Australia women continued their unbeaten ODI record against India with a thrilling win in the second match to seal the three-match series at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium and will be looking to kick off the year 2024 with a win on Tuesday, January 2.
Smriti Mandhana was unwell and hence didn't feature in the first ODI against Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, December 28.
Southpaw Phoebe Litchfield was awarded the Player of the Match (POTM) for playing a match-winning knock of 78 runs off 89 balls at a strike rate of 87.64. Her knock included eight fours and a maximum.
"Full credit to the Indian team, they just put too many runs on us. If we would have batted the first full day, we could have been in the game. Winning the toss and not putting the runs on the board and then leaking too many runs in the afternoon," Alyssa Healy said.
In-form spin all-rounder Deepti Sharma top-scored with 78 runs off 171 balls to help India score 406 runs in their first innings and then captain Harmanpreet Kaur shone with a ball to put India in complete control of the one-off Test at the end of Day 3's play in Mumbai.
After winning the Test against England, the Indian women's cricket team continued their performance against Australia at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium as they had the visitors bowled out for 219 on Day 1 and then scored 98 runs for the loss of just one wicket. India will be keen to get a massive lead.
After tasting a defeat in the ICC World Cup final in 2023, the Indian men's cricket team will be eyeing glory in the T20 World Cup in the new year 2024. India's men's football team will participate in the highly-anticipated 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.
Carrara Oval hosted the last Test that was played between India women and Australia women in 2021 and the fixture resulted in a draw. Smriti Mandhana was awarded the Player of the Match in that game for her brilliant first innings hundred.
England had previously played three Test series against India in India. While the 1995/96 tour had gone England's way 1-0 (3), the 2001/02 and 2005/06 tours had ended in stalemates.
Young Indian spinners Shreyanka Patil and Saika Ishaque took three wickets each to bowl out England women on just 126 runs while bowling first. Smriti Mandhana ended her poor form with a brilliant knock to help India chase the target in 19 overs.
Charlie Dean, Lauren Bell and Sophie Ecclestone shone at Wankhede Stadium to bowl out India women on just 80 runs in 16.2 overs. Jemimah Rodrigues top-scored with 30 runs as India recorded their lowest-ever T20I total against England.
"Emma Lamb has been withdrawn from the England Women Test squad to play India due to a back problem. Lamb has returned home to the UK where she will see a spinal surgeon to determine next steps,” ECB said in a statement.
Top-ranked English batter Natalie Sciver-Brunt scored 77 runs in 53 balls and the experienced opener Danni Wyatt added 75 runs to help England record 197 runs in the first match, the biggest T20I total against India by the Three Lionesses.
Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian women's cricket team will be hosting a strong English side in the first game of the three-match series at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday. England have won 7 of their 9 T20I games in India and are favourites going into the series opener.
The BCCI announced the Indian women's squads for T20 series against England and then the two Test matches each against England and then Australia. The Indian women's team will be in action for the first time since the Asian Games. The three-match T20 series against England starts on December 6.
The Women's Premier League (WPL) player auction for the upcoming 2024 season will take place in Mumbai on December 9 and all teams will have a salary cap of INR 13.5 crore. The defending champions will enter the auction with the lowest purse amount of INR 2.1 crore.
India men's football team secured a point against Myanmar to qualify for the round of 16 while the women's cricket team reached the final to ensure a medal on Sunday.
Indian women's cricket team will square off against the Sri Lankan women's cricket team in the final of the women's cricket competition at the ongoing Hangzhou Asian Games on Monday.
India women's cricket team faces Malaysia Women at Hangzhou's Pingfeng Campus Cricket Field in their debut match in the Asian Games tournament.
"I will not say that I regret anything because at the end of the day as a player you want to see that fair things are happening," Harmanpreet added.
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