IND W vs AUS W: Team India will face Australia in the ‘do or die’ semi-final match, history will be created at Lord’s.

The excitement of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 has reached its peak, and the race for the semi-finals has come to a very decisive juncture on Sunday. The Indian women’s team is going to face arch-rival and world champion Australia in the last and biggest match of Group 1 at the historic Lord’s ground, known as the Mecca of cricket. For Team India, captained by Harmanpreet Kaur, this match is no less than a ‘do or die’ battle, which will decide the future of its further journey in the tournament. Semi-final equation: Victory will give you a ticket to the last four, defeat will increase tension in this last knockout-like match of the group stage, the mathematics for the Indian team to move ahead is very clear and simple. If India has to secure its place in the Semi-Finals without any multiplication, then it will have to defeat the Australian team, the world’s strongest and so far unbeatable in this tournament, at any cost. But if Harmanpreet Sena misses this big match, then her fate will directly depend on the result of the match between Bangladesh and South Africa, due to which the hopes of semi-finals may hang in the balance. How did Team India make a comeback after losing to South Africa? The kind of fighting game shown by the Indian women’s cricket team after suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of South Africa in its very first match of the tournament is really praiseworthy. Leaving behind the failure of the first match, India has scored a brilliant hat-trick in the tournament by defeating Pakistan, Netherlands and then Bangladesh consecutively. Thanks to these three consecutive wins, the world number three Indian team is moving ahead strongly with 6 points. Apart from this, the team also has an excellent Net Run Rate (NRR) of +2.268, which can prove to be a big X-factor for India in any close decision. Strength of invincible Australia: Kangaroo team is not dependent on any one player. Australian women’s team remains a big benchmark for world cricket even at present. This six-time world champion team has almost entered the semi-finals by registering one-sided and impressive victories in all four matches played so far in the tournament. With an extraordinary and huge net run rate of +4.724, they are on top of the Group 1 points table. Australia’s biggest strength is that they do not depend on the individual performance of any one star player. He has a new match winner in every match. While experienced all-rounder Ellyse Perry has scored 127 runs with the bat, spinner Sophie Molineux has been the most successful bowler of the team with 6 wickets. Smriti Mandhana’s captaincy innings and Sri Charani’s magic of spin, unlike Australia, the Indian team’s performance has mainly revolved around its few selected match winners. Batting backbone: Team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana is in amazing form. He has given an unmatched consistency and stability to the Indian top order by scoring a total of 167 runs in four innings. History created in bowling: Spin bowler Shri Charani has proved to be the biggest discovery of the tournament this time. She has so far taken a record 12 wickets by making the batsmen dance to her spin in the middle overs, making her the most lethal and reliable weapon of the Indian bowling attack. For the first time, Indian women will play T20 match on the historic pitch of Lord’s. This match to be held on Sunday will be recorded forever in the pages of the history of Indian women’s cricket. This is the first time that the Indian women’s team will play an international T20 match (T20I) at Lord’s Cricket Ground. Although the Kangaroo team has old experience of playing on this ground, but history is witness that in the year 2023, the England team defeated Australia on the same ground, which is enough to boost India’s morale. Head-to-Head Records: Australia has the upper hand in the mirror of statistics. If we look at the mutual history and statistics of both the teams, then the Kangaroo team has the upper hand and looks quite heavy and intimidating. A total of 37 T20 International matches have been played between India and Australia so far, out of which Australia has shown unilateral dominance and won 27 matches, while the Indian team has been successful only 9 times. If we talk about the history of T20 World Cup, Australia is ahead 5-1 there too, in which the wounds of the painful defeat of the 2020 final and the 2023 semi-final are still fresh in the hearts of Indian fans. When, where and at what time will you be able to watch the great match live? Cricket fans can watch the live telecast of this exciting match between India and Australia on their TV sets on Star Sports Network. Apart from this, live streaming of this match will be done on digital platform on GeoStar app and website. This mega match will be telecast live from Lord’s ground at 7:00 PM Indian Time (IST). Final squads of both the countries for the match (India): Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Bharti Fulmali, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sri Charani, Yastika Bhatia, Nandani Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh, Kranti Gaur, Prema Rawat, Radha Yadav. Australia: Sophie Molineux (captain), Nicola Carey, Ash Gardner, Kim Garth, Lucy Hamilton, Grace Harris, Alana King, Phoebe Lichfield, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney (wk), Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Woll, Georgia Wareham.