Women's World Cup: India Women vs Australia Women: All the unique records from the semifinal clash
The DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai witnessed one of the greatest games in women's cricket on Thursday (October 30) with India downing Australia in a world record chase. Once the Aussies had smashed their way to a monstrous total of 338, not many gave India a chance, even with the batting-friendly conditions at the venue.
The Aussies also misfired between overs 26-40 with the bat by messing up a fab platform that was set by Phoebe Litchfield and Ellyse Perry. To some extent, Ashleigh Gardner's late fireworks compensated for that and the end total was still a stiff one. However, the defending champions were unusually messy on the field and missed crucial catches to compound their misery.
All this shouldn't take away the sensational effort from Jemimah Rodrigues whose fantastic 127* controlled the run chase with aplomb. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur's 89 was equally valuable while the likes of Richa Ghosh and Deepti Sharma weighed in with priceless cameos even though they couldn't bat deep. In the end, India made history to make it to their third ODI World Cup final.
List of records from the game
- Australia's 15-match winning streak in ODI World Cups game to an end with this loss
- Australia have only lost two of their six ODI World Cup semifinals but both are againt India (2017 and 2025)
- India registered their first-ever successful 200-plus chase in ODI World Cup history
- India's win is the first successful 300-plus chase in an ODI World Cup knockout game across men's and women's cricket
- A whopping 679 runs were scored in the match by both teams combined - highest-ever in Women's ODI World Cup history
- Jemimah Rodrigues is the second batter to score a century in Women's ODI World Cup knockouts against Australia after Nat Sciver-Brunt in the 2022 final
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