India Women vs Australia Women 3rd T20I Highlights: Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues power India to win in T20Is

By Neelav Chakravarti, Probuddha Bhattacharjee

Feb 21, 2026, 17:14:17 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I Highlights: India have won the match by 17 runs. With that they have won the T20I series and taken a 4-2 lead in the multiformat battle.

Key Events

5:10 PM IST, Feb 21Player of the Match
5:05 PM IST, Feb 21INDIA WIN!!!!
5:02 PM IST, Feb 21Last over
4:57 PM IST, Feb 21GONE!!!!
4:55 PM IST, Feb 2140 off 2 overs
4:53 PM IST, Feb 21ANOTHER WICKET!!!!
4:48 PM IST, Feb 21WICKET!!!!
4:47 PM IST, Feb 21WICKET!!!
4:34 PM IST, Feb 21WAREHAM GOES!!!
4:30 PM IST, Feb 21Platform getting laid
4:21 PM IST, Feb 21DROPPED!!!
4:14 PM IST, Feb 21WICKET!!!!
4:07 PM IST, Feb 21Partnership developing
4:02 PM IST, Feb 21Powerplay up
3:52 PM IST, Feb 21WICKET!!!!!
3:47 PM IST, Feb 21GONE!!!!!
3:43 PM IST, Feb 21IN THE AIR AND TAKEN!!!!
3:39 PM IST, Feb 21Great start for Australia
3:37 PM IST, Feb 21Voll gets going
3:34 PM IST, Feb 21We are back
3:20 PM IST, Feb 21Australia need
3:17 PM IST, Feb 21TAKEN!!!
3:12 PM IST, Feb 21GONE!!!
3:12 PM IST, Feb 21India moving towards 180
3:03 PM IST, Feb 21OUT!
2:55 PM IST, Feb 21Tight over, Jemimah also gets dropped!
2:49 PM IST, Feb 21SIX! SHOT!
2:41 PM IST, Feb 21Fifty for Mandhana!
2:32 PM IST, Feb 21IND W - 86/1 (10)
2:25 PM IST, Feb 21Mandhana in good form
2:16 PM IST, Feb 21Streak of fours!
2:08 PM IST, Feb 21IND W - 31/1 (4)
2:01 PM IST, Feb 21OUT!!
1:53 PM IST, Feb 21IND W - 10/0 (1)
1:46 PM IST, Feb 21Action begins!
1:25 PM IST, Feb 21AUS Playing XI
1:24 PM IST, Feb 21IND Playing XI
1:18 PM IST, Feb 21Toss time!
1:08 PM IST, Feb 21Toss coming up!
12:55 PM IST, Feb 21Mooney becomes Australia's leading run-scorer
12:39 PM IST, Feb 21Series tied at 1-1
12:08 PM IST, Feb 21Hello and welcome everyone!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: India won the final T20I match by 17 runs and with that took a 4-2 lead in the multiformat series.

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I Highlights: Australia fought hard but in the end, India managed to restrict the Aussies to 159/9 in 20 overs. That meant India won the match by 17 runs and with that the T20I series. They have also taken a 4-2 lead in the multiformat series....Read More

After Licthfield's departure there was another partnership developing between Wareham and Gardner. But just before it got dangerous, Arundhati Reddy picked up the wicket of Wareham. However, Gardner continued and got her fifty. It looked she would take the game away from India, but India got her wicket at the right time. This was followed by the hit wicket dismissal of Grace Harris, tilting the game in India's favour.

Australia were struggling after losing three wickets inside the powerplay. It looked like India are getting away with the game. But it was at this stage that Gardner and Litchfield got together steadying the Aussie progress. But soon, Shree Charani got rid of Litchfield giving India a stronghold in the game.

Australia made a powerful start to their chase scoring 18 runs in the first over. However, Shreyanka Patil brough them back into the game in the very next over with the wicket of Georgia Voll. The wicket of Beth Mooney soon followed and India had the game under their control early in the chase. Patil did not rest their, she picked up the wicket of Ellyse Perry in the next over and the game was firmly tilted in favour of India.

