia Wareham got 2 wickets. Whereas, Alana King, Ashley Gardner and Kim Garth got 1-1 success.

Sneh Rana injured, taken for scan

Indian all-rounder Sneh Rana got injured after colliding with Pooja Vastrakar during the match. After Rana complained of headache, he was taken for a scan. The team included Harleen Deol in the squad as her concussion replacement.

The incident occurred in the 25th over of the first innings, when Rana went from short third to her left and Vastrakar to her right from backward point, in an attempt to stop a cut by left-handed batsman Beth Mooney.

During this, Rana's head collided with Vastrakar and both the players fell on the ground. Rana was immediately taken off the field and the physio applied ice to his head.

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India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Yastika Bhatia, Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodriguez, Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil.

Australia: Alyssa Healy (captain), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Annabel Sutherland, Ashley Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Elana King, Kim Garth, Darcy Brown.