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India vs Australia, 2nd W-ODI highlights: AUS wins by 122 runs vs IND, takes 2-0 lead in series

India vs Australia, 2nd W-ODI highlights: AUS wins by 122 runs vs IND, takes 2-0 lead in series

The host takes a 2-0 unassailable lead in the three-match series after winning the first two games in dominating fashion. 

Sutherland. Minnu Mani gets two runs at the deep mid-wicket area. Now she hits the ball powerfully towards deep square for a boundary! Sutherland strieks and takes Priya’s wicket! Priya Mishra c Mooney b Sutherland 5(14). That will be it for India since Priya Punia is injured and cannot come out to bat.

Molineux is back. Minnu pushes it to fine leg for a FOUR. Some more runs in a form of LB and Wides. 15 runs from the over.

Sutherland. Minnu tackles the slower delivery and gets 2 runs. 5 runs from the over.

Gardner. Priya plays smartly to third man and gets 2 runs. Just 3 runs.

Sutherland comes and removes Renuka Singh right away! Renuka Singh b Sutherland 1(2). This was third wicket of the day for Sutherland. Priya Mishra is the new batter to walk in. Only 2 runs off the over.

Gardner. Minnu takes 2 runs from the first 2 balls and scores a boundary off the third one. 10 runs from the over. 

Sutherland comes back into the attack. Minnu plays it to fine leg for a single after three dot balls. Saima survives a good bouncer from the baller but falls into the trap on the next ball. Gardner takes a stunner! Saima Thakor c Gardner b Sutherland 7(12).

Gardner. Saima sweeps nicely towards fine leg for a single. Minnu plays the ball in the air to get a single. 200 comes up for India! These batters take a rather risky single! 6 runs in this over. 

Molineux with the ball. Some wides in this over from her. Saima looks to sweep, big shout from the keeper but the umpire looks uninterested; and it’s a Boundary! Minnu and Saima building a partnership. 11 runs from the over.

Garth continues. Minnu takes a couple of runs at backward square. Saima plays some dot balls. 3 runs from the over.

Molineux continues after the drinks. Minnu takes Aerial route. Collects 2 runs. India loses Jemimah! Rodrigues c McGrath b Molineux 43(39). Saima walks in.

Garth is here. Minnu opens the face of the bat and takes a single. Garth is hitting the good length continuously. 2 runs from the over. Drinks.

Molineux. Jemimah tries to play the ramp shot, collects a single. 4 runs from the over.

Schutt comes in. Jemimah hits a lovely scoop! Couple of dot balls after that. 8 runs off the over.

Gardner with the ball. Jemimah drives through covers, collects a run. Deepti tries to sweep, doesn’t get much of it. Big shout from the wicketkeeper. Australian captain reviews. Deepti is the 5th batter to depart for India. Deepti Sharma c Mooney b Gardner 10(14). Minnu Mani walks in and is off the mark with a four. 7 runs from the over.

Schutt is back and she’s greeted with a FOUR by Deepti Sharma! Deepti and Jemimah rotating strikes and taking singles. 7 runs off this over.

Gardner. Jemimah tries sweeping, doesn’t get any run. Sweeping is the way for Deepti as well, gets a single. 3 runs off the over.

Schutt with her 5th. Strikes right away! Removes Indian captain. Kaur c Georgia Voll b Schutt 38(42). Deepti Sharma walks in. Schutt begins with a good length against Deepti. Just 1 run from the over.

Gardner. India’s intent has increased ever since Jemimah has come at the crease. Five runs came in this over. 

King. Jemimah begins the over with a perfectly timed reverse sweep for four. Eight more added to the total from this over. 

Gardner is back. Jemimah sweeps and gets a four towards square leg. Comes down the track but only gets a single towards long-on. Eight runs from the over. 

King. Jemimah goes over cover and gets another four. She now plays a late cut and gets a double. An LBW appeal against Jemimah but umpire says not out. Australia has reviewed. Pitching outside leg, the decision stays. 

Sutherland. Jemimah Rodrigues is in at number four. She drives and gets a boundary towards cover. 

King. Harmanpreet Kaur sweeps and gets a four. Superbly timed. Harmanpreet plays a lofted drive over cover but only gets a single. OUT! Ghosh is bowled. Ghosh tries to paddle, misses the ball, which crashes into the stumps. 

McGrath. Length ball and Ghosh cuts the ball past point for four. It also brings her fifty as well off 68 balls. 

