IND W vs AUS W: India will try to break the nine-match losing streak at home against Australia, won 16 years ago

Posted on 2nd Jan 2024 by rohit kumar

Harmanpreet Kaur\'s team will fight for honor against Australia in the third and final ODI on Tuesday. The Indian team is down 0-2 after losing the first two matches and has lost the series, but in the third ODI, it will have the challenge of breaking the sequence of losing nine consecutive matches against Australia on Indian soil. The Indian team last won an ODI at home against Australia 16 years ago in 2007.

 

After achieving a one-sided victory over Australia in the only Test match, it seemed that the Indian team would perform some charisma in the ODI, but it did not happen. In the first ODI, it lost despite making its highest score of 282 runs, and in the second ODI, it lost by three runs due to dropping seven catches. The positive side of the first two ODIs was Jemimah Rodrigues\'s innings of 82, and 44, and Richa Ghosh\'s 96 runs played in 113 balls. Richa has shown with her performance that she is a big part of coach Amol Majumdar\'s plans at number three.

 

Harampreet\'s form becomes a concern

The big matter of concern for the Indian team is the form of captain Harmanpreet Kaur. She has been able to reach double figures only three times in the last eight innings across all formats. 49 runs scored in a test match against England is his highest score. In the Test against Australia, she could not even open her account in the only innings, while in the ODI she scored only nine and five runs. After this series, there is to be a T-20 series with Australia. For this, Harmanpreet Kaur must be in form.

 

need to focus on fielding

The weakest link of the women\'s team has been its fielding. After dropping seven catches in the second ODI, Amol Majumdar admitted that more work is needed with the team in this direction. At the same time, Majumdar has made it clear that Sneh Rana will be available for the third ODI. She collided with Pooja Vastrakar in the second ODI. He has suffered a head injury. Harleen Deol came as a connection substitute in the match.

 

Deepti said- will try to break the losing streak

Deepti Sharma, who took five wickets for 38 runs in the second match, says that the performance as a team has become better than before. We will try to break Australia\'s continuous winning streak at home. Due to scoring 24 runs in 36 balls, Deepti could not win the second ODI. She said that she is also trying to improve her batting strike rate.

 

Healy has not been able to score big

At the same time, after achieving two wins, Australia, playing under the captaincy of Alyssa Healy, is in high spirits. Healy reached double figures in both matches but did not manage to score big. At the same time, in the second ODI, the team dropped two very easy catches at slip and long off. Both these catches were of Richa Ghosh.

 

head-to-head record

So far 52 ODI matches have been played between the two teams. India has won only 10 matches. Australia has won 42 matches. The Indian women\'s team has played 23 ODI matches against Australia at home. He won only four. Had to face defeat in 19.

 

Both teams are as follows:

India: Yastika Bhatia, Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh (wk), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Harleen Deol, Shreyanka Patil, Sneh Rana, Renuka Thakur Singh, Shefali Verma, Saika Ishaq. , Titas Sadhu, Mannat Kashyap.

 

Australia: Phoebe Litchfield, Alyssa Healy (wk/c), Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ashley Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Elana King, Kim Garth, Darcy Brown, Megan, Jess Jonassen, Heather Graham.

 

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