IND-W vs AUS-W, 2nd ODI: Australia beats India to clinch sequence as efforts of Deepti, Richa go in useless

Australia’s unbeaten run towards India in bilateral One Day Internationals (ODIs) continued because the aspect’s three-run win right here on Saturday gave it an unassailable lead within the three-match sequence.

It was a day of misses on the Wankhede Stadium, with India and Australia lacking a complete of 11 catches (ratio of seven:4). Richa Ghosh missed a well-deserved maiden ODI ton and India missed an opportunity to degree the sequence.

India’s fielding coach Munish Bali, after the primary ODI which Australia received by six wickets, stated that the staff ought to press ‘control+alt+delete’ on that recreation and start afresh within the subsequent fixture. However, his staff didn’t let him reset the fielding errors of the primary recreation, with seven regulation possibilities squandered.

AS IT HAPPENED: India vs Australia, Highlights 2nd ODI

Alyssa Healy received the toss and selected to bat on a turner. The openers obtained off to a cautious begin assisted by three lifelines for Phoebe Litchfield, courtesy of the lax effort on the sphere.

With Healy falling cheaply once more, Ellyse Perry and Litchfield placed on a 77-run stand for the second wicket, with the previous breaking by means of the Indian defence with a couple of boundaries. Perry fell proper after one more fifty, with Shreyanka Patil taking a shaky catch at brief midwicket off Deepti Sharma’s bowling.

After Deepti despatched Beth Mooney again to the hut, Shreyanka claimed Litchfield as her first ODI wicket. The Indian bowler then dismissed Tahlia McGrath, breaking the Aussie vice-captain’s streak of half centuries on this tour of India.

Smriti Mandhana dropped Annabel Sutherland on 17 at mid-wicket within the forty fourth over, however Deepti ensured she didn’t do an excessive amount of injury, dismissing her for 23. Georgia Wareham additionally obtained a begin however fell to Deepti to finish her five-wicket haul.

Alana King put up a resistance, serving to Australia get to 258, which included three gusty sixes, taking full benefit of being dropped twice.

With Shafali Verma benched for the sport, Yastika Bhatia and Mandhana opened India’s response. Yastika’s dismissal within the seventh over prompted a promotion up the order for Richa. Though the wicketkeeper-batter started cautiously, she ultimately turned the pivot of the Indian chase

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King eliminated Mandhana off her very first supply to the left-hander, with McGrath taking the catch at long-on.

After Harmanpreet Kaur fell cheaply but once more, Richa stitched partnerships with Jemimah Rodrigues (88) and Deepti (47 runs). Despite her hamstrings tightening, Richa powered by means of trying set for her first century within the format however fell agonisingly brief by 4 runs when she holed out to Litchfield off Sutherland at cowl.

Deepti consumed deliveries however struggled to maintain the runs coming. And Pooja Vastrakar and Shreyanka got here in too late with their big-hitting talents to assist the Indian trigger.