Jemimah Rodrigues held the innings together for India propelling them towards a formidable total. She was dismissed in the last over after scoring 59 runs off 46 balls. Carried by the brilliant efforts from Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues, India managed to post 176/6 in their 20 overs.

Smriti Mandhana departed in the 17th over, losing her wicket to Sutherland as as India take on Australia in the third T20I in Adelaide on Saturday. The India opener registered 82 runs off 55 balls. Earlier, opener Shafali Verma (7) was dismissed in the second over by Kim Garth. Initially, Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and opted to bat.

The visitors will need their batters to perform collectively against Aussie bowlers, who have been in good form lately. Also, India Women have never registered a bilateral series win in Australia across all formats.

In the second T20I, Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma got good starts, but failed to capitalise as India failed to chase down a target of 164 runs. The Aussie trio of Kim Garth, Annabel Sutherland and Sophie Molineux got rid of five Indian batters for only seven runs as the visitors failed to get any kind of control in the run chase. The spotlight will also be on Indian pacers. Renuka Singh, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Goud and Amanjot Kaur need to find the perfect lines, especially against Australia's dominant batters. For the Aussies, the focus will be on Georgia Voll, who has taken over the opening role from now-retired Meg Lanning and Alyssa Healy.

Squads:

India - Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Bharti Fulmali, Kranti Gaud, Richa Ghosh (wk), Gunalan Kamalini, Amanjot Kaur, Shreyanka Patil, Sneh Rana, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Shree Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma

Australia - Sophie Molineux (c), Tahlia McGrath, Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham

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Feb 21, 2026, 17:10:45 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I Highlights: Player of the Match

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I Highlights: Smriti Mandhana wins the Player of the Match for her knock of 82 runs off 55 deliveries. Along with Jemimah Rodrigues, Mandhana set the stage for the competitive total India got on the board.

Feb 21, 2026, 17:05:12 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: INDIA WIN!!!!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: THERE IS THE WIN!!!! India win the match by 17 runs and with that the series. They now take 4-2 leas in this multiformat series over Australia. WHAT A BRILLIANT SHOW THIS HAS BEEN FROM HARMANPREET KAUR AND HER TEAM!!!!

Feb 21, 2026, 17:02:47 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Last over

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: The win is on the horizon for India. Australia need 27 runs to win and have only one wicket remaining. One can say, this is India's game.

Feb 21, 2026, 16:57:44 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: GONE!!!!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: APPEAL AND GIVEN!!!! Sutherland takes the review. But this looks out.

If this goes in favour of India, then that should be the game. Sutherland is the key cog at this stage. Three reds, GONE!!!! India get the ninth.

Feb 21, 2026, 16:55:12 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: 40 off 3 overs

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: 40 runs needed off 3 overs for Australia to win the match. India are just 2 wickets away from the win. This game has shaped up for a thrilling finish.

Feb 21, 2026, 16:53:03 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: ANOTHER WICKET!!!!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: APPEALLLLLL AND GIVEN!!!!! Is this the wicket!!! Molineux has taken the review. Well three reds!!!! INDIA GET ANOTHER WICKET.

Feb 21, 2026, 16:48:42 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: WICKET!!!!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: OH!!! What more can go India's way!!! Hit wicket!!!! Grace Harris is one batter who could have changed this game fast. But in an attempt to pull that from deep in the crease, Harris has fallen to hit wicket. This is India's game to lose now.

Feb 21, 2026, 16:47:00 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: WICKET!!!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: IN THE AIR AND TAKEN!!! Ashleigh Gardner falls!!! Just when the game was slipping away from India, Jemimah Rodrigues pulls of a stunner. India are right back in the game again.

Feb 21, 2026, 16:34:58 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: WAREHAM GOES!!!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: IN THE AIR AND TAKEN!!! Georgia Wareham returns to the dugout. Another wicket just at the right time for India.

