Key events
Cricket Australia have provided an update on Kim Garth:
Kim continues to make positive progress in her rehabilitation from a quadriceps injury and is tracking well in her recovery. However, with preparation timelines for the upcoming Test match now tight, she has not yet resumed bowling. She has returned home and will rejoin the squad in Perth as she continues her rehabilitation.
A full Test squad update will be provided following tonight‘s final ODI.
It has also been confirmed that Megan Schutt’s exclusion from the team today is due to illness.
So a few changes to both teams compared to game two. The notable one for Australia is Lucy Hamilton making her international debut. She was presented ODI cap 151 by Alyssa Healy before the match. Georgia Wareham also comes into the eleven for this match, with Megan Schutt and Darcie Brown making way for the two new inclusions.
India have opted to make three changes from the team that last took the field in Hobart. They have brought in Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana and Renuka Singh, with Amanjot Kaur, Vaishnavi Sharma and Kranti Gaud dropping out of the eleven for this final ODI.
India XI
1. Smriti Mandhana
2. Pratika Rawal
3. Harleen Deol
4. Harmanpreet Kaur
5. Jemimah Rodrigues
6. Richa Ghosh
7. Deepti Sharma
8. Kashvee Gautam
9. Sree Charani
10. Sneh Rana
11. Renuka Singh
Australia XI
1. Alyssa Healy
2. Phoebe Litchfield
3. Georgia Voll
4. Beth Mooney
5. Annabel Sutherland
6. Ash Gardner
7. Tahlia McGrath
8. Georgia Wareham
9. Nicola Carey
10. Alana King
11. Lucy Hamilton
India won the toss and elected to bowl
As predicted, Harmanpreet won the toss and decided to flip things around and bowl. She says the pitch looks drier today and she thinks their spinners will do a great job on it.
Preamble
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Megan Maurice
Hello and welcome to the third ODI between Australia and India. Australia have already clinched the ODI leg of the series with wins in the first two games, but the whole multi-format series is still very much up for grabs after India won the T20 leg. With only the Test remaining, can India draw the series level? Or will Australia’s ODI dominance in this series continue?
It was interesting to note that both previous ODI tosses were won by Harmanpreet Kaur for India and both times she elected to bat. If she continues her great run of winning the toss, I’d expect her to bowl first this time and try to restrict Australia to a relatively low total and go for the chase.
The Australian camp has been plagued with injuries, with Kim Garth, Ellyse Perry and Sophie Molineux all unavailable for selection. However, the depth of the squad has been on show for them, with everyone who has been selected in this ODI series so far able to shine under pressure.
The toss is immeinent and we will find out soon who both teams have selected in their eleven for today, so let’s get into it.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/mar/01/australia-vs-india-third-womens-cricket-odi-one-day-international-aus-v-ind-live-scores-updates
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