India scripts biggest run-chase in Women’s ODI World Cup history:Break Aussies’ 15-match winning streak; Jemimah-Harmanpreet stitch best WC stand

Team India reached the final for the third time by defeating Australia by 5 wickets in the semi-finals of the Women’s ODI World Cup. However, what’s special was that the Women in Blue achieved the biggest run chase in Women’s ODI history. India chased down the target of 339 runs in 48.3 overs. Meanwhile, the match winner Jemimah Rodrigues became the second Indian to score the most runs in a World Cup knockout match. She also made the biggest partnership for India in the World Cup with captain Harmanpreet Kaur. Top records of IND-W vs AUS-W semi-final 2 1. India achieved the biggest run chase in Women’s ODI history India chased down the biggest total in Women’s ODI history on Thursday night. The team broke Australia’s record by chasing down the target of 339 runs in 48.3 overs. Australia had chased a target of 330 runs against India in a league match in the same World Cup. This is the first time in the knockout matches of the Men’s and Women’s ODI World Cup that a team has chased a target of more than 300 runs and won. Before the last chase, the biggest successful chase happened in the semi-final of the 2015 Men’s ODI World Cup. New Zealand had achieved a target of 298 runs against South Africa in Auckland. 2. India in Women’s ODI World Cup final for the third time India reached the final of the Women’s ODI World Cup for the third time. The team was runner-up in 2005 and 2017 before this. Notably, India lost to Australia in 2005 and then to England in 2017. 3. Second-highest individual score for India in World Cup KO match Jemimah Rodrigues became the player to score the second-highest individual score for India (men’s and women’s) in the KO stage of the ODI World Cup. She scored an unbeaten 127 runs. Before her, Harmanpreet Kaur had scored 171 runs against Australia in the 2017 World Cup. In men’s cricket, Virat Kohli has scored 117 runs against New Zealand in the 2023 ODI World Cup. 4. Jemimah-Harman made the biggest partnership for India Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur made a 167-run partnership for the third wicket. This was the record for the biggest partnership for India in the knockout history of the Women’s ODI World Cup. Before this, in 2017, Harman and Deepti Sharma had added 137 runs. 5. Most sixes in a Women’s World Cup The Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 has seen 124 sixes so far. After 14 sixes were hit in the India-Australia match, a new record for the most sixes in a Women’s ODI World Cup was also set. Before this, 111 sixes were recorded in the World Cup 2017 in England. 6. Australia lost in the World Cup after 8 years The Australia Women’s team lost in the Women’s ODI World Cup after 8 years. During this period, the team won 15 consecutive matches. The team last lost to India in the semi-finals in 2017. Now, once again, India broke Australia’s 15-match winning streak. 7. Litchfield: Youngest player to score a century in the World Cup KO stage Australia’s Phoebe Litchfield became the youngest player to score a century in a Women’s World Cup knockout (semi-final) match. She scored a century at the age of 22 years and 195 days. Just 2 days earlier, South African captain Laura Wolvaardt had scored a century against England at the age of 26 years and 186 days. 8. Third-highest score in Women’s World Cup knockout In the Women’s ODI World Cup knockout, Australia scored 338 runs while batting first. After their innings ended, this was the second-highest score in the tournament’s knockout stage. India chased this target, pushing Australia’s total to third place. In 2022, the Australian team scored 356 runs, losing 5 wickets against England. This is the highest score in the World Cup knockout. 9. Australia scored the most centuries in one edition of the Women’s World Cup Last night, Australia set a new record for scoring the most centuries in a single edition of the Women’s ODI World Cup. The team scored 6 centuries in this World Cup. Previously, this record belonged to England, which scored five centuries in both 1996 and 2017.