The Indian team has been able to defeat the seven-time champion Australian team only three times in the last 47 years since its debut in the Women’s ODI World Cup and the last time in the semi-finals of the tournament held in England in 2017, the architect of the victory was Harmanpreet Kaur, who scored 171 runs, whose bat is still silent this time. So far, twelve matches have been played between India and Australia in the One Day Women’s World Cup, out of which Australia has won nine times (1978, two matches in 1982, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2017, 2022) while India has won only three times (twice in 2009 and 2017).
The biggest win of the Indian team, which waited thirty-one years for its first win over Australia in the World Cup, was in the semi-finals in England in 2017. Australia defeated India by eight wickets in the group stage on the basis of the performance of Meg Lanning (76) and Ellyse Perry (two wickets), wasting Poonam Raut’s century. India defeated Australia by 36 runs in the semi-finals and current captain Harmanpreet and spinner Deepti Sharma were the architects of the victory. With the help of Harmanpreet’s 171 runs in 115 balls, India scored 281 runs for four wickets in 42 overs. In reply, the Australian team scored 40. Was out for 245 runs in 1 over in which Deepti took three wickets.
England defeated India by nine runs in the final. The Indian women’s team defeated Australia for the first time in the World Cup in 2009 and that too on its own soil. First in the Super Six stage and then in the third place match. Anjum Chopra scored 76 runs in 137 balls in the Super Six match while Gauhar Sultana and Reema Malhotra took two wickets each. After this, in the third place playoff match in Sydney, India again broke Australia’s magic when with the help of captain Jhulan and Priyanka Roy taking two wickets each, India won by three wickets. Although the Women’s ODI World Cup started in 1973, India made its debut in 1978 and faced Australia for the first time in this World Cup at the Moinul Haq Stadium in Patna. This World Cup was to be held in South Africa but due to its boycott due to apartheid, India got to host it.
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In the tournament played between India, Australia, England and New Zealand, the Australian team captained by Margaret Jennings defeated the Indian team led by Diana Edulji by 71 runs. Then in 1982, the Indian team under the captaincy of Shantha Rangaswamy won four out of twelve matches in the round robin stage in the World Cup played in New Zealand in a changed format (round robin and final) but had to face defeat in all three matches at the hands of Australia. In the very first match played at Eden Park, Australia defeated the Indian team by 153 runs, while Australia won the second match in Wellington by four wickets.
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In the third match in Christchurch, Australia maintained its dominance by winning by 39 runs. Australia retained the title by defeating England in the final. India’s Shubhangi Kulkarni took 20 wickets in the tournament. The next Women’s World Cup was played six years later in 1988 in Australia. India was invited to play in this World Cup organized by the International Women’s Cricket Council but due to being unable to raise sufficient funds from the sponsors, India had to withdraw its name.
A record eight teams participated in the 1993 World Cup in England and India’s performance graph was better under the captaincy of Edulji. India won four and lost three out of seven matches in the group stage. Made a great start by defeating West Indies by 63 runs in the very first match but again succumbed easily to Australia. After bowling out India for 108 runs in 58.4 overs, Australia scored 114 runs for three wickets in 38.3 overs. The performance of Sandhya Agarwal and Captain Edulji was excellent for India in the tournament.
Sandhya stood fourth in batting with 229 runs in seven matches and Edulji stood fourth among bowlers with 14 wickets. 11 teams participated in the 1997 World Cup in India and under the captaincy of Pramila Bhatt, host India reached the semi-finals for the first time. This time India faced Australia in the semi-finals played in Delhi and Katherine Fritzpatrick dashed India’s hopes of victory by taking three wickets for 18 runs in seven overs. Due to bad light, the match was reduced to 32 overs in which Australia scored 123 runs for seven wickets. In reply, the Indian team could score only 104 runs for nine wickets in 30 overs.
India’s two overs were reduced due to slow over-rate. Australia won the title once again by defeating New Zealand. The seventh Women’s World Cup was played in New Zealand in 2000, in which the dream of the Indian team captained by Anju Jain to win over Australia once again remained unfulfilled and the Indian team, which had defeated South Africa, England, Sri Lanka, Netherlands and Ireland in the round robin stage, lost to Australia by 51 runs. Lisa Knightley (74) and Karen Rolton (61) made a century partnership for Australia while Anjum Chopra scored the highest score of 47 runs for India. In the 2005 World Cup held in South Africa, the Indian team under the leadership of Mithali Raj reached the final for the first time.
Neetu David (20), Amita Sharma (14) and Jhulan Goswami (13) remained in the first three positions in the bowlers’ table. The match between India and Australia in the group stage was canceled without a single ball being bowled. After this, they faced each other directly in the final and Australia once again won the title for the fifth time by defeating India by 98 runs on the basis of Karen Rolton’s century.
In the 2013 World Cup held in India, the host Indian team was eliminated from the group stage itself and due to Australia being in a different group, there was no clash between the two. In the last World Cup held in New Zealand in 2022, which was delayed by a year due to the Corona epidemic, the Indian team was out of the group stage. With the help of Meg Lanning’s 97 runs, Australia defeated them by six wickets at Eden Park.