Alana King into the attack. Leg-spin, Ghosh tries to drive but is beaten. Harmanpreet sweeps, the ball goes in the air but falls short of the fielder in the deep. 

McGrath. Harmanpreet ramps again but only for a single. SIX! Harmanpreet smacks a free-hit delivery over the square leg boundary. Pull flew off the bat. 

Garth. Ghosh finds another boundary, this time towards fine leg. Just those four runs came in that over. India still requires 284 runs to win. 

Tahlia McGrath into the attack. Australia has making sure there are plenty of dot balls in between odd boundaries. The scoreboard pressure is increasing. 

Kim Garth is back. Length ball and Ghosh pushes the ball past midwicket fielder and finds the boundary. Harmanpreet ramps but only gets a single. 

Sutherland. Short ball and Ghosh pulls the ball hard towards midwicket for four. Terrific shot. Just five runs from the over though. 

Molineux continues. Ghosh sweeps towards fine leg and gets a single. Ghosh goes over mid-off and gets a boundary! Sweeps but only gets a single to end the over. 

Sutherland continues. Harmanpreet drives towards cover and gets a double. Just three runs from the over. 

Sophie Molineux into the attack. Harmanpreet plays a fine sweep but only for a single. Harmanpreet once again times her push well and far from the reach of a diving mid-on to get a boundary. 

Sutherland. OUT! Deol is caught at gully. A wide outside off, Deol went fishing and gives an easy catch to the fielder. India loses its second wicket. 

Harmanpreet Kaur at crease. She’s off the mark with a four off her first ball. Pushes the ball past mid-on. Another drive by Harmanpreet, this towards cover for a double.

Ash Gardner into the attack. Deol late cuts and gets a single. Ghosh gets one in her arc and launches the ball over mid-off for four. Five runs off the last over of PowerPlay. 

Annabel Sutherland into the attack. Just a single in her first over. 

Garth. A bouncer, Ghosh doesn’t time her hook well but the ball falls well short of the deep fine leg fielder. Full, Ghosh drives but the mid-off fielders gets her hands on the ball to keep it down to just a double. 

Schutt. Ghosh smashes the ball over mid-on for four. Terrific bat swing there, the ball falls just short of the boundary. Ghosh takes a quick single; a direct hit would have been close. Five runs from the over. 

Garth moving the ball away from right handers and mixing a few slower deliveries as well. Full, shaping away from Harleen, who slashes and directs the ball towards deep third for four. 

Schutt. Ghosh punches towards extra cover and gets a double. Four back-to-back dots to end the over. 

Garth. OUT! Smriti Mandhana chops onto the stumps. Ball swings into the left-hander as she leans into play ball on the front foot only to get an inside edge. 

Harleen Deol at number three. She is off the mark with a cut past backward point for four. 

Schutt. Mandhana too gets her first boundary. A punch towards extra cover for four. Follows it up with another textbook cover drive for four. Two boundaries in that over. 

Kim Garth from the other end. Smriti Mandhana is off the mark with a single. Ghosh cuts behind point, the fielder gives the ball a chase and successfully cuts down a boundary. Just three runs from that over. 

Megan Schutt with the new ball. Richa Ghosh comes down the track and lofts the ball over mid-on for four. Schutt bringing the ball into the right handers. Four runs off the over. 

India needs 372 runs to in 50 overs. We will be back once the second innings starts. Stay tuned!

Renuka Singh Thakur has the ball. Kim Garth hits a four on the very first ball. Indian captain with excellent fielding saves some runs. McGrath goes for a FOUR towards long-on. AND does it AGAIN! Back-to-back boundaries takes Australia’s total to 371 in 50 overs.

Saima Thakor with her last over. Some wickets from Indian bowlers and they have been able to keep the Aussies quite for a while now. Another wicket! Alana King c Harleen Deol b Saima Thakor. Kim Garth comes to the crease. McGrath finds a boundary on the last ball. 9 runs and a wicket from the over. 

Deepti Sharma. Alana King takes couples of runs from the first delivery. Batters are dealing in singles at the moment. 5 runs from the over.

Minnu with the ball and gets hit for a four on her first ball by Mooney. Back-to-back boundaries and Mooney! Not the third time! Mooney has to go. Mooney st Richa Ghosh b Minnu Mani 56(44). Sophie Molineux comes and she goes! Nice catch by Arundhati Reddy. Alana King walks in. 2 wickets and 7 runs from the over.

