India Vs Australia Highlights, ICC Women’s WC 2025, 2nd SF: Jemimah Rodrigues Century Helps IND-W Qualify For Final

Good afternoon, cricket fans! This is the fixture that we were all waiting for: the Indian women’s cricket team will take on the mighty Aussies. Who will come out on top and face South Africa in the final? Stay tuned for pre-match updates, toss report, and playing XIs as they are released.

• Fixture: India W vs Australia W, World Cup 2025 Semi-Final 2

• Venue: DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai

• Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025

• Time: 3:00 PM IST

• Live Streaming: JioHotstar

• Live Telecast: Star Sports Network channels

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Uma Chetry (wk), Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Richa Ghosh (wk), Kranti Gaud, Amanjot Kaur, Radha Yadav, Sree Charani, Shafali Verma, Sneh Rana.

Australia: Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Molineux (wk), Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham.

India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Sree Charani, Renuka Thakur.

Australia: Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt.

As per weather forecasts, there's a 25% chance of rainfall interrupting play, with a tiny chance of thunderstorms. Read our detailed Navi Mumbai weather forecast.

With India's last outing against Bangladesh suffering a washout, there's a fear that this match, too, might be affected by rain. Which will be bad news for the Women in Blue, as in case of a washout, Australia will progress to the final, courtesy of their better standing in the league table.

India vs Australia, Women's ODI Head-to-Head Records:

• Matches played: 60

• India wins: 11

• Australia wins: 49

• No results: 0

India vs Australia, Women's ODI World Cup Head-to-Head Records:

• Matches played: 14

• India wins: 3

• Australia wins: 11

• No results: 0

Who are the favourites for today's Women's World Cup semi final? As per Google, it's Australia, who are 68% likely to end as the this year's second finalists. India, meanwhile, have a 32% chance of winning. It's up to Harmanpreet & co. to defy the odds.

Australian captain Alyssa Healy has won the toss and opted to bat first. Read our detailed IND-W vs AUS-W toss update.

India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Amanjot Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Radha Yadav, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani, Renuka Singh Thakur.

Australia: Phoebe Litchfield, Alyssa Healy (wk & c), Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt.

The pre-match formalities are done, the anthems sung, and the hands shaken. It's time for Australia's fearsome opening pair of Alyssa Healy and Phoebe Litchfield to walk onto the crease. Renuka Singh Thakur has the new ball for India.

Renuka Singh concedes just 3 runs off her first over. The ball is moving nicely and the weather seems cool. India will be hoping to take some early wickets to set the tone but Alyssa Healy and Phoebe Litchfield would want to unsettle the hosts.

Phoebe Litchfield plays an exquisite cover drive to score the first boundary of the semi-final here in Navi Mumbai. She scores another 4 to finish the 2nd over from Kranti Gaud.

Oh no, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur drops the catch of Australian counterpart Alyssa Healy. Renuka angled the ball into Healy, who mistimed her shot completely and lofted towards the cover region where Harmanpreet was standing firm. She covered plenty of ground but eventually dropped the catch. Will this dropped chance hurt India?

Kranti Gaud removes the Australian skipper Alyssa Healy, who was initially dropped at 3. Gaud bowled it straight and the ball took an inside edge before crashing onto the stumps. Big breakthrough for India.

And with the wicket of Alyssa Healy, the game has been stopped due to heavy rain in Navi Mumbai. The players have gone back to the dressing room. Australia are 25/1 after 5.1 overs.

After a brief pause due to rain, the 2nd semi-final at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai has restarted. The sun is out and it doesn't look like it will rain anymore. Ellyse Perry has also walked into the crease.

Despite the dismissal of Alyssas Healy, Australia have not lost control of the game as they keep moving steadily with Phobe Litchfield looking in fine form. She is approaching her half-century and the Aussies are maintaining a great run-rate of over 6.

