Team India penalized by the ICC for this offence vs Australia

The Indian Women's team was penalized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for their slow over rate during the second ODI against Australia Women played at the Allan Border Field, Brisbane.

Harmanpreet Kaur and her team went on to lose the game and thus, the series as well. They were sanctioned by the match referee David Gilbert. The Women in Blue were found two overs short of the target as their time allowances were taken into consideration as well.

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Team India fined for slow over-rate during 2nd ODI against Australia

India women have been fined for slow over-rate in the second #AUSvIND ODI.https://t.co/wgCjISKdzR

— ICC (@ICC) December 12, 2024

Since they were fined two overs short of their regular target, India Women were fined 10 percent of their total match fees. The Women in Blue also conceded a record score of 371 to a ruthless Australian team.

"India were found guilty in accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined five percent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time," the ICC stated.

Australia score a record total

Meanwhile, it was a tough game for the Women in Blue as Australia plundered 371-8 in their allotted 50 overs after electing to bat first on a good batting surface. It was a terrific batting performance from the hosts as Ellyse Perry and Georgia Voll slammed whirlwind tons.

Voll smashed her maiden international hundred while Perry reached the three-figure mark in just 72 balls. Voll scored 101 off 87 balls while Perry smashed 105 off just 75 balls. Beth Mooney also played a crucial cameo of 56 off 44 balls to take Australia to a record total.

In reply, the Women in Blue started poorly and were never in the game. Opener Smriti Mandhana was dismissed early and Harleen Deol was also dismissed for a low score. The middle-order batters got starts but no batter was able to convert it into a big score.

India fall well short of the target

The Women in Blue were finally dismissed for just 249, thus losing the match by 122 runs. Richa Ghosh top-scored for her team with 54 while opening the batting. Allrounder Annabel Sutherland was the pick of the bowlers for Australia with 4-39.

With this defeat, Australia took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. The home team didn't stop here and went on to win the third ODI as well to clean-sweep India. In the final ODI, Australia won by 83 runs and showed their prowess as a team.

The Women in Blue were on top at one point when Arundhati Reddy bowled a magnificent spell in the heat of Perth. Reddy picked up the top four Australian wickets to reduce the hosts for 78-4 at one stage.

However, a partnership between Annabel Sutherland and Ashleigh Gardner followed to bail Australia out of trouble. Smriti Mandhana slammed a brilliant century during the chase but the Women in Blue were found well short of the target.