Navi Mumbai, October 30, 2025: The Indian women’s cricket team registered an unforgettable victory in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025. Defeated the defending champions Australia in the 2nd semi-final by five wickets to advance to the final. The highlight of this match was India’s successful completion of the Highest Run Chase in the history of Women’s One Day Internationals (WODIs).
Destruction of Australia’s batsmen
Australia, who won the toss and went into bat, showed dots to the Indian bowlers. She made a huge score of 338 runs in the allotted 50 overs. Young opener Phoebe Litchfield (119 runs) got off to a flying start with a century off just 93 balls. She put on a huge partnership of 155 runs for the second wicket with veteran Ellyse Perry (77 runs). In the end, Ashley Gardner (63 runs) wreaked havoc in just 45 balls as Australia’s score easily crossed the 330 mark.
Among the Indian bowlers, young spinner Sri Charani (2/49) was the only one who could score some runs.
Historic innings by Jemima, Harmanpreet
Chasing a mammoth target of 339 runs, India suffered an early setback. Openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana (24) were dismissed early. However, Jemima Rodrigues and captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who came to the crease after that, changed the complexion of the match.
Jemima Rodrigues (127 runs): Rodrigues played an unbeaten 127 off 134 balls with great composure and tenacity. She kept the wicket on one hand and on the other hand she was melting the target by hitting boundaries.
Harmanpreet Kaur (89 runs): Captain Harmanpreet also accompanied Rodrigues with 89 runs off 88 balls. These two added 167 runs for the third wicket together to make the victory possible.
Along with Richa Ghosh (26) who played hard at the end, Amanjot Kaur (15)* added to the target. The Indian team scored 341/5 in 48.3 overs and won by 5 wickets. Australia’s bowlers, especially fielding errors, cost them 26 extra runs.
With this win, India will face South Africa in the Women’s World Cup final.