Ellyse Perry and Phoebe Litchfield are dominating the proceedings at the moment. The duo have already stitched a 62-run partnership with Litchfield scoring a well deserved half-century. India need a flurry of wickets to get back in the game.

Ellyse Perry hits the first 6 of the 2nd semi-final in Navi Mumbai. She stepped out of the crease and sent Deepti Sharma's full length delivery towards the side screen.

India thought they have finally got the breakthrough of Phoebe Litchfield when she brought out the reverse sweep and handed a catch to Amanjot Kaur. However, the replay showed that the ball took a bump into the ground before landing in Amanjot's hands.

In a latest development, ICC Chairman Jay Shah met International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry to discuss the road to LA 2027. They also reflected on the progress made so far and the significant role cricket can play in the growth of the Olympic movement.

Phoebe Litchfield is looking lethal today and she just smacked back-to-back boundaries to finish the 20th over. She is taking the charge and attacking the Indian bowlers while Ellyse Perry is just enjoying watching her from the other end. Litchfield now 17 runs away from hitting another century against the Women in Blue.

Phoebe Litchfield has been impressive since the start of the match today and she has reached her 90s in Navi Mumbai. India have no clue whatsoever as to how she can be stopped.

Harmanpreet Kaur has recalled left-arm off-spinner Radha Yadav, who conceded 14 off her first over. India have used all of their prime bowlers, but nothing has worked so far.

Phoebe Litchfield brings up her first Women's World Cup 100 and she chose a very special stage to do so - the semi-finals. She steps out of the crease to put the ball over cover for a 4, which is what she needed for the 100. What a way to score your first World Cup Hundred!

Hundreds for AUS-W in ODI WC knockouts

170 - Alyssa Healy vs ENG-W, Christchurch, 2022 Final
129 - Alyssa Healy vs WI-W, Wellington, 2022 SF
107* - Karen Rolton vs IND-W, Centurion, 2005 Final
101* - Phoebe Litchfield vs IND-W, Mumbai DYP, 2025 SF

Huge six by Phoebe Litchfield. She turns into prime Glenn Maxwell and executes the reverse sweep perfectly against Deepti Sharma, who is looking very dull today.

India have finally got the breakthrough they have been desperate for - Phoebe Litchfield leaves the crease with sheer disappointment and why not? She literally gave her wicket away to Amanjot Kaur while trying to scoop a straightened delivery behind. Nonetheless, Litchfield departs after doing plenty of damage. She has been stopped at 119 off 93.

Ellyse Perry brings up her half-century off 66 balls as Australia continue to dominate India in this semi-final tie.

Beth Mooney drives Amanjot Kaur's delivery for a four and that's 200 up for the Aussies. With 18 overs remaining, Australia will look to increase the run-rate and post a target of over 300.

Harmanpreet Kaur has had nine consecutive unsuccessful reviews while fielding in the Women's World Cup 2025. No other team has had more than four.

Beth Mooney has to walk back. The pressure was building and Mooney while trying to play an inside-out shot towards cover, handed an easy catch to Jemimah Rodrigues. Sree Charani gets the 3rd breakthrough for Team India. Annabel Sutherland comes out to bat.

Sree Charani takes her 2nd wicket of the day as Annabel Sutherland walks back after a soft dismissal after handing an easy catch to the left-arm off-spinner. Australia lose a few quick wickets but the dangerous Ashleigh Gardner has walked out and she will be hoping to pace up the run rate.

The trick has worked! Brilliant decision by Harmanpreet Kaur to pause Sree Charani's spell and bring Radha Yadav in. The latter cleans up Ellyse Perry's stumps on the very first ball of the 40th over. Perry departs after after scoring 77 off 88. Tahlia McGrath comes out to bat.

Australia, who were set for a big total, are now finding themselves in a bit of worry They have lost six wickets and need a big few overs, to reach 300-plus against India. The hosts look weary on the field and need to restrict the Aussies if they stand a chance of winning this semifinal.

