DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai. 30 October 2025. Australia Women had scored 338 all out in 49.5 overs a semi-final total that had beaten every team they had faced at the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. India needed their highest ever successful World Cup chase to get to the final. That chase 342 runs, in a knockout match, against the most successful women’s cricket team in history was India’s defining performance of the decade.
But here’s the real problem: most coverage treats this as a one-off miracle result. What they miss is that three months later, Australia won the ODI series in Australia 2026 to level the multi-format series, confirming this rivalry is the most equally contested in women’s cricket today. India’s World Cup semi-final result was not a fluke. Neither was Australia’s ODI counter-attack.
This article covers every India Women vs Australia Women match from October 2025 to March 2026 World Cup semi-final scorecards, 2026 bilateral T20I and ODI series results, India A Women’s tour of Australia, multi-format series standings, and the player battles that define this rivalry.
India Women vs Australia Women: Quick All-Format Summary (2025–26)
| Match | Date | Format | Venue | India | Australia | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICC Women’s WC 2025 Semi-Final | Oct 30, 2025 | ODI | DY Patil, Navi Mumbai | 341/5 (48.3) | 338 (49.5) | India by 5 wkts |
| Tour match (warm-up) | Feb 13, 2026 | T20 | North Sydney | 121/5 (17.3) | Gov-XI 120/8 | India practice win |
| 1st T20I | Feb 15, 2026 | T20I | SCG, Sydney | 50/1 (5.1) DLS | 133 (18 ov) | India by 21 runs |
| 2nd T20I | Feb 19, 2026 | T20I | Manuka Oval, Canberra | 144/9 (20) | 163/5 (20) | Australia by 19 runs |
| 3rd T20I | Feb 21, 2026 | T20I | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | — | — | T20I series: India 2-1 |
| 1st ODI | Feb 24, 2026 | ODI | The Gabba, Brisbane | 213 (50) | 217/4 (32.2) | Australia by 6 wkts |
| 2nd ODI | Feb 27, 2026 | ODI | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | — | — | — |
| 3rd ODI | Mar 1, 2026 | ODI | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | — | — | — |
| Only Test | Mar 6–9, 2026 | Test (D/N) | WACA, Perth | — | — | — |
ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 Semi-Final: Full Scorecard
The most important India vs Australia Women’s match in history.
Match: India Women vs Australia Women 2nd Semi-Final, ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025
Date: Thursday, 30 October 2025 (Day/Night)
Venue: DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Result: India Women won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
Score Summary
| Team | Score | Overs |
|---|---|---|
| Australia Women | 338 all out | 49.5 |
| India Women | 341/5 | 48.3 |
Australia Women Innings: 338 All Out (49.5 Overs)
Australia batted first at DY Patil and produced a dominant, professional 338 the kind of total that has beaten most teams in knockout cricket.
Turning point in Australia’s innings: Australia were effectively dismissed for 338 in 49.5 overs just short of their full allocation. A disciplined end to their innings from India’s death bowlers restricted them to under 340.
Australia scoring 338 in a World Cup semi-final suggests India’s bowling underperformed. But context matters DY Patil in October is an extremely flat surface, and Australia’s top order is the deepest in women’s cricket. Australia went on to reach the World Cup final, which means their 338 was genuinely earned against a top-five team.
India Women Innings: 341/5 (48.3 Overs)
India chased 339 in a World Cup knockout. This is the boldest chasing performance in women’s cricket history.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key contributors | High-scoring | All contributing | Multiple batters reached 50+ to build the 341/5 total |
India chasing 339 to win a World Cup semi-final represents the highest successful chase in a women’s ODI knockout fixture. Every single India batter had to contribute no single player could dominate this chase. The fact that India finished 341/5 (5 wickets down, 9 balls remaining) suggests the game was genuinely tight until the final 5–6 overs.
Turning point: Winning with 9 balls remaining means India needed approximately 8–10 runs off the last 10 balls in a 341-run chase. That suggests India were tight at the death not cruising. The tension in those final overs was a genuine contest.
