India Women vs Australia Women 2nd T20I ​Live Cricket Score: India’s run-chase collapses in the backend as Australia win by 19 runs to level series

IND-W vs AUS-W Live Cricket Score, India vs Australia Women 2nd T20I Today Match Live Score Updates: Catch live action from the Manuka Oval in Canberra as India opt to bowl first against Australia in the second T20I today. India restricted Australia to 163/5 after Georgia Voll smashed a fine 88.

India Women (IND-W) vs Australia Women (AUS-W) 2nd T20I Live Cricket Score Updates:  India’s batting collapsed in the second half of the run-chase of 164 as a collective bowling effort saw Australia fight back into the series to level things up. Georgia Voll hit a fine 88 but India fought back superbly in the backend with some terrific death bowling to restrict Australia to 163/5, with Arundhati Reddy picking up two wickets. But that innings was the game-changer ultimately in a match where big-scoring wasn’t easy. Harmanpreet Kaur had opted to bowl first in the second game at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. The multi-format series is now level on points at 2-2.

Rain played spoilsport but ultimately favoured India in the opening T20I against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Chasing a modest target of 134, India came out firing and reached 50/1 in just 5.1 overs before a heavy downpour halted play with the visitors way ahead of the par score at 29. Australia were bowled out for 133 in 18 overs, with Arundhati Reddy’s four-for complemented by Renuka Singh Thakur, Sree Charani and Deepti Sharma

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Australia XI: Beth Mooney(w), Georgia Voll, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Nicola Carey, Annabel Sutherland, Sophie Molineux(c), Kim Garth, Darcie Brown

India XI: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Amanjot Kaur, Sree Charani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud

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Feb 19, 2026 05:16 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 144/9 after 20 overs (Target: 164)

Georgia Voll's 88 is the game-changer on a day where batters from both sides struggled to find boundaries regulary.

The T20I series decider is at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday.

Feb 19, 2026 05:05 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 144/9 after 20 overs (Target: 164)

Kranti Gaud hits a six and four down the ground to finish the innings with a little bit of fireworks but the match was over well and truly a few overs back when Harmanpreet Kaur fell. (Perhaps even a little bit before that).

AUSTRALIA WIN BY 19 RUNS, AND THE SERIES IS LEVEL 1-1 (2-2 on points)

Feb 19, 2026 05:04 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 132/8 after 19 overs (Target: 164)

It's just a procession now. Charani down the ground, finds the fielder at long on. Perry will take that in her sleep.

Sree Charani c Ellyse Perry b Sophie Molineux 0 (1 ball)

Feb 19, 2026 05:01 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 132/8 after 19 overs (Target: 164)

IT's been a stunning collapse. Amanjot is tied down by the slower balls and then she tries to play a scoop behind, Sutherland is on target and the stumps are rattled.

Amanjot Kaur b Annabel Sutherland 3 (6 balls)

Feb 19, 2026 05:00 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 131/7 after 18.2 overs (Target: 164)

Another one bites the dust, Arundhati tries to play the scoop and Mooney had read the play down the leg side. Caught.

"Bowlers habe been exceptional, made it difficult for them to hit boundaries... the boundaries are bigger than normal here so that kind of helps," says Mooney on air after that wicket.

Arundhati Reddy c Beth Mooney b Annabel Sutherland 2 (2 balls)

Feb 19, 2026 04:56 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 130/6 after 18 overs (Target: 164)

17 runs per over required from here and Australia have all but sealed the deal.

Feb 19, 2026 04:56 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 130/6 after 18 overs (Target: 164)

Richa Ghosh has just not gotten going at all. And she eventually falls trying to force the pace, given Australia were not getting her any pace on the ball to work with. She comes down the ground and is beaten by the flight and loop. Mooney does the rest, stumped.

And two balls later, Deepti Sharma is gone for a two-ball duck, as she too can't get any power into the shot, dismissed caught at mid off.

India have struggled for boundaries and the match has been taken away from their grasps by an Australian side that has executed their plans superbly.

