India vs Australia Higlights, Women's World Cup: Perry ensures Healy's effort does not go in vain; India lose thriller

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: A cheeky boundary from Harleen Deol as 200 up for India here. She lapped it at the fine leg in the gap for a boundary to keep the scoreboard moving. Harmanpreet Kaur also hits a boundary, as 11 runs came off it. IND 208/2 in 32 overs

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Annabel Sutherland strikes and claims the big wicket of Pratika Rawal for 75! A big wicket for Australia as both openers were well set and looking dangerous. The momentum has shifted a bit in Australia's favour now. IND 192/2 in 30.1 overs

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: A slower delivery from Sutherland beat Pratika Rawal's attempted slog-sweep, but Alyssa Healy failed to gather, and the ball hit the helmet behind the wicketkeeper, resulting in five penalty runs for India.

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Harleen Deol takes charge and smashes Sophie Molineux for a maximum. It was a clean strike after she missed out on a couple of balls earlier in the innings. 1000 runs for Harleen in ODIs. IND 171/1 in 27 overs

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Sophie Molineux gets the big breakthrough here and claims the massive wicket of Smriti Mandhana for 80. She went for a big shot and got caught near the boundary rope by Phoebe Litchfield. IND 155/1 in 24.3 overs

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Smriti Mandhana is in full flow here, as this time she smashed it over a deep backward point for another maximum. Perry tried hard to grab it, but she landed with the ball outside the rope. Pratika Rawal also smashed a four to add misery for Kim Garth. IND 152/0 in 24 overs

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Smriti Mandhana made history, becoming both the youngest and quickest batter to reach 5,000 ODI runs. She reached the mark with a maximum here to stamp her authority over the Aussies. Both openers are not stopping here and smashing every loose delivery coming their way.

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Pratika Rawal with a boundary straight down the ground to complete her half-century in style here. She is playing the perfect second fiddle here. Setting a new record, the current opening partnership is now the highest against Australia in World Cup history, surpassing the 101 runs put together by England's E Bakewell and D Thomas in the inaugural tournament.

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Fifty for Smriti Mandhana here! She reaches the mark with an easy single, her first in this edition of World Cup. She needs just eight runs more to complete 5000 ODI runs. It's her responsibility now to convert it into a century. IND 95/0 in 18.1 overs

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Ash Gardner to Smriti Mandhana, and it's a four as the Indian opener is in no mood to let go of the loose deliveries here. She is looking in sublime touch here and needs to convert it into a big score. IND 71/0 in 14 overs

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: A tidy couple of overs here from Australia to put some pressure back on India. Pratika Rawal did hit a boundary in the last over but only four runs came off it. IND 65/0 in 13 overs

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Pratika Rawal takes on Ash Gardner here and smashes her for a four and a six to stamp her authority here. 10 runs came off the over as India also reached the 50-run mark with Rawal's six over long-on. IND 52/0 in 9 overs

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Sophie Molineux into the attack and Smriti Mandhana hits her over long-on for a four. Wait a minute, she launches another one, and it gets over the line for a maximum. The stylish opener has got the start here. IND 42/0 in 8 overs

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Pratika Rawal hits another boundary here to make her intentions clear that she will go for big shots whenever the ball lands in her zone. Six runs came off the over. IND 21/0 in 5 overs

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Pratika Rawal breaks the shackles and hits a boundary at midwicket. This shot will surely boost her confidence. India are off to a steady start here and both openers need to capitalise on it now. IND 15/0 in 4 overs

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Pratika Rawal has been a bit cautious so far with her approach and playing it safe. The right-handed batter is batting on two off eight balls. She might feel some pressure in the next over to break the shackles and make a statement in the powerplay. IND 8/0 in 2 overs

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Smriti Mandhana opens her account with a boundary to finish off the over in style as India started strong here. She needs to continue this momentum and score big to silence her critics. IND 5/0 in 1 over

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Pratika Rawal and Smriti Mandhana are in the middle to open the innings for India. Kim Garth to start the proceedings with the new ball.

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: The players of both teams are out in the middle for the national anthems of their respective nations.

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Australia Women Playing XI - Alyssa Healy(w/c), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Kim Garth, Alana King, Megan Schutt

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: India Women Playing XI - Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh(w), Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Australia skipper Alyssa Healy wins the toss and elects to bowl against India in Visakhapatnam.

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: India will be hoping that Smriti Mandhana will unleash her magic once more to avoid slipping into an undesired tight space ahead of equally tough upcoming assignments against England and New Zealand.

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Australia captain Alyssa Healy is aware how desperate India are to beat her side in the Women's World Cup on Sunday but said they are equally determined to assert their supremacy over the hosts. "India and Australia play each other a lot these days, so the rivalry has really blossomed. We know how much India wants to beat Australia, and we’re equally driven to dominate here. That contest has become fierce over the years," Healy said.

IND W vs AUS W Live Score, Women's ODI World Cup: Given their reliance on off-spinners like Deepti Sharma and Sneh Rana, India may opt to retain them as a strategic advantage against opposing left-handed batters, as the ball naturally turns away from the bat. However, any move to bolster the seam attack by replacing all-rounder Amanjot Kaur with a specialist pacer like Arundhati Reddy poses a difficult trade-off, as sacrificing Amanjot's presence would weaken the crucial late-order batting solidity that has repeatedly proven vital in rescuing India's innings during the tournament.