Priya Mishra with her final over. Ashleigh Gardner is the new batter, and she has to go for a duck!! Gardner c Kaur b Priya Mishra 0(2). Tahlia McGrath comes to bat and scores a boundary off the last ball. 5 runs and a wicket from the over.

Renuka Singh. Sutherland takes couple of runs from the first delivery. Renuka strikes and Sutherland has to depart. Sutherland c Kaur b Renuka Singh 6(5). 6 runs from the over.

Deepti Sharma. Perry continues scoring boundaries, but after a ball, Deepti catches up and takes her wicket. Perry b Deepti Sharma 105(75). Annabel Sutherland comes to bat. 7 runs in the over.

Renuka is back into the attack, gives width to Mooney and it’s a FOUR! Perry gets to her CENTURY with a single. 7 runs from the over.

Minnu with her 8th over. Mooney hits a boundary to deep extra cover. 300 up for Australia. It’s raining fours and this time it’s Perry. She is now at 99. 11 runs from the over.

Priya with the ball. Mooney hits it in the air, gets two runs. Perry hits her 5th SIX of the day! 12 runs from the over.

India brings Deepti Sharma. The aussie duo takes 3 runs in scorching heat. Couple of dot balls in the over, only 6 runs.

India tries something new; Smriti Mandhana comes to bowl! Mooney hits a four towards mid-off. 50 runs partnership comes up. Another boundary for Mooney. 12 runs from the over.

Priya comes and Perry hits a boundary straight down the ground, lovely shot! Perry goes ariel and the catch is dropped by Harleen Deol. Another 13 runs off an over.

Minnu comes and Perry hits a massive SIX. Monney joins the party, hits a FOUR to long-on. 250 up. Big over. 1 3 runs.

Priya. Perry and Mooney deal in singles. Good over for India, just 3 runs.

Minnu is back with the ball after drinks. Perry and Mooney take singles. Misfield on last ball adds 1 more run. 4 runs from the over. 

Priya with the ball. Perry pushes towards square leg for a single. Mooney hits a FOUR to long-off. Deepti with some good fielding at the boundary rope. 8 runs from the over.

Saima takes the ball. She removes Voll! Georgia Voll c Richa Ghosh b Saima Thakor 101(87). Mooney comes to the crease. 2 runs from the over.

Minnu. Voll gets to her CENTURY in front of her parents. Perry from the other end is also firing, hits a four at deep square leg! SIX! Perry brings up another half-century! 14 runs from the over.

Saima Thakore with the ball. Runs coming easy for these two. Perry hits a stunning FOUR off the last ball. 8 runs from the over.

Minnu comes. Perry starts the over by taking 2 runs at the third man. Voll at 96 is being mindful. 200 for Aussies! 5 runs from the over.

Deepti again. It’s a SIX from Perry over deep mid-wicket. Voll finding easy singles and quietly nearing a century. 10 from the over.

Renuka continues. Voll sweeps for a single, looks comfortable. Just 3 runs from the over.

Deepti from the other end. Voll steals two runs. 50 runs partnership between Perry and Voll and the latter is in her 90s now. 5 runs from the over.

Renuka comes into the attack, Perry hits the first ball for a six! Direct hit! Umpire checking for a run-out. Batter survives. 8 runs from the over.

Deepti is back. Outside edge off Perry’s bat and she gets a double. Indian bowlers unable to control the scoring rate. Another seven-run over. 

Thakor bowling her seventh over. Half-tracker and Voll pushes the ball past the cover for four. Six runs from that over. 

Voll begins Priya’s over with a slog over long-on for four. That boundary also brought up 150 for Australia. Perry too joins the party and smacks a boundary straight back past the bowler. 10 runs from the over. 

Thakor. A quiet over, just a single off it. 

Priya. Voll lofts the ball over mid-off and gets a boundary to start the over. Another four, this time off Perry’s bat. A lofted cover drive to end the over. 

Saima Thakor is back. Litchfield welcomes her with a lofted drive over her head for four. OUT! Litchfield is caught at cover. Drives the half-volley but ends up hitting in the air. 

Ellyse Perry is off the mark with a single. 

Priya is back. Litchfield plays an inside out over cover for four off the first ball. Follows it up with a reverse sweep but only for a single. Voll slashes, gets thick outside edge for four. Voll is given LBW! Beaten by the googly. Voll has reviewed. Wickets missing and Voll survives. 

Minnu Mani. Both the batters are using their feet and getting singles. Nothing to trouble the duo. Fifty for Litchfield as well. 

