India vs Australia Highlights, Women’s World Cup 2022: Lanning leads Australia to victory in clinical run chase

Richa bats it down to third man and sees that Harmanpreet is already halfway down the pitch. Harmanpreet then sends her back and Richa makes it back just as the throw comes in. It would have been a close one if it was a direct hit. India 196/4 in 39 overs.

Alana King strikes! Mithali connects the sweep well but only ends up sending it straight into the hands of Ellyse Perry and deep midwicket. 

Mithali c Perry b King 68, India 186/4 off 37.3 overs

A picture-perfect sweep from Harmanpreet and the ball races towards the square leg boundary.

Ellyse Perry returns to bowl the 33rd after her horrendous first over. No wides this time from the all-rounder as Mithali and Harmanpreet take two runs each in the over. The Australians will be wary of Harmanpreet. The last time she played them in a World Cup, she ended up smashing 171 off 115 balls to completely take the game away from them.

Yastika c Perry b Brown 59 (83), India 158/3 in 31.4 overs

Yastika picks out Ellyse Perry who was the only fielder in the deep in the offside. It's Darcie Brown again, that is her third wicket of the day. Yastika charges out and sends it towards Perry, who backtracks and takes the catch before falling on her back. The partnership between Yastika and Mithali ends at 130. 

Like Mithali, Yastika gets to the mark with a single. That is her second ODI half century. Australia added two more wides to their tally before Yastika cut Gardner late to backward point to take the single.

The Indian captain has reached a whopping 63rd ODI half century. She gets there with a single, smiles and hugs her partner before raising her bat. A welcome knock for a great player who hasn't been in the greatest of touches in this tournament. 

And now Yastika Bhatia. Heaves it with the spin against Alana King over mid-wicket and the ball bounces just in front of the ropes for a four.

Mithali Raj goes aerial. Smashes Jonassen straight back over her head and the ball smacks on to the sight screen. She moves to 47.

A single from Mithali to bring up the mark. Just the eighth time that a team has managed to get a 100-run partnership against Australia in the World Cup. This stand has allowed India to start thinking of putting up a big total.  

Partnership between Yastika and Mithali has now moved to 95 off 120 balls. Both players have scored 39 runs, with Yastika reach there in 61 balls and Mithali in 68. 

Bhatia ends the 24th with a four. Inswinger from McGrath, shaped into the left hander and she brings out a lovely on-drive. The ball races to the boundary and Bhatia moves to 36 off 58.

India 101/2 off 22 overs. The partnership between Mithali and Yastika has now reached 73 runs. The two are trying to improve in their strike rotation, the extras have gone a long way in keeping India's run rate up and yet, it has dropped from five at the end of the 12th to just under 4.5 at the end of the 22nd. 

Back-to-back wides from Ash Gardner in the 18th over and that takes the tally to 11 already. India run three wides off the first and two off the second. Rather unusual this from Australia and India move to 83/2 in 18 overs.

Mithali drives off the last ball of that over again but McGrath chases after it this time and keeps it from reaching the boundary. The batters run three, however, and India are going at a run rate of about 5 an over.

The Indian captain with her second boundary of the match and she moves to 15 off 30. She middles the drive and sends the ball rattling towards the boundary past covers. 

And one of those went away to the boundary. Ellyse Perry having all sorts of trouble with her line and length as she bowls a 12-ball over. The sixth delivery of the over took four attempts, with the first of those wides beating wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy and going to the boundary. A total of 16 runs come from that over. India 60/2 after 12. 

Straight from Perry and Bhatia tucks it fine off her pads. The ball flies past the wicketkeeper and races behind for the boundary. Perry's last ball was a wide and the next one is wide as well as she struggles with her lines.

India 44/2 after 11 overs. Extra bounce from Jonassen and Bhatia goes for the sweep. The ball takes her top edge and Elysse Perry starts running in towards fine leg from the deep, puts in a dive but the ball remains out of reach. Perry then keeps the ball to bowl her first over in the 12th. The Indians take a single which means Bhatia is on strike.

Mithali and Yastika rush through for a single at the end of the ninth over. India need a big innings from their skipper here, who has been woefully out of form in this tournament.

That's that for Shafali Verma. She goes for the late cut and Mooney dives to her left and catches it flying with both hands. It was just a cameo as it turns out from Shafali and India have lost both their openers now.  

Shafali Verma c Beth Mooney b Darcie Brown 12 (16), India 28/2 off 6 overs

Boundary off the very next ball. Schutt sends this one in short and outside off, Shafali waits and then opens the face of the bat to pierce the gap between short third and point.

Full and straight from Schutt, Shafali takes a big stride forward and sends that over the bowler's head. The ball smashes on to the sight screen and Shafali has a big smile on her face. 

That is a big wicket and it has come very early for Australia. Mandhana drawn into a drive well outside off, it takes her outside edge and Lanning takes a sharp catch diving low with both hands at slips. 

Mandhana c Lanning b Brown 10 (11), India 11/1 in 3.1 overs

It is a milestone day for Jhulan Goswami. She becomes just the second player after her captain Mithali Raj to play 200 matches in women's ODIs. Mithali presented Jhulan her 200th cap before the match.