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Smriti Mandhana unlucky dismissal vs Australia : Smriti Mandhana is in great form in Women’s World Cup 2025. She scored a century in the matches against Australia and New Zealand. Her name is at the top among the batsmen who scored the most runs. She also had a strong start against Australia in the semi-final. But she had to return to the ball outside the leg stump.
DRS gives Australia a wicket
On the second ball of the 10th over, Kim Garth bowled the ball outside the leg stump. Smriti tried to flick it, but the ball went straight to the wicketkeeper. The umpire immediately ruled the ball wide. But Australia appealed. Captain Alyssa Healy took the review after some thought. Replays showed that the ball had indeed hit the bat, forcing the umpire to change his decision. Smriti scored 24 runs off 24 balls.
🚨The ball that dismissed Smriti Mandhana was clocked at 159.6 kmph — absolutely unplayable delivery 🔥#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/SB3q6osKQM
— ICC Asia Cricket (@ICCAsiaCricket) October 30, 2025
Smriti didn’t believe…
When the replay was shown on the screen, the Australian players started jumping for joy. But Smriti’s face was both surprised and smiling. She couldn’t believe that the ball had actually hit the bat. She looked here and there for a few moments. Finally she had to return. All in all, Smriti’s incident has been hotly debated on social media, with fans saying DRS also cheated Smriti.
🤯🤯🤯🤯 BIG BLOW TO INDIA!
The ultra-edge showed a spike, but Smriti Mandhana reckons she did not knick that! 😕
Was it OUT? 🤔 OR NOT OUT? 👍🏻#CWC25 Semi-Final 2 👉 IND v AUS 👉 LIVE NOW 👉 https://t.co/H6FmcwT11L pic.twitter.com/9Sa4048SEF
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) October 30, 2025
The Australian team scored 338 all out in 49.5 overs
Australia set a huge target of 339 runs against India on the back of Phoebe Lichfield’s century and Elise Perry and Ashley Gardner’s fifties. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, the Australian team scored 338 all out in 49.5 overs. In the semi-final match, Lichfield batted brilliantly and scored a brilliant century. Lichfield and Perry put on a valuable partnership of 155 runs for the second wicket.
With both batsmen on the field, it looked like Australia would go past 380, but Amanjot dismissed Lichfield to give India a crucial breakthrough. Lichfield bounced back with 119 runs. Perry then recovered, but Sri Charani dealt Australia two more blows with the wickets of Beth Mooney (24) and Annabel Sutherland (3). Finally, Radha Yadav ended Perry’s innings. She was dismissed for 77 runs.
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