Australia wary of golden opportunity for India revenge

India have vowed to throw everything at Australia in their bid for a first major title in Sunday's Commonwealth Games gold medal match – and Beth Mooney says Australia will give as good as they get.

Two-and-a-half years after the 2020 T20 World Cup final, Australia and India will once again go head-to-head in a tournament final.

Harmanpreet Kaur insisted on Saturday her side had come far from the team that crumbled to an 85-run defeat in front of 86,174 people at the MCG, while off-spinner Sneh Rana said they would bring the same "killing attitude" displayed in their four-run semi-final triumph over England.

India's spinners, including Rana, squeezed England's middle-order to seal their narrow semi-final win after opener Smriti Mandhana had earlier flayed the new-ball attack.

Mooney expects more of the same on Sunday.

"We know the style of play they're after, they come hard early with the bat and they've got a lot of spin in their line-up as well to slow us down with our batting," Mooney told reporters after Saturday's semi-final.

"We know their style of play, they know ours too, so I think it'll be a great contest.

"I think they'll certainly test us at different times, but hopefully we're in a position where we can counterattack that and got some momentum and really come out tomorrow firing."

Australia were forced to scrap for their own semi-final win over New Zealand, edging home by five wickets with three balls to spare, and making the most of the White Ferns' wasted chances in the field.

After relatively straightforward wins over Barbados and Pakistan to round out the group stage, Mooney said the semi-final test would have Australia primed for a tough gold medal match.

"We know T20 cricket can be a bit like that in terms of having to scrap your way to a win," she said.

"I thought we did that really nicely tonight, New Zealand are a huge threat.

"There were moments that changed the game and swung the momentum either way so for us to hang on like that, for as long as we could and get over the line that fashion was pretty crucial heading into a big match tomorrow.

"I think it is nice to be tested and we knew coming into the game that we were going to be tested in different moments.

"But I guess the beauty of our team, and where we're at, at the moment, is there's so much belief within that dressing room that we can always get the job done, no matter what it looks like.

"We can sometimes accept that it can look pretty ugly, but if we can scrap our way to the end, and that's the result we're after."

Australia got the better of India when the teams met in the opening match of the Games, recovering from 5-49 to successfully reach their target of 155 with three wickets in hand and an over to spare.

It was a match that will likely inspire confidence in both teams; India know they can seriously challenge Australia, and Australia know their depth means they can recover from just about anywhere.

"We just generally really thrive under clutch moments," Megan Schutt said on Saturday.

"We've had so many close games and we focus a lot on being able to compose ourselves in those moments.

"A lot of us have played a lot of cricket together, so it's kind of having faith in in our talent as well as backing our skillset in.

"Our plans to India don't change. They challenged us in that first round game, and we just need to do simple things again."

2022 Commonwealth Games

Australia's squad: Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Grace Harris, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Amanda-Jade Wellington

See all the Commonwealth Games cricket squads here

Group A: Australia, India, Pakistan, Barbados

Group B: England, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka

July 29: Australia beat India by three wickets

July 31: Australia beat Barbados by nine wickets

August 3: Australia beat Pakistan by 44 runs

Semi-finals: August 6

India defeated England by four runs

Australia beat New Zealand by five wickets

Bronze medal match: England v New Zealand, August 7, 10am local (7pm AEST)

Gold medal match: Australia v India, August 7, 5pm local (2am Aug 8 AEST)

All matches played at Edgbaston Stadium. Watch live or on demand via 7Plus