Australia Women’s National Cricket Team vs India Women’s National Cricket Team Match: India Women won the toss and chose to bat first against Australia Women in the third and final T20 International of their three-match series at Adelaide Oval on Saturday, February 21, 2026 India, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, claimed a 21-run win in the rain-affected opener in Sydney. Australia bounced back to level the series with a strong performance in the second match in Canberra.
India made one change, bringing in Shreyanka Patil in place of Kranti Goud, while Australia replaced Nic Carey with Grace Harris. Both teams are looking to execute their plans and claim the series in the high-stakes finale.
Harmanpreet Kaur said the wicket looked good and expressed confidence in setting a strong total. “We'll bat first. (Wicket) Looks very nice, hopefully we set a decent total on the board. We are batting first, let's enjoy this game. In batting, we should work on our partnerships and that can really help us. The bowlers have been doing a really good job and hopefully today also they come up with a good positive mindset. We have one change, Kranti Goud isn't playing today. In place of her, Shreyanka Patil is playing,” she said after winning the toss.
Molineux said her side had wanted to bowl first to carry momentum from the previous match. She praised her bowlers for sticking to their plans in the last game and keeping things simple under pressure. “We were actually looking to have a bowl, carry some momentum in from the last innings. (On the previous match) I loved how our bowlers stuck it out, they came hard early, we knew they were going to do that. We just went back to our plans and kept things really simple. We've got one change. Nic Carey's out for Grace Harris. Just tinkering a little bit with the balance our team going into a beautiful batting deck. (Captaincy) Loving it. It's been great, the girls have been great, the staff have been great. It's been fun so far. (350th match for Perry) It's hard to put into a few words. What she's done for this team, this country and this game itself, hard to put into words. She deserves to have that game and potentially walk away with a win against India,” Molineux said.
Australia Women vs India Women 3rd T20I Playing XIs
Australia Women (Playing XI): Beth Mooney(w), Georgia Voll, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Grace Harris, Kim Garth, Sophie Molineux(c), Darcie Brown
India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Shreyanka Patil, Arundhati Reddy, Shree Charani, Renuka Singh Thakur
