India Women vs Australia Women 3rd T20I ​Live Cricket Score: Toss coming up as IND look to seal series in Adelaide today

IND-W vs AUS-W Live Cricket Score, India vs Australia Women 3rd T20I Today Match Live Score Updates: India won the first game at Sydney by 21 runs (via DLS Method) before Australia hit back with victory at the Manuka Oval.

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India Women vs Australia Women 3rd T20I Live: The game at Adelaide will decide the fate of the T20 series.

India Women (IND-W) vs Australia Women (AUS-W) 3rd T20I Live Cricket Score Updates: The Indian women’s team faces off against Australia in the third T20I on Saturday after losing to the hosts in Canberra. India won the first game at Sydney by 21 runs (via DLS Method) before Australia hit back at the Manuka Oval. This means the game at Adelaide Oval will decide the fate of the three-match series.

The Indian women’s cricket team has not played at the iconic Adelaide ground since they upset Australia in January 2016. Only two members from that XI remain, captain Harmanpreet Kaur and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana.

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Australia T20I squad: Sophie Molineux (c), Ashleigh Gardner (vc), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham

India T20I squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Renuka Thakur, Sree Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Sneh Rana, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, Uma Chetry, Arundhati Reddy, Amanjot Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Bharti Fulmali, Shreyanka Patil

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Feb 21, 2026 01:19 PM IST
India Women vs Australia Women LIVE: TOSS UPDATE

Harmanpreet Kaur wins the toss and opts to bat first.

Kranti Gaud misses out in Adelaide, Shreyanka Patil comes back into the lineup.

Sophie Molineux would have bowled first anyway she says. Grace Harris comes into the XI today as Australia look to shore up their batting lineup.

Feb 21, 2026 01:17 PM IST
India Women vs Australia Women LIVE: Reddy stars in Sydney

On Sunday at the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground, Arundhati Reddy was the star for India 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 Arundhati 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 in 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.

"I love Australia, it's the country I enjoy the most. I think when we landed here, just the vibes I get... Growing up I used to watch a lot of Test matches, Ashes in Australia, and I always wanted to come here and play cricket. Obviously, I enjoyed playing here last time around, it was good. And I've started off well, hopefully I'll continue doing it," Arundhati said after her match-winning performance. Her spell was central to India dismissing Australia for 133 in 18 overs, only the second time they have been bowled out in a women's T20I at home. In reply, India raced to 50/1 after 5.1 overs, when rain stopped play. With just enough overs bowled for a result, India were 21 runs ahead on the DLS method, registering a comfortable win to begin their multi-format tour.

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Feb 21, 2026 01:15 PM IST
India Women vs Australia Women LIVE: Recap

Not that they weren't aggressive in the opening T20I in Sydney, if anything, it seemed they were trying too hard to make a statement. That they are still the team to beat, and that they'll come hard at India in this series to prove a point. It translated into rash shots, miscalculated risks and getting bowled out in 18 overs on a pitch that had no demons. But in Canberra – both with bat and ball for the most part – there was a measured intensity and conviction on the field, like that Sutherland stare. What was more tangible was how Australia restricted the boundaries; starting from that sixth over, they bowled 29 straight deliveries that didn't go for a four or six. India were largely restricted to singles, the running between the wickets not up to the mark either, as they missed out on utilising the deeper pockets in the ground. That dry phase of nearly five overs accounted for the wickets of Shafali, Smriti and Jemimah Rodrigues.

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Feb 21, 2026 01:14 PM IST
India Women vs Australia Women LIVE: Recap

For India, this was a golden opportunity missed to take a 4-0 lead as 164 was a winnable target, but they lost their way in a conservative phase of play after starting the run chase on the front foot. Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana put on 54/0 after just 5.3 overs. But after getting hit for back-to-back fours, Annabel Sutherland came back well to finish the over with three dot balls. One of those was a bouncer that Shafali struggled to duck under. The follow-up delivery was on a good length, and as Shafali defended it back to Sutherland, the bowler gathered the ball and stared down the Indian opener. It was subtle, it wasn't over-the-top aggression, but it was the first sign that Australia were up for this fight – it started to feel like the famous Aussie intensity was finally on display.

Feb 21, 2026 01:05 PM IST
India Women vs Australia Women LIVE: Toss coming up

We're just minutes away from the toss for the third India Women vs Australia Women game at Adelaide. The Indian team is eyeing history here, as they last won a bilateral series against Australia in Australia in 2016.

Feb 21, 2026 12:54 PM IST
India Women vs Australia Women LIVE: Focus on Mandhana's inputs

India coach Amol Muzumdar has said that the team is relying on vice captain Smriti Mandhana's inputs of the Adelaide Oval to secure the team's first win at the ground since January 2016, when they had upset Australia.

Mandhana played for the local franchise in WBBL 10.

"(Smriti) was talking about her stint at Adelaide ... she's been a senior pro in that team, and I think her experience playing at Adelaide will come in handy, really handy for the youngsters," Muzumdar said.

"We'll just get together after the travel ... we've come here with certain things in our mind. A quick turnaround is modern-day cricket, I think you've got to adjust to those things and (we're) just hoping that it'll turn out really well (on Saturday). If you look at both the teams, there is a lot of great quality ... hopefully we'll have a good game, and hoping for some good entertaining cricket at Adelaide Oval."

Feb 21, 2026 12:43 PM IST
India Women vs Australia Women LIVE: Series so far

1st T20I: India win by 21 runs (DLS Method) at SCG, Sydney

2nd T20I: Australia win by 19 runs at Manuka Oval, Canberra

Feb 21, 2026 12:19 PM IST
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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the third T20I between Indian women's team and the Australian team from Adelaide. The series is on a knife's edge after India won the first game while Australia won the second one.

India’s run-chase collapses in the backend as Australia win by 19 runs

Indian women's team will take on Australian women's team in a multi-format series starting from T20Is. (PHOTO: BCCIWomen/X)

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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