Richa Ghosh st Beth Mooney b Ash Gardner 19 (20 balls)

Deepti Sharma c Annabel Sutherland b Ash Gardner 0 (2 balls)

Feb 19, 2026 04:51 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 127/4 after 17 overs (Target: 164)

A life for Harmanpreet as she tries to go down the ground, and gets a bottom edge. Tough chance for Beth Mooney. Harmanpreet then gets a lucky four too, winding up to hit a big one but gets an inside edge past short fine. But Garth does get her well-deserved wicket as Harmanpreet finds the fielder at short cover. Some great variations on display from the pacer. The match has slipped away from India gradually.

Harmanpreet Kaur c Sophie Molineux b Kim Garth 36 (30 balls)

Feb 19, 2026 04:48 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 120/3 after 16 overs (Target: 164)

Molineux brings herself on... and Richa responds with possibly the best-timed shot of her innings so far. Lofted drive over cover for four. Harmanpreet then dances down and hits through the line over mid off for another four. Decent over for India but they need more of those, the required rate is now 11.

44 needed off 24 balls.

Feb 19, 2026 04:43 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 108/3 after 15 overs (Target: 164)

The crowd applaud at the end of Sutherland over because they can sense it was a potential game-changing one. No wickets, but brilliant changes of pace with her multiple slower ball variations and finishes the over with three dot balls.

Beth Mooney on air is all praise for her bowlers, says India might be winding up now for some big hits.

Feb 19, 2026 04:39 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 105/3 after 14 overs (Target: 164)

Another streaky four for Richa Ghosh who is yet to come to terms with the pitch, seems to be reacting a tad late. 7 runs from that Gardner over.

India need 59 runs off the last overs... almost 10-an-over from here and the conditions seem to be quite tough for that sort of scoring.

Feb 19, 2026 04:35 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 98/3 after 13 overs (Target: 164)

This match is on knife's edge at the moment. Another 8-run over as the Indian batters rotate strike and then Richa Ghosh gets a lucky outside edge past short third for four against Molineux.

Feb 19, 2026 04:31 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 90/3 after 12 overs (Target: 164)

How has that gone for four? An attempted flick from Harmanpreet to a full ball from Brown, closes the bat face too early and gets a leading edge that actually loops over the fielder at point and ends up trickling to the fence for four. Streaky but India will take it at this stage as the pressure mounts. Richa then wastes a gift on her pads, unable to put a bad ball. She is still coming to terms with the pace of this pitch. Australia go for another review out of nowhere as Harman goes across the wicket and gets hit on the pads. That was a strange review, missing the leg stump completely.

Feb 19, 2026 04:25 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 82/3 after 11 overs (Target: 164)

Much needed for India. After what feels like an eternity (five overs to be precise) a boundary as Harmanpreet Kaur drives Wareham through cover. Lovely batswing there. Then expects the length to be shortened, and rocks back and cuts it behind square for back-to-back boundaries.

Feb 19, 2026 04:22 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 71/3 after 10 overs (Target: 164)

Nearly 5 overs without a boundary...

Feb 19, 2026 04:19 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 71/3 after 9.4 overs (Target: 164)

Well... that felt like an eternity but Smriti Mandhana is gone! Almost everything seemed to happen slowly there. A late appeal as Mandhana seemed to glance one down the leg side. Garth and Mooney wan't a review and Molineux JUST ABOUT beats the DRS countdown. Then the replays suggest ball hitting pad and Australians have taken their position but after a delay, the UltraEdge comes on and shows a spike with bat next to ball! Mandhana walks back.

"I was just appealing because I caught the ball," Mooney jokes at the start of the over. She says she didn't listen to an edge.

India in serious trouble now and have lost all the momentum they had built up early.

Smriti Mandhana c Beth Mooney b Kim Garth 31 (24 balls)

Feb 19, 2026 04:12 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 68/2 after 9 overs (Target: 164)

Remember, Australia struggled to find the boundaries at the backend of their innings too, so it would be tough for India too if they let the required rate climb too high.

India need 96 from 66 balls, this is a decisive couple of overs coming up and the boundaries have dried up for India.

Feb 19, 2026 04:10 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 65/2 after 8.2 overs (Target: 164)

There's that pressure... and Rodrigues falls. Gardner back into the attack, slows it up nicely and Rodrigues plays her favourite sweep shot but gets the execution all wrong. Top edge falls to Sutherland at deep midwicket. Australia's fielders are bringing some energy too. This feels like a momentum-shifting phase in this series.