Australia women will eye a strong finish to their innings whereas India will want to pluck wickets. Indian spinners are bowling and Harmanpreet needs to be clever with her field placings here.

With 5 overs remaining, both the teams will aim for a strong finish. Kim Garth and Ashleigh Gardner are in the crease and taking on the Indian bowlers.

Ashleigh Gardner brings up her half-century off 42 balls. She has taken the charge and just smacked back-to-back sixes off Radha Yadav's 49th over. Australia are approaching 350 here.

Gardner gets run out but she has done plenty of damage before leaving. Last few deliveries of the 1st innings as Alana King walks out.

Alana King has been caught behind through an inside edge off Deepti Sharma, who took another wicket in the following delivery to get Sophie Molineux for a golden duck.

Australia have been bowled out for 338 in the 1st innings of the second semi-final at the DY Patil stadium. Phoebe Litchfield's century, Ellyse Perry's half-century and Ashleigh Gardner's quickfire 63 off 45 helps the Aussies post the highest total ever in a Women's World Cup semi-final match. Smriti Mandhana and her new opening pair Shafali Verma will hope to start strong when the 2nd innings begins. Stay tuned.

India’s fielding performance in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025

Catches taken: 35
Catches dropped: 18 (most)
Catching efficiency: 66% (second-worst)
Stumpings missed: 3 (joint-most)
Misfields: 74 (most)
Balls with overthrows: 6 (most)

Shafali Verma returns in India colours after an entire year. She will hope to make the most out of this opportunity and stitch a strong start with Smriti Mandhana. Meghan Schutt bowls the first ball.

Both the batters are off the mark and Shafali Verma scores the first boundary of the Indian innings in the first over.

Shafali Verma's return to the Indian team is short lived as she departs in just the 2nd over of the innings. Kim Garth bowled a straight delivery which struck the knee roll and it was plumb. Early blow for India.

Following the early dismissal of Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues and Smriti Mandhana have taken control of the things as the duo aim to lay a strong foundation for the chase.

Jemimah Rodrigues certainly loves the scoop shot and she brings it out for the first time tonight against Kim Garth and gets a four. Alyssa Healy has made an interesting change, introduces Ashleigh Gardner to the attack, who has been driven for a four in the second ball by Jemimah.

Smriti Mandhana is in disbelief and she has to walk back to the dressing room. Kim Garth bowled a leg-sided delivery which Mandhana tried to play but could not get the shot away. The Aussie skipper Alyssa Healy felt there was a slight nick and so she went for a review. Ultra edge showed the ball took a very thin edge off Mandhana's bat. Full marks for Healy for her excellent game awareness.

It was a mixed first 10 overs for India, who scored at 6 runs per over but also lost both of their openers cheaply. Shafali Verma was fell prey to Kim Garth for just 10, while Smriti Mandhana departed for 24, following Alyssa Healy's excellent decision to take a review for a possible caught behind. Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues now have a huge task in hand.

Leg-spinner Alana King has been brought into the attack by Alyssa Healy as Australia look to break the partnership between Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur. King had registered the best ever (7/18) Women's World Cup bowling figures in her previous outing against South Africa.

The first 100 runs are completed for India as Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur continue to rebuild the Indian innings. They still have plenty of work to do and increase the run-rate, which is stuck at 5 per over.

Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur are taking it slow and steady as they complete a 50-run stand for the 3rd wicket. The asking rate is 7.35 and India are currently maintaining a 5.84 run-rate. Fireworks are required from the Indian perspective.

The local girl Jemimah Rodrigues brings up her second consecutive half-century in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025. A well constructed innings from her so far but can she get India over the line? Time will tell.

Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur are standing firm for India as they aim to chase down a mammoth 339 for victory. Australia bowlers are not giving away easy runs and it remains to be seen how the hosts will bat out these middle overs.

Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur are in cruise control here as their partnership extends to 104 runs. Australia need a wicket desperately to stage a comeback.

A 65-ball 50 for Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, her second in this World Cup and 22nd of her career. She has smashed 6 fours so far and she will need more of those as India's run-rate is well below the asking rate of over 7.

200 up for India but the job is not done yet. With 138 requiring off 111, Jemimah and Harmanpreet will have to switch gears and keep up with the asking rate of 7.62. India are currently scoring at a rate of 6.17 per over.

The semi-final pressure is real! Alyssa Healy drops an easy catch of Jemimah Rodrigues, who tried to sweep Alanka King away but the ball went straight up after taking a leading edge. Jemimah and Harmanpreet Kaur's partnership now reaches 150.

The Indian fans nearly had their hearts in their mouths. Jemimah Rodrigues was struck lbw by Alana King but the DRS showed - the ball going over the stumps. Huge relief for the hosts but Australia are under immense pressure now as Jemimah and Harmanpreet Kaur approach their centuries.

The partnership between Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur has finally been broken! Annabel Sutherland invited Harmanpreet to go for a big shot but the Indian skipper didn't get enough to clear the ropes with Ashleigh Gardner taking a decent catch. Deepti Sharma has walked in at number 5.

Deepti Sharma, who was batting well, has to depart for a score of 24 off 17 and she can only blame herself for that. Jemimah Rodrigues ran for the single but Deepti's lazy running saw her get run out. The explosive Richa Ghosh walks out to bat.

The hometown hero Jemimah Rodrigues scores an absolutely outstanding century in the semi-final against Australia. She has batted exceptionally well, but she knows that the job is not done yet.

What is happening with the Australian fielding today? Jemimah Rodrigues has been dropped for the second time tonight and this time it was Tahlia McGrath, who was running back to take the catch, but ended up producing a howler. India inching closer to the victory now with the run-rate under control.

Victory very much in sight for Team India as Richa Ghosh smashes one out of the park to complete 300 runs for the Women in Blue. The players can sense it, the crowd can sense it - India marching towards a sensational victory at the DY Patil Stadium.

A late wicket for Australia as Richa Ghosh departs after a quickfire 26 off 16, but India are still very much in the game with Jemimah Rodrigues batting patiently.

Jemimah Rodrigues goes for consecutive boundaries off Annabel Sutherland, who also bowled a couple of wide deliveries in the 48th over. India need 8 off 12.

India have done it. They have pulled off an outstanding run chase to beat the reigning champions in the semi-final for just the 2nd time in the history.

India's chase of 339 is the highest successful chase in women's ODI history.

• 339 - India v Australia (Navi Mumbai, 2025)

• 331 - Australia v India (Visakhapatnam, 2025)

• 302 - Sri Lanka v South Africa (Potchefstroom, 2024)

• 289 - Australia v New Zealand (North Sydney, 2012)

• 283 - Australia v India (Mumbai, 2023)

Matches: 6
Wins: 4
Defeats 2 (Both vs India)

Firstly, I want to thank Jesus, because I couldn't do this on my own. I know he carried me through today. I want to thank my mom, my dad, my coach, and every single person who just believed in me throughout this time. It was really hard these last four months, but it just feels like a dream and it's not sunk in yet.

"I'm very proud, I don't have words to express myself. Feeling great, we've been working for so many years. It's an amazing feeling.

"We spoke with each other, we've done this. We have this trust that every player can win any match, in any situation. We made some mistakes in this tournament, but we've learning from these mistakes. We kept telling ourselves to be there for the team.

"We had realised we didn't execute really well in the last five overs. We could have taken a bit more risk a little earlier. We all discussed in the team room that once you're out of the game it's hard to come back. You have to be very calculated. We all know what we had to do, we knew we had to finish it before the 50th over and that's what happened."

It's India vs South Africa in the final on Sunday, at the very same venue.