Australia v India, World Cup semi-final: All you need to know

28 Oct 2025 Laura Jolly, in Mumbai

Get the broadcast info, latest injury news, start times and more for Australia's semi-final showdown with India in Mumbai

Match details

Who: Australia v India

What: ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, semi-final 2

When: October 30, 2025, 8:30pm AEDT first ball

Where: DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

How to watch: Amazon's Prime Video

Live scores: Match Centre

Officials: Lauren Agenbag & Sue Redfern (on field), Kim Cotton (third umpire), Nimali Perera (fourth umpire), Michell Pereira (match referee)

News and reactions post-play: cricket.com.au and the CA Live app

What's at stake

A spot in the World Cup final, to be played at DY Patil Stadium on Sunday, November 2.

The winner will meet either England or South Africa, who will meet in their own knock-out game on Wednesday.

The squads

Australia: Alyssa Healy (c), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Uma Chetry (wk), Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Richa Ghosh (wk), Kranti Gaud, Amanjot Kaur, Radha Yadav, Sree Charani, Shafali Verma, Sneh Rana.

The huge news ahead of the semi-final was confirmation from the India camp that opener Pratika Rawal will miss the remainder of the tournament after injuring her ankle in a fielding mishap against Bangladesh.

Shafali Verma has been parachuted into their squad as a potential replacement, despite being out of favour with the ODI side for more than a year and despite not being named on the initial list of stand-by players (teams are not constrained to selecting a replacement from their stand-by list).

Australia are crossing their fingers Alyssa Healy will be fit for the semi-finals after she missed matches against England and South Africa with a minor calf strain.

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Broadcast details

Cricket fans in Australia can watch the ICC Women's ODI World Cup for free, with broadcaster Prime Video putting the tournament in front of its paywall.

All knockout matches are available live, exclusive and free via Prime Video, and viewers will only be required to sign into a free Amazon account.

Women's World Cup to be streamed free on Prime Video

Australia are aiming to win an unprecedented eighth 50-over World Cup title, and become the first women's team to claim consecutive titles since 1988.

Click here to watch the tournament on Prime Video

Possible line-ups and team news

Australia: Alyssa Healy (c), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney (wk), Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt

In good signs for Australia, Alyssa Healy had a thorough training session at DY Patil Stadium on Tuesday, as she continues her recovery from a minor calf strain. She first passed a fitness test, followed by a wicketkeeping session and a lengthy stint batting in the nets.

If she does play, she would potentially play as a specialist batter, with Beth Mooney retaining the gloves - however signs on Tuesday indicated she's keen to wear the gloves. Sophie Molineux sat out against South Africa as part of her ongoing management of her knee, but she could return in place of Georgia Wareham to face India.

India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Amanjot Kaur, Kranti Goud, Sree Charani, Renuka Thakur

India have some massive calls to make ahead of the semi-final. First up, they'll need to replace opener Pratika Rawal who suffered a serious ankle injury falling awkwardly on the wet outfield against Bangladesh.

Potential replacements include Uma Chetry, who has been on the sidelines, No.3 Harleen Deol, or former opener Shafali Verma, who was a surprise recall as an injury replacement for Rawal. Verma, who is the antithesis of Rawal with her aggression at the top of the order, was dropped from the ODI side in 2024, but did open the batting for India A in Australia in August, scoring a half-century.

Renuka Thakur is sure to play given her record at DY Patil and her performance against New Zealand, and while left-arm spinner Radha Yadav put her hand up taking three wickets against Bangladesh while others were rested, it would be a tough call to leave in-form Sneh Rana or Sree Charani out.

The other biggest call for India will be the balance of their XI. They lost consecutive matches playing with just five specialist bowlers, then mixed things up, dropping Jemimah Rodrigues in favour of a sixth bowler. When they lost again, Rodrigues was recalled, and Amanjot Kaur dropped. Given DY Patil is usually a pretty flat surface and dew can be a factor, going with just five specialist bowlers could be a major risk.

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How's the forecast?

Not great, to be honest! India's final round-robin game against Bangladesh was washed out due to unseasonal rain, and there's more forecast for the entire week. This isn't a repeat of the Colombo situation - it's not monsoon season in Mumbai - and this amount of rain in late October is unexpected.

That said, there are safeguards in place. An additional 120 minutes of extra time is available for the semis and final - up from 60 minutes during the round phase - and there is also a reserve day in place for the Friday following the game.

Each team must have had the opportunity to bat for a minimum of 20 overs for a result to be achieved. If that isn't possible on Thursday, the game will continue where it left off on the reserve day.

