Overview
- India overhauled 339 to finish 341-5 in 48.3 overs, winning the semi-final by five wickets with nine balls to spare in Navi Mumbai.
- Player of the Match Jemimah Rodrigues anchored the pursuit with an unbeaten 127, combining with captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s 89 in a pivotal 167-run third-wicket partnership.
- Australia posted 338 in 49.5 overs, built on Phoebe Litchfield’s 119, Ellyse Perry’s 77 and Ashleigh Gardner’s 63.
- The successful chase is a record in Cricket World Cup knockouts in either gender and ended Australia’s 16-match unbeaten run at the tournament.
- India face South Africa in Sunday’s final at Dr DY Patil Stadium, as Rodrigues noted post-match that she had battled anxiety and “almost cried every day” earlier on tour.