Australia took only 16.1 overs to chase 101 against India in the first ODI, at Brisbane, setting a new record in the process.
Australia demolished India in the first ODI of the three-match series, at the Allan Border Field. With 5-19, Megan Schutt led the rout as the tourists collapsed to exactly 100 in 34.2 overs after Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and opted to bat. Jemimah Rodrigues (23) was the only Indian to go past 20.
Phoebe Litchfield (35 in 29 balls) and Georgia Voll (46 not out in 42) then got the hosts off to a rollicking start, adding 48 for the first wicket in 41 balls. Renuka Singh Thakur (3-45) and Priya Mishra (2-11) kept striking, but Australia won comfortably in 16.2 overs with five wickets in hand.
This is a new record for the fewest overs taken by any side to chase a target against India in an ODI. Excluding adjusted targets, the previous record was with England in the 1982 World Cup, when they bowled out India for 61 and chased down the target in 21.3 overs.
Fewest overs taken to chase targets against India in women’s ODIs
*60-over matches +curtailed matches
| India’s score | Opposition | Score | Venue | Year |
| 100 (34.2) | Australia | 102-5 (16.2) | Brisbane | 2024 |
| 126-2 (35.2+) | England | 99-2 (16.4 – max 21 overs)+ | Taunton | 2008 |
| 61 (37*) | England | 63-0 (21.3*) | Nelson | 1982 |
| 117-8 (34) | New Zealand | 118-3 (22.1 – max 34 overs)+ | Lincoln | 2006 |
| 90-7 (23) | England | 93-3 (22.1 – max 23 overs)+ | Arundel | 2008 |
| 49 (37.5*) | New Zealand | 50-2 (23.1*) | Christchurch | 1982 |
| 102 (45.1) | England | 103-0 (24.3) | Taunton | 2008 |
| 117 (45.2) | New Zealand | 121-1 (26.5) | Lincoln | 2000 |
| 134-7 (50) | Australia | 135-1 (28) | Lincoln | 2003 |
| 78 (50.5*) | New Zealand | 80-2 (28.2*) | Palmerston North | 1982 |
- While batting first, India Women have lost 83 ODIs, of which 69 were against England, Australia, and New Zealand.
- The fewest overs a side other than these three has taken to chase against them is 29.5, in a 30-over match at Centurion in 2002. South Africa restricted them to 111-3 and chased the adjusted target of 137.
- South Africa hold the record for full-length matches as well: at Potchefstroom that same year, they restricted India to 158-9 and won in 32.5 overs.
- The West Indies and Sri Lanka are the only other teams to have beaten India in ODIs while batting second.
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