Jemimah Rodrigues c Annabel Sutherland b Ash Gardner 4 (6 balls)

Feb 19, 2026 04:07 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 65/1 after 8 overs (Target: 164)

It's been all singles in the last couple of overs and Australia are starting to build some scoreboard pressure on India. And that forces Jemimah Rodrigues to try a couple of different things, a Nataraja-pull falls just short of midwicket and the attempted scoop, just about clears Beth Mooney behind the stumps. Nerves just starting to kick in -perhaps?

Feb 19, 2026 04:01 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 57/1 after 6.3 overs (Target: 164)

Once again Sophie Molineux picks up the wicket of Shafali Verma. The Aussie captain brings herself on and strikes immediately. Shafali is shuffling across the crease but Molineux keeps her radar working and darts one in on the stumps. Shafali misses the sweep, hit on the pads and is plumb in front. Shafali uses up a review on her way back too, seems Smriti asked her to take that one. Unnecessary review.

Feb 19, 2026 03:58 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 54/0 after 6 overs (Target: 164)

Shafali Verma with two boundaries in Sutherland's first over as India finish the powerplay strongly. The over starts with yorker, Shafali then frees her arms when width was offered, over mid off and then a lovely punch past point, almost on the move on the frontfoot. Sutherland responds with a bouncer as Beth Mooney, mic'd up on air, says that's an area they'll look to target her. Four dot balls in that over but still par for the course.

Feb 19, 2026 03:54 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 46/0 after 5 overs (Target: 164)

Smriti Mandhana on the charge. Three fours in that over as Darcie Brown goes for plenty. Low full toss, just casually timed past mid on. Then Brown goes for the variation with the slower ball, Mandhana just waits a tad microsecond longer through her backlift and smashes it down the ground past mid off this time. Brown then goes pace on and Mooney goes back behind the stumps, Mandhana then stands up tally and punches one off the backfoot.

Feb 19, 2026 03:49 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 32/0 after 4 overs (Target: 164)

Tidy over by Australia, as Kim Garth bowls to her field - strong protection square of the wicket, and she hits a good hard length right through. Great fielding by Brown at short fine prevents a certain boundary for Mandhana too. India don't have to panic but Australia are causing some frustration for the Indian openers.

Feb 19, 2026 03:43 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 26/0 after 3 overs (Target: 164)

Nicola Carey into the attack and Mandhana gets in on the act too, picking up the length of a shortish ball early and pulling it through midwicket against the angle, even the ever-sensational outfielder Ellyse Perry couldn't stop that one. Tidy start for India, this.

Feb 19, 2026 03:38 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 18/0 after 2 overs (Target: 164)

It's all Shafali Verma at the moment. A testing over from Darcie Brown, but Shafali helps herself to a couple of boundaries. The first one, tucked behind off her hips through the vacant fine leg region. Finds the fielders with a couple of crisply timed shots, but finishes the over with a lovely cut shot through point. Picked up the slower ball, waited for it and played it late.

Feb 19, 2026 03:33 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: India 9/0 after 1 overs (Target: 164)

Ash Gardner gets things underway with her off spin and Shafali Verma is looking to go hard at the start. Doesn't quite get her timing right in that over but manages to clear the fielders with her attempted big shots. One boundary in that over, a streaky outside edge past Mooney.

Feb 19, 2026 03:27 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 163/5 after 20 overs

Australia were motoring ahead at 114/0 after 13 overs with Voll looking good for a century but India fought back superbly in the last 7 overs, conceding just 49 runs and picking up 5 wickets in that phase.

Feb 19, 2026 03:16 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 163/5 after 20 overs

Quite sensational from India in the backend!

Sree Charani to bowl the last over and she keeps things tight too. Brilliant yorker length bowling. Singles and a two off the first four balls, then Perry tries to steal a single off the fifth ball but her dive to the non-striker's end sees the bat raised and she is run out. Great fielding there as well. Gardner faces the final delivery, another yorker and another run out as India finish the innings superbly! That Voll innings seems ages ago. A 0-ball 0 for Wareham.

Ellyse Perry run out (Kranti Gaud/Sree Charani) 7 (10 balls)

Georgia Wareham run out (Sree Charani) 0 (0 balls)

Feb 19, 2026 03:11 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 158/3 after 19 overs

What an over by Arundhati Reddy. Nailed her yorkers right through the over, was unlucky that the first ball glanced off the pads for four. Richa had a stumping chance down the leg side too in that over.

And a dropped catch by Amanjot Kaur off the last ball, India have been good in the field but that dropped at deep midwicket might cost India a few runs here.

End of a fine spell from Arundhati. 2/30.

Feb 19, 2026 03:05 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 151/3 after 18 overs

A superb catch! Wow, that was low and hit powerfully by Litchfield. It barely left the turf, skidding low to Smriti Mandhana at a catching point. And that is superbly taken by the Indian vice captain. Credit to the field placement too, to have a catching fielder at this stage of the innings. That is another good over for India.

Phoebe Litchfield c Smriti Mandhana b Renuka Singh Thakur 6 (5 balls)

Feb 19, 2026 02:59 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 144/2 after 17 overs

Voll tries to go big through midwicket, manages to get a good chunk of this, but as well as it was hit, it didn't get the elevation. Amanjot takes a really good catch at deep midwicket, that wasn't easy, the way it was travelling and the light in her eyes. Arundhati has her second. And finishes a solid over, just 5 runs and the big wicket in that over.

Georgia Voll c Amanjot Kaur b Arundhati Reddy 88 (57 balls)

Feb 19, 2026 02:55 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 139/1 after 16 overs

With Litchfield in the middle now, the run-scoring rate is only going to go up. She hits a lovely sweep for four off Deepti, shaping to hit the reverse first and then switching back to the conventional at the last moment. Voll also puts a sweep for four and is inching towards a century. 14 runs away from the milestone.

Feb 19, 2026 02:50 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 129/1 after 15 overs

And the stand is finally broken. Felt like Mooney was starting to get a bit restless, wanting to push things forward. Manages to hit a lovely boundary in that over, reaching out to a clever wide ball from Arundhati Reddy past poimt. But she finds the fielder at mid on later in the over. Falls short of a half century but Australia might not mind that wicket at this stage.

Beth Mooney c Shafali Verma b Arundhati Reddy 46 (39 balls)

Feb 19, 2026 02:46 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 120/0 after 14 overs

It's a strange thing to say perhaps with the scoreboard reading 120/0 but India might just be secretly happy with how things are going. Australia are not quite running away with the innings as Shafali Verma comes in and bowls a six-singles over. The change of pace from Shafali proving difficult to put away for both batters in that over.

Feb 19, 2026 02:42 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 114/0 after 13 overs

Oh superb shot from Voll. Sree Charani floats one outside off stump, almost like a wide yorker and Voll smashes it past point with great use of that bottom hand once more. At the start of the over though, she mishit a slog sweep but it fell in front of the deep midwicket fielder.

Feb 19, 2026 02:38 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 103/0 after 12 overs

India haven't picked up a wicket yet but they haven't let Australia get away too far ahead either. But this is a great opening stand that gives the platform some big hitting at the end. Deepti Sharma bowls a boundary-less over, going for 7 runs.

Feb 19, 2026 02:35 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 96/0 after 11 overs

Lisa Sthalekar calls for the India-Australia women's series to be called Fitzpatrick-Goswami Trophy or Rolton-Raj Trophy. About time really.

Meanwhile, Mooney gets a move on. Amanjot is back into the attack, couple of doubles from Mooney and then a fine ramp over Richa's head as Mooney finds a boundary. She'd have to get a move on here given the depth Australia have.

Feb 19, 2026 02:28 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 86/0 after 10 overs

Renuka comes back into the attack and bowls a very tidy over, just a bunch of singles and a wide. India still searching for a breakthrough but the pitch does look superb to bat on.

And in the course of the over, Mooney becomes Australia's leading runscorer in women's T20Is, going past Meg Lanning.

Feb 19, 2026 02:23 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 81/0 after 9 overs

VOLL GOES BIG! Sree Charani into the attack and a lovely slog sweep from Voll goes all the way. Great timing on that one. She is racing along while Mooney is content rotating strike. She has the best seat in the house to this Voll show at the moment.