India’s 341/5 in a semi-final chase is as significant as any batting performance in women’s cricket including Smriti Mandhana’s centuries, Harmanpreet Kaur’s 2017 World Cup semifinal ton, or Beth Mooney’s ICC finals heroics. A 339-run chase, against Australia, in a knockout, away from a pressure-free batting surface that is the greatest team batting effort in India Women’s history.
India Women Tour of Australia 2026: Full Scorecard Results
India toured Australia from 15 February to 16 March 2026 for a multi-format series: 3 T20Is, 3 ODIs, and a one-off WACA Test. This was framed as a multi-format series points accumulate across all formats.
T20I Series 2026
1st T20I SCG, Sydney | 15 February 2026
Australia Women 133 (18 overs) vs India Women 50/1 (5.1 overs, DLS target 30)
India Women won by 21 runs (DLS method)
Match context:
- Australia batted first and were restricted to 133 in 18 overs below their batting potential
- Rain interrupted India’s chase at 50/1 off 5.1 overs
- DLS target set at 30; India had already surpassed it India win by 21 runs
Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and chose to bowl first at the SCG. That decision bowling first, restricting Australia to 133, then having India’s openers launch to 50/1 was the best pre-rain tactical call of the series. Without the toss decision, Australia might have chased 200+ instead of defending 133.
India’s multi-format series lead after Match 1: 4–0 (3 points for the DLS T20I win, plus carry-forward from the World Cup semi-final result.)
2nd T20I: Manuka Oval, Canberra | 19 February 2026
Australia Women 163/5 (20 overs) vs India Women 144/9 (20 overs)
Australia Women beat India Women by 19 runs
| Team | Score | Overs | RR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia Women | 163/5 | 20 | 8.15 |
| India Women | 144/9 | 20 | 7.20 |
Player of the Match: Georgia Voll — 88 off 57 balls
Full key batting and bowling:
| Australia Batter | Runs | Balls | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Voll | 88 | 57 | Player of the Match; anchored the innings |
| Beth Mooney | 46 | 39 | Second top scorer; set up the platform |
| India Batter | Runs | Balls | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmanpreet Kaur | 36 | 30 | Top-scorer for India in a failed chase |
| Smriti Mandhana | 31 | 24 | Began well but couldn’t convert |
| Australia Bowler | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashleigh Gardner | 4 | 22 | 3 | Match-defining bowling spell |
| Annabel Sutherland | 4 | 18 | 2 | Supported Gardner; pressure from both ends |
| India Bowler | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arundhati Reddy | 4 | 30 | 2 | Best India bowler on the night |
| Renuka Singh Thakur | 4 | 27 | 1 | Economy acceptable |
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Turning point: India were progressing in the chase at 59/1 after 7.4 overs when Jemimah Rodrigues (3 off 3) fell cheaply. From 59/1 the innings deteriorated India lost 6 wickets for 7 runs in a spectacular collapse, going from approximately 137 to 144/9. That 7-run collapse for 6 wickets in the death overs gifted Australia the match.
Ashleigh Gardner’s 3/22 in 4 overs was not about swing or pace it was about Gardner’s off-spin hitting the slower surface at Manuka Oval perfectly, where India’s lower order struggled to sweep or slog-sweep against extra bounce. Gardner didn’t just take wickets; she prevented India from hitting the boundaries that would have made a 19-run deficit surmountable.
India chased 163 off 20 overs a gettable total. They fell to 144/9 not because 163 was too many, but because 6 wickets fell for 7 runs in the death. When India collapse, they do not lose gradually they lose in clusters. This pattern visible in the 2nd T20I, in the 1st ODI is India Women’s single biggest technical vulnerability in away conditions.
3rd T20I: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 21 February 2026
India took the T20I series 2–1
India won the 3rd T20I at Adelaide Oval to win the series 2–1. This was their first T20I series win against Australia in approximately 10 years.
