India women’s cricket team will be up against what is their biggest hurdle between them and a World Cup as they on Australia Women in the semi-final 2 of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 on Thursday. Harmanpreet Kaur and co. made it to the semis by a scratch, having won their final league stage game against SAW after losing to SAW, ENW and AUSW while their last group stage game against BANW was washed out. Meanwhile, Australia Women – who are the defending champions – will head into the contest riding high on confidence, having won 6 out of 7 matches in the tournament so far.
India vs Australia, Women’s World Cup 2025 semi-final match details
- Match: India Women vs Australia Women, ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 semi-final 2
- Date: October 30, 2025; Thursday
- Venue: DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai
- Time: Toss at 3 PM, live action from 3.30 PM onwards
INDW vs AUSW pitch report
The conditions at the DY Patil Sports Academy are expected to favour the batters in the INDW vs AUSW semi-final of the Women’s World Cup 2025. The last game played at the venue was the INDW vs BANW contest which was washed out after the visitors managed to 119 runs in 27 overs while INDW scored 57 before the the match was abandoned. Pacers are expected to get assistance from the pitch early on in the innings. The team winning the toss is likely to bowl first.
Navi Mumbai weather report
As per AccuWeather, there is 25% chance of rain during the day and night on Thursday. There is also a 4 and 3% chance of thunderstorms respectively as well. This means there could be a couple of starts and stops to the game, but a contest is all but certain. The maximum and minimum temperatures are projected to be 32 and 25-degree Celsius respectively.
Injury concerns
Australia Women will expect captain Alyssa Healy to return to the playing XI after missing the previous game against SAW. Although she was spotted training before the contest, AUSW thought it would be best to help the captain recover for the all-important clash against India Women in semi-final 2 of the Women’s World Cup 2025.
As for India, the hosts will be without the services of Pratika Rawal – who happens to be the second highest run-getter for the side after Smriti Mandhana in the tournament. A knee and ankle injury which she suffered in the previous game as left her sidelined for months. Shefali Varma has been named her replacement.
India Women vs Australia Women squads
India Women Squad: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Deepti Sharma, Uma Chetry(w), Amanjot Kaur, Radha Yadav, Shree Charani, Renuka Singh Thakur, Sneh Rana, Arundhati Reddy, Richa Ghosh, Kranti Gaud
Australia Women Squad: Georgia Voll, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney(w), Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath(c), Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt, Heather Graham, Darcie Brown, Alyssa Healy, Sophie Molineux