In the event there still isn't a result even after the reserve day, Australia would progress as the higher-ranked qualifier.

Local knowledge

Head-to-head ODI stats

Overall: Australia 60 wins, India 11 wins

In India: Australia 23 wins, India 5 wins

In ODI World Cups: Australia 11 wins, India 3 wins

In ODI WC knockouts: Australia 2 wins, India 1

ODI WC knockout record (against any team): Australia played 13, won 11, lost 2; India played 7, won 3, lost four

Past 10 years: Australia 18 wins, India 4 wins

Most runs (overall): Mithali Raj 1123, Karen Rolton 924, Smriti Mandhana 996, Ellyse Perry 911, Alex Blackwell 881

Most runs (in ODI World Cups): Harmanpreet Kaur 292, Karen Rolton 251, Mithali Raj 238, Alyssa Healy 219, Ellyse Perry 175

Most wickets (overall): Lisa Sthalekar 36, Ellyse Perry 32, Jhulan Goswami 30, Cathryn Fitzpatrick 26, Megan Schutt 27

Most wickets (in ODI World Cups): Lisa Sthalekar 7, Marie Cornish 6, Cathryn Fitzpatrick 6, Jhulan Goswami 6, Sharmila Chakraborty 5

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Form guide

Past 10 matches, most recent first. W: win, L: loss, N: no result

Australia: W W W W W N W L W W

Australia have five wins from five completed matches at this World Cup and after a couple of early wobbles they are hitting their stride. They thrived in Vizag, chasing a world record 330 against India before trouncing Bangladesh, chasing 198 in under 25 overs to seal a 10-wicket win. On Wednesday, there were periods where they were challenged by England but ultimately an unbeaten century to Ashleigh Gardner secured an emphatic six-wicket win.

Those performances came after Australia were 7-76 against Pakistan in Colombo before Beth Mooney rescued them with a century, setting up what was ultimately a comfortable 107-run win. Their game against Sri Lanka at the same venue was abandoned without a ball bowled, while they also had a batting wobble in their tournament opener against New Zealand, before a century to Gardner and a strong bowling effort secured an 89-run win.

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India: N W L L L W W L W L

India have found the mojo at the right time, securing their spot in the semi-finals with a rollicking win over New Zealand at DY Patil Stadium. They were also well on track for a big win over Bangladesh in their final game before it was washed it.

It is a change in fortunes after India's three consecutive defeats put their tournament in jeopardy, with losses to South Africa, Australia and England.

Rapid stats

Australia have won 10 of their last 11 women’s ODIs against India including their last two in a row and a three-wicket win when they met earlier at the World Cup; in fact, Australia have won 49 of their 60 matches against India and will be looking to register 50 wins against a third opponent (103 vs New Zealand, 62 vs England) with no other side managing this feat.
Australia have won their last two matches against India at the ODI World Cup, however they lost by 36 runs the last time these teams met in the knockouts of a World Cup (2017 Semi Final).
India have qualified for the knockouts at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup for the first time since 2017 and have won three of their seven previous such matches at the tournament, while Australia have won 11 of their 13 finals matches at the World Cup.
This will be Australia’s 100th scheduled women’s ODI at the World Cup, having won 85 of their previous 99 (T1 NR2 L11); they are on a 15-game winning streak in the competition stretching back across the entire 2022 and 2025 campaigns.
India have won only one of their last four women’s ODIs in India but won by 53 runs against New Zealand in their most recent such match, while Australia are on a seven-match winning streak away from home in the format.
Australia (48%) and India (50%) had the lowest batting dot ball rates of any teams during the group stage and were two of only three teams to score at least half of their runs from boundaries (South Africa 57 %, Australia 57%, India 51%).
Australia dismissed 31 batters within their first 20 balls faced during the group stage, the most of any team, while Australia (17) themselves were the team that had fewer batters dismissed within their first 20 balls faced than India (18).
India’s Deepti Sharma (133 runs, 15 wickets) and Australia’s Annabel Sutherland (114 runs, 15 wickets) were the only players to both score 100+ runs and take 10+ wickets during the group stage, while Sutherland’s seven catches were also the joint third most of any player.
Smriti Mandhana (India) has scored three centuries and two half-centuries across her last five ODI innings against Australia and has 996 career runs in matches between India and Australia; only former teammate Mithali Raj (1,123) has more.
Annabel Sutherland (Australia) has a bowling average of 15.6 in ODIs between Australia and India, the best of any bowler to participate in at least five innings between the teams; in fact, she took figures of 5-40 in her last innings against them, her career-best figures in the format.

2025 Women's ODI World Cup

Australia squad: Alyssa Healy (c), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham