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**Summary:**

The Indian Women’s Cricket team faced Australia in a Women’s One-Day World Cup match in Visakhapatnam. Australia won the toss and elected to bowl. India started strongly, with Smriti Mandhana and Pratiksha Rawal forming a substantial opening partnership. Mandhana reached a personal milestone of 5000 ODI runs, becoming the fastest player to reach 1000 ODI runs in 2025. Despite some wickets falling in the middle overs, India managed to cross the 300-run mark, marking the second consecutive time they have done so against Australia in ODIs. Australia’s Megan Schutt had to leave the field due to injury.

**News Article:**

**India Women Post Strong Total Against Australia in World Cup Clash, Mandhana Achieves Milestone**

**Visakhapatnam, India** – The Indian Women’s Cricket team put up a competitive score against Australia in their Women’s One-Day World Cup match at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy Stadium today. Australia won the toss and chose to bowl first, but India’s openers put up a strong showing.

Smriti Mandhana and Pratiksha Rawal built a solid foundation with a 155-run opening partnership. Mandhana reached a significant milestone during her innings, crossing 5,000 runs in ODIs and also fastest to reach 1000 ODI runs in 2025. Mandhana was eventually dismissed for 80 runs, a familiar score in recent matches against Australia. Rawal followed with 75.

“It was crucial to start strong,” said a cricket analyst. “The partnership between Mandhana and Rawal set the tone for the innings.”

Middle-order batters Harleen Deol (38) and captain Harmanpreet Kaur (22) contributed, but wickets fell at regular intervals. Jemimah Rodrigues contributed significantly, but also fell in the 45th over. Richa Ghosh played a quick innings, scoring 32 off 22 balls.

India crossed the 300-run mark in the 44th over, marking the second consecutive time they have achieved this feat against Australia in ODIs. This is the highest score against Australia in this World Cup.

The Australian bowling attack faced challenges as Megan Schutt left the field due to an injury in the 41st over. Sophie Molineux took two wickets and Anabel Sutherland also took two wickets.

Australia will now have to chase a formidable total to secure a victory in this crucial World Cup encounter. The match remains finely poised.

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