- By Gurmeet Batra
- Sat, 20 Sep 2025 01:27 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
IND-W vs AU-W: Australia women captain Alyssa Healy won the toss and opted to bat first against India women in the series decider of the three-match ODI series at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Saturday.
The series is tied 1-1 after Australia won the first ODI by eight wickets and India recorded a historic 102-run victory in the second in Mullanpur.
While India, who have never won an ODI series against Australia, retained their playing XI, the visitors made a couple of changes, bringing in Kim Garth and Grace Harris in place of Darcie Brown and Annabel Sutherland.
Speaking at the time of toss, Alyssa Healy said, "Going to have a bat today. Let them run around in the heat today and see how they go. Had a bad day which doesn't define us as a group. We know what we need to do. Need to create more pressure for longer periods of time. Just adapting quickly to different conditions is going to be important. Start times will be a little different (in the WC). Two changes."
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said, "We talk about playing good cricket, doesn't matter what we do first or second. Playing our best cricket, that is something that always keeps us in the game. Want to go in with the same positive mindset today. Same XI for us."
IND-W vs AU-W Playing XIs
Australia Women (Playing XI): Alyssa Healy(w/c), Georgia Voll, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Grace Harris, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt.
India Women (Playing XI): Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh(w), Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Renuka Singh Thakur.