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India vs Australia Women's World Cup LIVE - India loses by 6 wickets - Updates, Wickets, Scores, Blog
India will look to pull their socks up as they take on an undefeated Australian side at the Women's Cricket World Cup 2022. Follow LIVE.
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Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge from the India vs Australia Women's Cricket World Cup match!
The onus will be on Indian batters to impress as they take on a dominant Australia side at the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 at Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand.
The Mithali Raj-led side will need to pull up their socks to ensure that they remain in contention for the top four spots on the table. So far, India has won two matches and lost two.
Meanwhile, the Australian side is yet to lose a single match and are looking formidable and India will have no option but to be at their best against them.
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Live Updates
- 19 March 2022 6:45 AM IST
MANDHANA FALLS!
Big, big wicket for Australia and it is Darcie Brown who provides them with that. Smriti Mandhana, who was looking good, has to walk back early on and India in massive trouble early on.
Brilliant from Brown as she kept enticing Mandhana to go through the off-side and all the southpaw managed was a thick edge to Meg Lanning at a widish slip.
IND - 11/1 (3.1)
- 19 March 2022 6:41 AM IST
Mandhana off and running
Mandhana puts away a loose delivery from Brown to the fine-leg boundary and is rotating the strike well. Verma, on the other hand, is struggling to time it currently.
IND - 11/0 (3)
- 19 March 2022 6:34 AM IST
IND - 3/0 (1)
A good start for Australia and Schutt as India manage to get just 3 off the first over. Some nervy moments for Verma as she plays and misses the final delivery of that over.
IND - 3/0 (1)
- 19 March 2022 6:31 AM IST
Smriti and Shafali to open!
Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma opens for India, while the veteran Meghan Schutt has the ball for Australia. Right then, we are all set.
- 19 March 2022 6:20 AM IST
Australia Starting 11
One change for the Southern Stars as well with Darcie Brown coming back in place of Annabel Sutherland.
- 19 March 2022 6:18 AM IST
India Starting 11
Shafali Verma has been named in the team for the first time since India's World Cup opener against Pakistan. "We wanted to strengthen the top-order," is what Mithali Raj mentioned during the toss.
This means that Yastika Bhatia is expected to move down the order with Verma opening alongside Mandhana.
- 19 March 2022 6:07 AM IST
Australia opts to bowl
Meg Lanning has won the toss and has put India into bat. Massive call from India as they drop Deepti Sharma to bring in Shafali Verma.