Multi-format series: India 4–4 (T20I win gave India 2 points + existing 2 points; Australia’s ODI wins would start adjusting the balance)
ODI Series 2026
1st ODI: The Gabba, Brisbane | 24 February 2026
India Women 213 (50 overs) vs Australia Women 217/4 (32.2 overs)
Australia Women won by 6 wickets (with 17.4 overs remaining)
| India Batter | Runs | Balls | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smriti Mandhana | 58 | — | Top-scorer; dismissed by Tahlia McGrath |
| Others | Lower contributions | — | India scored just 213 despite the Gabba surface |
| India Bowler | Notes |
|---|---|
| Deepti Sharma | Conceded the winning six (Sutherland, over 32.2) but also took the Mooney wicket (204/4) |
| Tahlia McGrath | Took Mandhana’s wicket — the key India wicket |
Australia won by 6 wickets, chasing 214 in 32.2 overs.
Multi-format series: 4–4 (Australia levelled with 2 ODI points)
Turning point: India scored just 213. With a batting lineup including Mandhana, Harmanpreet, Jemimah, Deepti and Richa Ghosh, 213 in 50 overs at The Gabba a flat Australian ODI surface was underbatting. Mandhana’s dismissal for 58 (the highest score) triggered the same cluster-wicket collapse pattern as the T20I series.
India’s bowling was excellent across the 2026 tour Renuka, Arundhati, Deepti, and Pooja Vastrakar were consistently competitive. The problem was batting structure in pressure ODI situations in Australia. India score 213 at The Gabba when a good day would produce 270–280. That 60-70 run deficit in batting is not a bowler’s problem. It is a top-order decision-making problem.
India A Women Tour of Australia 2025: Full Results
Before the main women’s tour, India A Women travelled to Australia in August 2025 for an unofficial series: 3 T20Is + 3 ODIs + 1 Test.
| Match | Date | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Unofficial T20I | Aug 7, 2025 | T20I | Australia A won by 13 runs |
| 2nd Unofficial T20I | Aug 2025 | T20I | — |
| 3rd Unofficial T20I | Aug 2025 | T20I | — |
| 3rd Unofficial ODI | Aug 2025 | ODI | — |
| Only Unofficial Test | Aug 2025 | Test | Australia A won by 6 wickets (AUS-A 305/10 + 283/4 vs IND-A 299/10 + 286/10) |
Unofficial Test Summary:
- India A scored 299 in 1st innings and 286 in 2nd innings
- Australia A scored 305 in 1st innings and 283/4 to win
- Australia A won by 6 wickets
The India A Women’s tour results A-team T20I series 1-0 to Australia A, unofficial Test loss by 6 wickets directly predicted what happened in the main 2026 tour. India’s A team was not dominant against Australia A, which means the senior team came to Australia without a strong reserve-team confidence boost. Australia’s A-grade pipeline was working perfectly.
Key Player Battles: India Women vs Australia Women
1. Smriti Mandhana vs Australia’s Pace: The Series’ Most Critical Battle
In the 1st ODI at Brisbane, Mandhana top-scored with 58 before being dismissed by Tahlia McGrath. In the 2nd T20I, she scored 31 off 24.
Mandhana starts well (top-scorer in both matches) but is dismissed before converting into a match-winning 80+. Australia’s plan McGrath’s medium-pace, Sutherland’s angle specifically targets Mandhana in the 35–60 ball range. India have no Plan B when Mandhana is dismissed at 55–65.
What to watch: Mandhana’s conversion rate in away ODIs. She averages 48 in ODIs but her away conversion (50s to 100s) is significantly lower than at home.
2. Beth Mooney vs India’s Spin Attack
In the 1st ODI, Mooney scored 76 before being caught Mandhana off Deepti Sharma. In the 2nd T20I, she scored 46 off 39.
Turning point: Mooney reached her 20th ODI fifty against India in Brisbane. She is methodical, scores at 80–90 SR in ODIs, and specifically targets India’s slower bowlers sweeping and driving Deepti effectively.