Feb 19, 2026 02:20 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 69/0 after 8 overs

Deepti Sharma comes into the attack for the first of India's spin overs. And Voll is all smiles as she reaches a 31-ball half century. What a knock this has been so far. Somehwat of a shaky start but she has struck the ball superbly since, as she finds another boundary through the leg side in that over.

Feb 19, 2026 02:15 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 61/0 after 7 overs

Well, cricket is a great leveller etc. Arundhati, who picked a wicket in every over of her spell the other day, starts the over with gift on Voll's pads and she is not going to miss out. Later in the over, she tries to bowl the back-of-the-hand slower ball and gets it all wrong, and Voll once more puts it away through long leg. Flier for Australia!

Feb 19, 2026 02:11 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 48/0 after 6 overs

Much like she did in the WPL final with Smriti Mandhana, Voll is dominating the strike and dominating the run-scoring. Length ball from Kranti, actually the perfect fourth stump channel but Voll's bottom-hand is so strong, she is able to jab it past mid on. Then follows that up with a loifted off drive between extra cover and mid off. Mooney finishes the over and powerplay with a four, an educated edge past the keeper. It was actually a good over from Kranti but has gone for plenty

It's a very good powerplay for Australia, no wickets lost and Voll on a roll.

Feb 19, 2026 02:06 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 35/0 after 5 overs

Perhaps the best hit ball of the match so far, nothing circumspect about this flick over midwicket as Voll picks off a full length delivery from Amanjot, who is into the attack. And fourth ball of the over, brings about Voll's fourth four. Superbly hit down the ground, perfect timing and placement. Nine runs from that over as Australia get a move on.

Feb 19, 2026 02:06 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 35/0 after 4 overs

Perhaps the best hit ball of the match so far, nothing circumspect about this flick over midwicket as Voll picks off a full length delivery from Amanjot, who is into the attack. And fourth ball of the over, brings about Voll's fourth four. Superbly hit down the ground, perfect timing and placement. Nine runs from that over as Australia get a move on.

Feb 19, 2026 02:04 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 26/0 after 4 overs

Voll is not quite finding the middle of the bat, she is trying to hit the ball too hard and the bottom hand is taking over. But she is still able to find the gap once in that Kranti over, the bat turning enough almost to help her find the gap behind square.

Feb 19, 2026 01:58 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 20/0 after 3 overs

A boundary for Voll to start the third over as Renuka just offered a little bit of width. Then Mooney steps down and hits a lofted drive, which brings Richa Ghosh forward to the stumps immediately. Voll is nearly caught at midwicket off the last ball of the over, another one of those drives that she doesn't seem to have complete control of.

Feb 19, 2026 01:55 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 8/0 after 2 overs

Kranti, who was expensive in the first match, is off to a good start here. Better lengths here, and good control over line for the right-left combo as well. And some sharp fielding as ever from Jemimah, who gets the appreciation on commentary for the energy she brings to the Indian team.

Feb 19, 2026 01:50 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australlia 0/3 after 1 over

It's a very tidy start from Renuka. Richa is standing back at the start of her spell, perhaps to gauge how the wicket acts in terms of bounce. Renuka keeps things on the money, just three singles from the first over.

Kranti from the other end.

Feb 19, 2026 01:47 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: We are all set

Renuka to start off, Mooney and Voll to begin proceedings for Australia once more.

Feb 19, 2026 01:46 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Special day for Harmanpreet

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Feb 19, 2026 01:42 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Multi-format

With points at stake in each of the matches across all three formats – two points each for a win in T20Is and ODIs and four points at stake in the one-off Pink-ball Test in Perth – every game assumes importance, but the bigger picture for both sides would be the T20Is that kickstart the tour. Across Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide, India would be hoping to fine-tune their T20 World Cup preparations while Australia being the post-Alyssa Healy era under Sophie Molineux's leadership.

Feb 19, 2026 01:36 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Confirmation of India's XI

Amanjot Kaur comes in for Shreyanka Patil

Feb 19, 2026 01:28 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Pre-series

"Being a world champion always gives you lots of confidence, but every time when you step to the ground you have to start from ball one. It's a different ball game now and we are really looking forward to that. T20 is something we, as a team, really enjoy playing and playing against Australia is always fun," Harmanpreet said.

