India Women vs Australia Women 3rd ODI turned into a historic affair [Source: @BCCIWomen/X.com]
Australia beat India by 43 runs in a record-breaking ODI at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, in a match that saw a staggering 781 runs. The batting conditions were perfect, with a flat pitch and lightning outfield making it into a run-fest.
Beth Mooney made the most for Australia with 138 off 75 balls, marking the joint second-quickest century in Women's ODIs, as her team registered 412.
India’s Smriti Mandhana responded with similar intent, smashing 125 off just 63 deliveries, marking the second-fastest century in the format and keeping the scoreboard ticking, though it wasn’t enough to prevent Australia from clinching the series.
India Women eventually folded at 369 runs to suffer a 1-2 series defeat. However, the third ODI produced some unthinkable records, and here’s a complete list.
List Of Records Achieved During Batting Extravaganza In INDW vs AUSW
- Total runs in a match: 781 is the highest match aggregate in any Women's ODI, surpassing 678 between England and South Africa in 2017.
- Australia's total of 412: joint-highest for them in Women's ODIs, seventh 400+ total in the format, and highest against India.
- India's 369 in the second innings: the highest second-innings total in Women's ODIs against Australia and the third-highest total for India in ODIs.
- First 300+ total against Australia Women in ODIs for India; previous highest was 298/8 by England, 2022.
- Most Boundaries in an ODI game: 111 in total (99 fours, 12 sixes), surpassing the previous record of 91 in 2017. Australia hit 65 (60 fours, 5 sixes).
- Three-match series aggregate: 1,826 runs, the highest for any bilateral Women's ODI series.
- Fastest hundreds: Smriti Mandhana – 50 balls (second-fastest in Women's ODIs, fastest for India); Beth Mooney – 57 balls; Karen Rolton – 57 balls
- Mandhana milestones: 13 ODI centuries (joint second-most), four centuries in 2025 (joint-most in calendar year), four consecutive 50+ scores against Australia, and 928 runs in ODIs in 2025.
- Other stats for Mandhana: 23 sixes in 2025, 23-ball fifty (joint fourth-fastest, fastest for India), and 96/2 in first 10 overs (second-highest).
- Partnerships: Mandhana & Harmanpreet Kaur – 121-run stand off 69 balls, run rate 10.52, fifth highest for any century stand in Women's ODI history.
- Beth Mooney: 138 off 75 balls, second-highest score against India, 24 boundaries (23 fours, 1 six).