India A Women made 338 and still lost, and the Mohali series comes down to today’s decider
India A Women and Australia A Women are 1-1 after two very different one-dayers, and the third starts at 2pm IST at the IS Bindra Stadium.
Sep 25, 2026
The first two one-dayers in Mohali could hardly have been more different. On Sunday, Australia A Women were bowled out for 235 and India A Women chased it with four wickets and 53 balls to spare. On Wednesday, the teams made 679 runs between them and Australia A won with three balls to spare. At 1-1, the series comes down to the third match at the IS Bindra Stadium today, starting at 2pm IST.
Hasabnis and Anushka have carried India A’s middle order
India A have had two batters who have turned up both times. Tejal Hasabnis made 81 from 82 balls in the first match, with six sixes, and 60 in the second. Anushka Sharma, the vice-captain, made 55 in the first and finished 60 not out from 46 balls in the second.
Those two put on 126 for the fourth wicket in the opening game after India A had slipped to 46 for 3. That stand won the match. On Wednesday it was the captain Yastika Bhatia’s turn, with 112 from 84 balls, and 338 for 6 still was not enough.
The worry for Bhatia’s side is the bowling. Niki Prasad and Vaishnavi Sharma took three wickets each in the first match, but on Wednesday Minnu Mani took three wickets and Australia A still got there.
Wilson’s Australia A have the momentum
Australia A came into the one-dayers having won all three unofficial T20Is, and they chased 339 on Wednesday without any one batter going past 80. Tahlia Wilson, the captain and wicketkeeper, made 79. Charli Knott hit 63 from 37 balls and Anika Learoyd 54 from 29. Then Milly Illingworth finished it with two sixes in an unbeaten 22.
Darcie Brown is the bowler India A need to see off. She took 3 for 39 from eight overs on Wednesday, all three of them in her last three overs, just as India A were looking for a finish.
What to expect in Mohali
The pitch report expects early bounce and seam for the quicks before the surface flattens out. It is a day-night game, so the side bowling second may also be gripping a wet ball once the dew comes down. After Wednesday, a captain who wins the toss will probably think hard about chasing.
Whoever wins, the two squads stay in Mohali. A four-day unofficial Test starts there on 29 September, after it was moved from Dharamshala, and it is the last match of the tour.