INDW vs AUSW, 2nd Semifinal: Team India, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, has entered the final of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. Chased a historic run of 339 runs against Australia in the second semi-final. Here we tell you about 5 match winners.
INDW vs AUSW, 2nd Semifinal: India has secured a place in the final of the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. In the second semi-final played at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, Team India defeated Australia by 5 wickets. Indian team achieved the biggest run chase in women’s ODI history. The Australian team had set a big target of 339 runs, which India achieved with 9 balls remaining. These 5 players have played a big role in defeating a big team like Australia in this big match. Let us know about them…
jemima rodrigues
Jemimah Rodrigues has had the biggest role in defeating Australia in the semi-finals. He led the Indian team to victory by playing an unbeaten inning of 124 runs with the help of 14 fours in 134 balls. She stood on the field till the end and added life to the match by forming a good partnership with the other batsmen who came. He also scored the third century of his ODI career. This has been one of the best innings of his career. Also made a wonderful partnership of 167 runs with Harmanpreet Kaur.
Harmanpreet Kaur
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s bat also roared in this victory. He played an inning of 89 runs in 88 balls with the help of 10 fours and 2 sixes. After the early dismissal of the first two wickets, Harman along with Jemima took the innings forward and made the run chase easy. Due to his innings, the Indian team has been able to climb the mountain of 339 runs. At one time it seemed that she could score a century, but while trying to play a big shot, she got out. However, by the time he was out, Team India was back in the match.
Deepti Sharma
Even though Deepti Sharma proved to be more expensive than the ball in this match, she ended everything by playing a good innings in the end. After the dismissal of Harmanpreet Kaur, it seemed that the match might get stuck. But, Deepti came and hit good shots and made an important partnership of 38 runs with Jemima. He scored 24 runs in 17 balls with the help of 3 fours and kept Team India in the run chase.
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Richa Ghosh
After Deepti Sharma was out, Richa Ghosh took the responsibility on her shoulders. After her dismissal, Richa did not let the momentum go and made the target easy for India by playing a quick inning of 26 runs with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes in 16 balls. He played the innings at a time when the required run rate was going up. Apart from this, there was not much pressure on Jemimah Rodrigues.
Mr Charni
Shri Charni was the most successful bowler for India in the semi-final against Australia. He gave 49 runs in 10 overs and made 2 batsmen his victims. The wickets of Beth Mooney (22 balls, 24 runs) and Annabel Sutherland (6 balls, 3 runs) went to their account. Due to his good bowling, Australia, which was going towards a big score, stood firm at 338 runs. By dismissing the middle order batsmen, he stopped Australia from getting close to 370-380.
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