Feb 21, 2026, 16:30:26 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Platform getting laid

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Georgia Wareham and Ashleigh Gardner are moving steadily here. They are setting the stage for their big hitters to come in later. However, this pair might also need to get a move on soon to keep up with the required rate, it has already touched the 11 per over mark.

Feb 21, 2026, 16:21:56 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: DROPPED!!!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: OH!!!! Regulation caught and bowled goes begging. Amanjot Kaur fails to hold on it and it was the big wicket of Ashleigh Gardner. If Kaur held on to that, this game would have been nearly over for the Aussies.

Feb 21, 2026, 16:14:05 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: WICKET!!!!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: IN THE AIR AND GONE!!! Shree Charani provides the breakthrough. Litchfield departs. This is the wicket that India needed and it has arrived just at the right time.

Feb 21, 2026, 16:07:50 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Partnership developing

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Ashleigh Gardner is looking good in the middle. Litchfield is also playing a steady hand. The partnership is developing and those are not good signs for India.

Feb 21, 2026, 16:02:29 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Powerplay up

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: So, the first six overs are done and Australia are under pressure. Who would have imagined Australia would be 44/3 within the power play.

Litchfield and Gardner are trying to stitch together a partnership. India need to keep chipping away with the wickets.

Feb 21, 2026, 15:52:31 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: WICKET!!!!!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: BOWLED HER!!!! Ellyse Perry departs!!! India are firmly in control of the game. This match is slipping away from the Aussies very fast.

Feb 21, 2026, 15:47:10 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: GONE!!!!!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: IN THE AIR AND TAKEN!!!! It is the big wicket of George Mooney. Renuka Singh Thakur has provided India with a huge wicket. Australia struggling at the start of the chase here now.

Feb 21, 2026, 15:43:02 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: IN THE AIR AND TAKEN!!!!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: IN THE AIR AND GONE!!! Voll departs. Shreyanka Patil provides the breakthrough for India. A big wicket. India needed to break that partnership and now they will look to slow down the scoring rate while coming back in the match.

Feb 21, 2026, 15:39:51 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Great start for Australia

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Australia are off to a flier her. Both Mooney and Voll are looking in fine touch. 18 runs off the first over and the stage is set for the chase. India need to find wickets to comeback in the game.

Feb 21, 2026, 15:37:11 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Voll gets going

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: In the air and a boundary. Georgia Voll is on her way with a boundary. Australia will hope for a strong foundation through a good opening partnership.

Feb 21, 2026, 15:34:28 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: We are back

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: So, we are back for the chase. Beth Mooney and Georgia Voll are out their to start the innings for Australia. Renuka Singh Thakur will start the proceedings with the ball for India.

Feb 21, 2026, 15:20:21 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Australia need 177 runs to win the match and the series

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: So, that is the end of the Indian innings. They have posted 176/6 in their 20 overs. Australia need 177 runs to win the match and the series.

Feb 21, 2026, 15:17:28 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: TAKEN!!!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Jemimah Rodrigues departs after playing a very important knock. She scored 59 off 46 deliveries ensuring India post a competitive total on the board.

Feb 21, 2026, 15:12:50 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: GONE!!!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Richa Ghosh falls in search of a boundary. Brief but brutal stay of Richa Ghosh comes to an end.

Feb 21, 2026, 15:12:17 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: India moving towards 180

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Jemimah Rodrigues is playing a brilliant knock in the middle. She is ensuring that the scoreboard keeps ticking and India reach a total around 180.

Feb 21, 2026, 15:03:36 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: OUT!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: OUT!! Mandhana departs! A slow delivery by Sutherland and Mandhana goes down, but doesn't get enough power. It is holed to deep midwicket for a catch!

Mandhana c Gardner b Sutherland 82 (55)

Feb 21, 2026, 14:55:26 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Tight over, Jemimah also gets dropped!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Molineux keeps it tight, only six runs conceded! Jemimah also gets dropped in the fifth delivery. Jemimah drives it in the air, to the right of cover. Litchfield dives full length, and can't hold on to it!