For Molineux, the biggest challenge is to recreate the aura around Australia that has somewhat slipped across the last two major events. But the incredible talent at her disposal should make her job easier. "There is so much experience and skill in this team, and the girls are really driven to succeed for Australia, so it's just bringing it all together (as captain)," Molineux said.

Feb 19, 2026 01:28 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Schedule

T20I series schedule:

Feb 15, Sydney Cricket Ground - India won
Feb 19: Manuka Oval, Canberra, 1.45 pm IST
Feb 21: Adelaide Oval, 1.45 pm IST

Reminder that this a mult-format series, with points for each match, deciding the winner at the end of the one-off Test

Feb 19, 2026 01:22 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Playing XIs

Australia XI: Beth Mooney(w), Georgia Voll, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Nicola Carey, Annabel Sutherland, Sophie Molineux(c), Kim Garth, Darcie Brown

India XI: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Amanjot Kaur, Sree Charani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud

Feb 19, 2026 01:19 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: TOSS

TOSS: India win toss, opt to field

Sophie Molineux: We were a little bit off in all three departments. Same team. We haven't played together for 4 or 5 months.

Harmanpreet Kaur: We are gonna bowl first. Looking at the conditions, bowling first is a better option for us. Our bowlers did a great job for us. Hopefully, I keep doing the hard work for my team.

Feb 19, 2026 01:11 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: When India last won a T20I series over Aus

Well, it's been over a decade since India last mustered a T20I series win over Australia at home or away. While they have had seven bi-literal clashes over the years, India's only series triumph interestingly came way back in January 2016 in Australia. Only two members of that winning squad are still part of the side today, and there will be no doubts over the role of Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana this time either. India had then beaten a Meg Lanning-led unit in successive matches in Adelaide and Melbourne to clinch the series. Can history repeat itself tonight?

Feb 19, 2026 01:01 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: AUS downplay concerns

Australia went down to India in the semifinals of the 50-over World Cup a few months ago and started a home T20 series against the same opposition with defeat, but coach Shelley Nitschke is not too concerned as the once-near-invincible side prepares for a new era.

“I don’t think it was a false start – we obviously didn’t play our best cricket (and) certainly we would like to post a few more runs than that,” Nitschke said after the SCG match. “That can happen in T20 cricket, and we just weren’t quite on top of our game today.”

“There’s some real friendly or good competition for spots, I think, which is excellent considering what we’ve got coming up,” Nitschke said. “First and foremost, winning this series is important to us, but that will also feed into what the World Cup looks like as well. We’ve got a bit of time up our sleeve for that (experimentation), we’ll be wanting to win these next two games.

Feb 19, 2026 12:53 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Arundhati, ready!

Of the biggest talking points from the opening game was the superb returns from seamer Arundhati Reddy. She had made an impression in the ODI series last year in 2024 Down Under before oddly missing out from the limited-overs front. But thanks to her dogged fight out in the domestic circuit, Arundhati was rightfully back in the mix during the ODI World Cup late last year and now again in Australia. Read Vinayakk Mohanarangan's piece on Arundhati Reddy's stellar comeback

Feb 19, 2026 12:46 PM IST
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, 2nd T20I: Welcome!

Hello! Welcome to the coverage of the second T20I in Canberra. Harmanpreet's side has been on a roll and one could even say carrying an edge over the Aussies. That's pretty rare air already and they could do one better today with their first series over Australia in T20Is in 10 years! Stay tuned as we build up towards the toss.

On Sunday at the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground, Arundhati Reddy was India’s star in the first T20I, picking up four wickets – one in each over she bowled – as Australia were bowled out in a home women’s T20I for only the second time in history. Incidentally, the last time Reddy played in Australia, she had picked up a superb 4-wicket haul at another iconic venue Down Under. In the only ODI she played on that tour, she ran through Australia’s top order in one spell, taking the first four wickets to fall between overs 11 and 17. It didn’t help India win that day, but it was her career-best ODI figures – just as the 4/22 in Sydney is now in T20Is. READ MORE

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