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Captain Alyssa Healy played a stunning knock scoring 142 runs off just 107 balls the highest individual score ever against India in women’s ODIs while Annabel Sutherland picked up 5 wickets for 40 runs as Australia secured a thrilling three-wicket win over India in a crucial Women’s World Cup match in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. How was Captain Alyssa Healys performance? Healy smashed a record 21 fours and 3 sixes in her innings earning her third World Cup century and her first in ODIs since January 2025 (sixth overall). Australia chased down the target of 331 runs with just six balls left finishing at 331/7. How did Team India bat? India had earlier looked set for a massive total thanks to a brilliant 155-run opening stand between Smriti Mandhana (80 off 67) and Pratika Rawal (75 off 96). However despite looking like they would score 400 runs at one stage India collapsed in the final overs and were bowled out for 330 runs in 48.5 overs. What records were broken in the match? This match broke several records Mandhana and Rawal’s partnership was the highest opening stand against Australia in women’s ODIs. Mandhana also became the fastest woman to reach 5000 ODI runs doing it in just 112 matches. India’s total of 330 was their highest ever against Australia surpassing England’s 298. But Australia responded with an explosive start scoring 82 runs in the first 10 overs the highest powerplay score in womens ODI history and pulled off the biggest successful run chase in this format. How does the points table look? India suffered their second straight loss in the tournament after a defeat to South Africa on October 9 dropping to third in the points table. They stay just ahead of South Africa on net run rate. Australia remain unbeaten at the top with 7 points from 4 games followed by England with 6 points from 3 games. Heres what happened in the match - Indias bowlers did try to fight back late in the game. N. Shree Charani (3/41) Amanjot Kaur (2/68) and Deepti Sharma (2/52) took key wickets in the final overs creating tension until the end. Healy’s innings featured important partnerships first with Phoebe Litchfield (40) then a crucial 89-run stand before Ellyse Perry had to temporarily leave the field due to cramps. Healy dominated the Indian bowlers playing all kinds of shots including reverse sweeps and powerful jabs. Later Healy and Ashleigh Gardner (45 off 46) added another 50-run stand as Australia crossed 250. But once Charani dismissed Healy thanks to a sharp low catch by Sneh Rana the game swung again. Amanjot Kaur then struck twice in quick succession removing Molineux and Gardner in back-to-back deliveries across two overs. Deepti Sharma had already taken out Tahlia McGrath and suddenly Australia were 303/7 in the 45th over. Just when India sensed a comeback Ellyse Perry returned to bat and along with Kim Garth (14*) guided Australia home. Perry ended the match with 47 not out off 52 balls sealing the win with a six in the 49th over. Earlier after a great start India couldn’t finish strong. Mandhana returned to form after low scores in previous matches and Rawal scored her first World Cup fifty. India were cruising at 192/1 after 30 overs but couldn’t keep the momentum. Annabel Sutherland’s five-wicket haul and Sophie Molineux’s 3/75 helped Australia take the final nine Indian wickets for just 138 runs. India’s last six wickets fell for only 36 runs and they couldn’t even bat out their 50 overs something that came back to hurt them as Australia chased down the target successfully. Harleen Deol (38) Jemimah Rodrigues (33) and Richa Ghosh (32) added useful runs in the middle but none of them were able to stay long enough to push India to a bigger score in the death overs. In the end India probably fell 40-50 runs short and that allowed Australia to pull off a famous victory at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium. Match Summary: India: 330 all out in 48.5 overs(Smriti Mandhana 80 Pratika Rawal 75; Annabel Sutherland 5-40 Sophie Molineux 3-75) Australia: 331/7 in 49 overs(Alyssa Healy 142 Ellyse Perry 47* Ashleigh Gardner 45; N. Shree Charani 3-41 Amanjot Kaur 2-68 Deepti Sharma 2-52)