Counterintuitive fact: India’s best chance of dismissing Mooney is actually through Renuka Singh’s pace off the surface rather than through spin. Renuka’s pace-through-the-surface at 120–125 km/h creates mis-timed drives from Mooney in a way that off-spin doesn’t.
3. Ashleigh Gardner vs India’s Middle Order
Gardner’s 3/22 in 4 overs at Manuka Oval was the bowling performance of the 2026 T20I series. Her off-spin at extra bounce hit India’s lower-middle order Harmanpreet’s 36 off 30 was notable, but Gardner dismissed the batters around her.
Gardner is not just a spinner she is a problem-solver bowler. Australia use her precisely when India’s chase is on track, when the required rate is manageable, and when India’s batters are beginning to relax. Her 3/22 triggered India’s 6-for-7 collapse. That tactical deployment spinner in the 12th–16th over window to create pressure before death is Australia’s most dangerous bowling strategy against India.
4. Georgia Voll: Australia’s Rising Matchmaker
Voll scored 88 off 57 balls in the 2nd T20I Player of the Match batting ahead of Healy and Mooney in the order. She also dismissed India in the ODI through her contribution to the early pressure spell.
Georgia Voll at 21 years old is Australia’s most dangerous T20I batter against India Women. She is not yet mentioned alongside Healy or Mooney in most pre-match discussions, but her 88 off 57 at Manuka was the most impactful innings of the entire 2026 bilateral series. India’s team management needs to specifically plan for Voll in T20 encounters.
5. Deepti Sharma vs Australia’s Death Batting
Deepti conceded the winning six to Sutherland in the 1st ODI but also took Mooney’s wicket at 204/4. She is India’s most important multi-phase bowler medium-pace off-spin in overs 30–45 where Australia’s lower order attacks.
This is where things go wrong for India: When Australia need 50 off the last 10 overs with 3 wickets in hand, Deepti is the bowler India use. If Australia promote Sutherland before over 40 (as they did in Brisbane), Deepti’s flight-and-drift is attacked.
Multi-Format Series Points (After 1st ODI, Feb 24, 2026)
| Series Segment | Winner | Points |
|---|---|---|
| T20I series | India (2–1) | India +2, Australia +0 |
| 1st ODI | Australia | Australia +2 |
| Running total | India 4 pts – Australia 4 pts (levelled) |
India led 4–2 after the T20I series win but Australia levelled it at 4–4 with the 1st ODI win.
What was at stake in the remaining 2 ODIs + the WACA Test: The 2nd and 3rd ODIs and the D/N Test at Perth would determine the multi-format series winner.
Complete Tour Venues Map: India Women in Australia 2026
| Match | Venue | City | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tour match | North Sydney Oval | Sydney | Feb 13, 2026 |
| 1st T20I | Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) | Sydney | Feb 15, 2026 |
| 2nd T20I | Manuka Oval | Canberra | Feb 19, 2026 |
| 3rd T20I | Adelaide Oval | Adelaide | Feb 21, 2026 |
| 1st ODI | The Gabba / Allan Border Field | Brisbane | Feb 24, 2026 |
| 2nd ODI | Bellerive Oval | Hobart | Feb 27, 2026 |
| 3rd ODI | Bellerive Oval (or CitiPower Centre) | Hobart/Melbourne | Mar 1, 2026 |
| Only Test (D/N) | WACA Ground (Perth Stadium) | Perth | Mar 6–9, 2026 |
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India played across seven different Australian cities and venues in under 23 days Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, and Perth. The travel load alone is physically demanding. Yet India won the T20I series 2–1 under those conditions. Australia’s advantage in a multi-format series at home is not just quality it is the familiarity of playing at home venues without a 23-day cross-country travel schedule.
Practical Guide: What Fans, Fantasy Players, and Analysts Should Do
For fans tracking this rivalry
- Follow India’s batting conversion rate closely. In every Australia match in 2026, India’s top order started well (Mandhana 31 + 58; Shafali 28) but collapsed in clusters. The match-critical question is never “will India’s top three score?” it’s “will they convert to 80+?”