Renuka. Century-run opening stand between the two. Voll slog sweeps and gets a four. Finishes the over with a double towards deep midwicket. 

Mani. Voll takes a single and that’s fifty for her in just 43 balls. Plenty of singles on offer for both batters. Four runs from the over. 

Renuka Thakur is back. Litchfield comes down the track and lofts the ball over long-off for a six! Terrific shot. Runs are coming very easily for these two. Nine runs from the over. 

Debutant Minnu Mani into the attack. Three singles off the first three balls. Litchfield reverse sweeps again and gets a double to end the over. 

Deepti again. Litchfield plays a ramp, but only for a single. This time Litchfield perfectly times her reverse sweep and gets a four. Eight runs from that over. 

Priya continues. Plenty of googlies. A full toss but Litchfield misses to put enough power on it and only gets a single. This time Litchfield times it right. A reverse sweep for four to end the over. 

Deepti continues. Fielding restrictions are now over but Voll doesn’t mind. She comes down the track and goes over mid-on and mid-wicket gap to get a four. 

Priya Mishra, leg-spinner, into the attack now. Two googlies to begin with. Voll comes down the track and drives the ball past cover for four. Short ball and Litchfield cuts the ball and ends the PowerPlay with a four. 

Deepti. Volls takes a single and that’s fifty partnership between the two. A terrific over by Deepti, only one run from it. 

Thakor continues. Litchfield lofts the ball over mid-off and finds a boundary. Another half-volley. Thakor drags her length back and Litchfield pulls the ball towards square leg for another four. 12 runs from the over. 

Change in bowling, Deepti Sharma into the attack. Litchfield pulls towards square leg and gets a single. Voll tucks the ball towards fine leg and ends the over with a double. 

Thakor. Chance and dropped! Litchfield chips the ball towards mid-on, and Priya Punia dives in front but the ball pops out at the end moment. Voll drives again and finds the fence, this time past mid-off. 

Thakur. Voll hits another boundary, this time a cover drive off the first ball of the over. Follows it up with an exquisite straight drive for four. Indians are bowling too full. Three fielders on the leg side inside the circle, Renuka drags her length back and forces Voll to play in that direction. A quick single by Voll. Litchfield takes a single as well to make it 10 runs from the over. 

Thakor. Voll drives the first ball for four! Another on drive off a half-volley. Litchfield charges down the track but Thakor bowls a yorker and beats her. The ball also moved away from the left-hander to miss the off stump. A bouncer to end the over. 

Thakur again with the keeper up at the stumps. Voll cuts and gets a double past point. Inswinger, half-volley and Voll drives it straight for four! Seven runs from the over. 

Saima Thakor from the other end. Swinging away from the right hander Voll and squares her up on the second ball. Voll is off the mark with a flick towards backward square leg, a good fielding in the deep cuts it down to three. 

Renuka Thakur with the new ball. Phoebe Litchfield and Georgia Voll open. Litchfield is off the mark with an off drive for four! Full and too straight, Litchfield drives past the diving mid-off. The keeper is up at the stumps. Just the boundary from the first over. 

An ‘ugly action’, yoga with puppies, oodles of experience and a dash of spunk- it’s an odd concoction coming together for a bowler to take a match-winning fifer in a big win. Ask Megan Schutt. 

Under a cloudy sky with a golden sun peeping out in patches, Schutt’s pace pack made life hard for India, bowling the visitor out for just 100 in under 34 overs which set the tone for a massive six-wicket win with 202 balls to spare at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane. 

Here’s a quick read before the game begins. 

Australia: Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Voll, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney(w), Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath(c), Sophie Molineux, Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt

India: Priya Punia, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Minnu Mani, Priya Mishra, Saima Thakor, Renuka Thakur Singh

Australia wins the toss and opts to bat. 

Minnu Mani makes her ODI debut for India. 

Australia won by five wickets, chasing a mere 101-run target. 

Here’s the report:

India: Priya Punia, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Saima Thakor, Titas Sadhu, Priya Mishra, Renuka Thakur Singh, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Minnu Mani, Tejal Hasabnis, Uma Chetry

Australia: Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Voll, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney(w), Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath(c), Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt, Sophie Molineux, Darcie Brown

The match can be streamed on Star Sportstar network and Disney+Hotstar. It is schedule to start at 5:15 AM IST. 

Welcome to the live coverage of the second ODI between India and Australia at Allan Border Field, Brisbane. Stay tuned for the live updates. 

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