India’s women’s national cricket team destroyed the Australia women’s national cricket team in the second ODI of the three -match series to register a historic victory.
The match between Harmanpreet Kaur -led India and Australia -led Australia led by Australia, was hosted on Wednesday, 17 September by Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, New Chandigarh.
Smriti Madhana hits an epic ton
India lost the toss and was invited to bat in the match. Opening the innings with Pratika Rawal, superstar opener Smriti Madhana showed a wonderful brand of cricket.
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The recession looked dominating the middle from the beginning and played an attacker brand of cricket. He hit 45 balls in half a century before proceeding and reached three-day mark in only 77 balls.
With 14 fours and 4 sixes in the morning, Smriti Madhana was rejected for 117 runs off 91 balls in the morning. Apart from this, Pratika Rawal, Richa Ghosh, Sneh Rana, and Deepti Sharma made a decent contribution to Power India till 292.
Defending the clan, all six Indian bowlers opened fire as a unit and excluded Australians for 190 in 40.5 overs. Kranti Gaud took three wickets, and Deepti Sharma got two wickets. Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Sneh Rana, and Renuka Singh got one wicket each.
India Hammer Australia is scoring 102 runs
Team India won a 102 -run win over the women of Australia, and this was the first win in a house in Australia since a win in Chepack in February 2007.
Before today, India’s only previous previous victory against Australia in 14-headed ODI posts took 2 wickets in McKay in 2021 in the WC semi-finals of 2017.
Meanwhile, India became the first team in cricket history, defeating Australia by 100 or more runs and ending its line of 13 straight ODIs.
Margin, the biggest defeat for Aus-WW in Odis (by Run)
102 runs vs Ind-W, Mullanpur, 2025
92 runs vs ENG-W, Edgbaston, 1973
88 runs vs Ind-W, Chennai (MSV), 2004
84 runs vs SA-W, Northern Sydney, 2024
82 runs vs NZ-W, Lincoln, 2008
The last two hundreds that I got against Australia were due to losing – Smriti Madhana
Smriti Mandhana won the Player of the Match Award for her valor and said that she was happy to make a hundred hits due to victory. That detailed:
“The last two hundreds of the last two against Australia were due to losing, we were happy that we won the match today. The game-plan was simple. In Powerplay, you have to use two fielders, try and build your shots and innings.”
“Whatever is in my slot, I will go for it. It all depends on those situations and who we play. You know the Australian team and you need to get 280-290 so that our bowlers get additional cushions for those 20-30 runs.
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