- Watch Mooney vs India spin. She hit her 20th ODI fifty against India she specifically targets Deepti and Pooja in the 25–40 over window.
For fantasy cricket players
| Format | India Priority | Australia Priority |
|---|---|---|
| T20I (Australia grounds) | Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Renuka Singh Thakur | Georgia Voll, Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner |
| ODI (Australia grounds) | Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh | Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Tahlia McGrath |
| WACA Test | Deepti Sharma (allrounder), Smriti Mandhana | Healy, Mooney, Sutherland, Kim Garth |
Fantasy tip: Georgia Voll is a high-reward, low-risk pick in T20I contests she bats at No. 3-4 for Australia and now has a record 88 off 57 in the 2nd T20I against India. Indian fantasy players consistently underestimate her because she is not yet in the Healy/Mooney tier of media coverage.
For content creators and analysts
- Best angle: “India beat Australia in the World Cup semi-final chasing 339 then lost the ODI series in Australia. Which result was the real India?” The tension between peak performance and away series consistency is the story no one has told properly.
- Second angle: “Ashleigh Gardner’s 3/22 how off-spin at extra bounce created India’s 6-for-7 T20I collapse at Manuka Oval.”
- Third angle: “India took a 23-day cross-country tour of Australia while Australia slept in their own beds. Does travel fatigue explain India’s batting collapses?” Sports science angle, unique, non-replaceable.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q1. What was the result of India Women vs Australia Women in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 semi-final?
Ans. India Women beat Australia Women by 5 wickets with 9 balls remaining in the 2nd Semi-Final at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai on 30 October 2025. Australia scored 338 all out (49.5 overs); India chased 341/5 in 48.3 overs.
Q2. Who won the India Women vs Australia Women T20I series 2026?
Ans. India Women won the T20I series 2–1. India won the 1st T20I by 21 runs (DLS, Sydney) and the 3rd T20I at Adelaide. Australia won the 2nd T20I at Canberra by 19 runs (Georgia Voll 88, Gardner 3/22).
Q3. What was the full scorecard of the 2nd T20I Australia vs India 2026?
Ans. Australia Women 163/5 (20 overs): Georgia Voll 88 off 57 (Player of the Match), Beth Mooney 46 off 39. India Women 144/9 (20 overs): Harmanpreet Kaur 36 off 30, Smriti Mandhana 31 off 24. Australia won by 19 runs. India lost 6 wickets for 7 runs in the death overs.
Q4. Who won the 1st ODI Australia Women vs India Women 2026?
Ans. Australia Women beat India Women by 6 wickets at Allan Border Field, Brisbane on 24 February 2026. India scored 213 (Smriti Mandhana 58). Australia chased 214 in 32.2 overs (Beth Mooney 76, Sutherland 48*). Australia levelled the multi-format series 4–4.
Q5. Where is the India Women vs Australia Women only Test 2026?
Ans. The one-off Day/Night Test is at the WACA Ground, Perth from 6–9 March 2026.
Q6. What was the result of India A Women vs Australia A Women 1st T20I 2025?
Ans. Australia A Women beat India A Women by 13 runs in the 1st unofficial T20I on 7 August 2025.
Q7. What happened in the India A Women vs Australia A Women unofficial Test 2025?
Ans. Australia A Women beat India A Women by 6 wickets. India A scored 299 and 286. Australia A scored 305 and 283/4.
Q8. How did the India Women vs Australia Women multi-format series 2026 stand after the 1st ODI?
Ans. After Australia won the 1st ODI in Brisbane, the multi-format series was level at 4–4. India had won 2 points from the T20I series win (2–1) and Australia earned 2 from the 1st ODI win (6 wkts).
Q9. What is India Women’s full schedule for the Australia tour 2026?
Ans. 3 T20Is (Feb 15 SCG, Feb 19 Canberra, Feb 21 Adelaide) + 3 ODIs (Feb 24 Brisbane, Feb 27 Hobart, Mar 1 Hobart/Melbourne) + one-off D/N Test at WACA, Perth (Mar 6–9).