Australian captain Alyssa Healy's masterful 142 off 107 balls led her group to a historic three-wicket victory over India of their World Cup match on Sunday, efficiently chasing down 331 runs — the highest-ever run chase in ladies's ODI cricket. The chase surpassed the earlier report of 302 runs set by Sri Lanka towards South Africa in 2024, placing Australia on the high of the event desk with seven factors whereas India remained third with 4 factors.Healy's innings included 21 boundaries and three sixes, demonstrating distinctive placement and timing. She significantly dominated Indian pacer Kranti Gaud, hitting a six and three fours in a single over.Towards Sneh Rana's fuller-length deliveries, Healy successfully used sweep photographs to search out gaps between sq. leg and mid-wicket. She reached her fifty in 35 balls, the quickest on this event.Sri Charani offered some resistance for India with spectacular figures of 10-1-41-3, together with the essential wickets of Phoebe Litchfield and Annabel Sutherland.Healy discovered robust assist in Ashleigh Gardner, who contributed 45 runs of their 95-run partnership for the fourth wicket. This partnership proved essential after Ellyse Perry needed to retire harm.The Australian captain reached her sixth WODI hundred, her first as captain, with a single off Deepti Sharma. She was ultimately caught by substitute Radha Yadav off Charani's bowling.Australia skilled some stress after Healy's dismissal, shedding Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, and Sophie Molineux in fast succession. Nonetheless, Perry returned to finish the chase with an unbeaten 47.Earlier, India's innings was anchored by spectacular half-centuries from Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal. Their 155-run opening partnership in 24.3 overs set a robust basis for India's complete of 330.Mandhana's aggressive 80 off 66 balls included a very productive over towards Sophie Molineux, the place she scored 18 runs with a six and two fours.Rawal contributed 75 runs off 96 balls, exhibiting occasional aptitude towards spinner Gardner. Their partnership marked their sixth 100-run stand in 21 innings, approaching India's report of seven between Purnima Raut and Mithali Raj.Throughout her innings, 29-year-old Mandhana achieved the milestone of 5000 runs in WODIs, turning into the quickest and youngest participant to achieve this mark.India's momentum briefly faltered after Mandhana's dismissal, shedding Rawal, captain Harmanpreet Kaur, and Harleen Deol in fast succession, leaving them at 240 for 4 within the thirty eighth over.Richa Ghosh and Jemimah Rodrigues stabilized the innings with a 54-run partnership for the fifth wicket, serving to India push in direction of their remaining complete.Annabel Sutherland claimed spectacular figures of 5/40, utilizing efficient slower deliveries within the loss of life overs to limit India's complete to 330.The match highlighted Australia's batting depth and chase capabilities, whereas India's robust batting efficiency in the end proved inadequate to safe victory.