IND W - 127/1 (15)

Feb 21, 2026, 14:49:51 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: SIX! SHOT!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: A full delivery by Gardner and round the wicket. Mandhana launches it over square leg for a six! SHOT!

IND W - 117/1 (13.2)

Feb 21, 2026, 14:41:39 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Fifty for Mandhana!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: SIX! Mandhana gets her fifty! SHOT! A full delivery by Brown in the slot, Mandhana goes low and smacks it over midwicket for a six! Gets her fifty!

IND W - 97/1 (11.2)

Feb 21, 2026, 14:32:50 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: IND W - 86/1 (10)

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: A slow delivery by Sutherland on the pads, Mandhana goes on her knees to sweep it behind square for a four! Then its a dot, followed by a double for Mandhana. Ends the over with a single.

IND W - 86/1 (10)

Feb 21, 2026, 14:25:54 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Mandhana in good form

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: A short of length delivery by Brown and Mandhana cuts it between point and short third for a four. Then she takes a single. Brown responds with a dot, and Jemimah ends the over with a single.

IND W - 67/1 (8)

Feb 21, 2026, 14:16:49 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Streak of fours!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: A poor delivery by Molineux and Jemimah sweeps it for a four and then takes a single. Mandhana ges a full delivery, sweeps it behind square for a fuor. Molineux responds with a dot, followed by Mandhan pulling her for a four, through square leg. The over ends with a single.

IND W - 54/1 (6)

Feb 21, 2026, 14:08:48 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: IND W - 31/1 (4)

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Total 8 runs conceded in the fourth over as Mandhana also smacks Gardner for a four, over extra cover!

IND W - 31/1 (4)

Feb 21, 2026, 14:01:21 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: OUT!!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: OUT!! A good length delivery by Garth and Shafali slices it, doesn't clear infield! Caught at mid-on!

Shafail c Sutherland b Garth 7 (6)

IND W - 19/1 (1.4)

Feb 21, 2026, 13:53:38 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: IND W - 10/0 (1)

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Brown begins the first over with four wides, lost her radar there! Then leg byes, one run. Then another wide, and she reponds with a dot. Another dot and then she send a half-volley, Mandhana smacks her through covers for a four! The over ends with back-to-back dots!

IND W - 10/0 (1)

Feb 21, 2026, 13:46:14 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Action begins!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: The action begins! Mandhana and Shafali to open for India. Brown to bowl the first over for Australia.

Feb 21, 2026, 13:25:02 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: AUS Playing XI

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Beth Mooney(w), Georgia Voll, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Grace Harris, Kim Garth, Sophie Molineux(c), Darcie Brown

Feb 21, 2026, 13:24:45 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: IND Playing XI

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Shreyanka Patil, Arundhati Reddy, Shree Charani, Renuka Singh Thakur

Feb 21, 2026, 13:18:11 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Toss time!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: India win the toss and opt to bat!

Feb 21, 2026, 13:08:30 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Toss coming up!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Toss is upcoming! It is scheduled for 1:15 PM.

Feb 21, 2026, 12:55:51 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Mooney becomes Australia's leading run-scorer

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Mooney has overtaken former captain Lanning to become Australia's leading run-scorer for her country in T20Is. Lanning has 3432 runs in 114 matches and 108 innings at an average of 41.85. She has also smacked two tons and 27 half-centuries.

Feb 21, 2026, 12:39:10 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Series tied at 1-1

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Rain played a key role in the first T20I as India won by 21 runs via DLS. Meanwhile, the Aussies bounced back in the second fixture, winning by 19 runs.

Feb 21, 2026, 12:08:13 IST

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Hello and welcome everyone!

IND W vs AUS W 3rd T20I LIVE Score: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of today's third T20I between India and Australia in Adelaide. The series is tied at 1-1 and winner today will clinch the series.