Beth Mooney featured with a dazzling century in the second ODI, as Australia pulled off a heist in a spine chiller to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 50-over series.

It was a game brimming with dramatization that India had in their grasp until the last ball where Australia required 3 to win. India thought they had Carey gotten at square leg, however the third umpire mediated to pronounce it a midsection high no-ball, giving Australia an additional a run as well. With two required, Carey drove Jhulan Goswami to long on to hasten for a couple as festivities emitted in the Australian camp. Pursuing 275 on Friday (September 24), Australia’s five-wicket win stretched out their unbeaten streak to 26 games, coordinated by Mooney’s unbeaten 133-ball 125.

India will feel hard done by, having come so close and not having had the option to wrap up the game. They were marginally ahead in the game for the majority of Australia’s pursuit with the necessary run rate continually mounting. They had bowled great lines and kept things tight with Australia scoring just around the five-run-an-over mark.

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They could’ve had Mooney’s wicket in the penultimate over, however Jemimah Rodrigues spilled the possibility at profound midwicket. It came down to Australia requiring 13 in the last finished and they frantically required a limit to be in an agreeable position, however neither Mooney nor Nicola Carey could discover it. However, they held their nerve to squeeze out a success, getting done with a 97-run, undefeated coalition.

Australia had lost wickets ahead of schedule with Goswami pushing Alyssa Healy over in the opening over for a duck. Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry too fell efficiently as Australia were in a spot of trouble at 52 for 4. Tahlia McGrath then, at that point, risen up to stay with opener Mooney to add 126 runs for the fifth wicket. McGrath, who likewise returned three wickets, struck nine fours in her 77-ball 74 preceding Deepti Sharma broke the stand getting Carey.

Smriti Mandhana had driven India’s charge before after they were approached to bat with a venturesome 86. Such was her mastery that in an initial stand that was worth 74, her accomplice Shafali Verma just had scored 22 off 23. Mithali Raj and Yastika Bhatia fell inexpensively yet it didn’t deflect Mandhana, who had discovered her magic.

She struck 11 fours in her 94-ball stay prior to falling in the 33rd over. With the top request’s meager returns, India required their lower request to stand up and they did, drove by Richa Ghosh’s 44. Deepti contributed with a convenient commitment (23), as did Pooja Vastrakar (29) and Goswami (28*) to take India to 274. Australia bowled upwards of 17 wides, surrendering 31 runs in additional items. In correlation, India yielded only 17, yet it was the two no-balls in the last finished, notwithstanding, that cost them eventually.

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Brief scores: India Women 274/7 in 50 overs (Smriti Mandhana 86, Richa Ghosh 44, Pooja Vastrakar 29, Jhulan Goswami 28*; Sophie Molineux 2-28, Tahlia McGrath 3-45) lost to Australia Women 275/5 in 50 overs (Beth Mooney 125*, Tahlia McGrath 74, Nicola Carey 39*) by 5 wickets.