AUS-W vs IND-W

9:35 PM local time, 4:05 PM IST: That wraps up proceedings for tonight with another commading win for the Aussies who look near invincible now. The ODI series is theirs, they have taken a 6-4 lead in the multi-format series as well as mentioned earlier but there is still a lot to play as India will look to square it up in the third and final ODI at the same venue on Sunday (March 1) before moving to Perth for the big test match next week. Time for us to take your leave as well, this is Sourabh Agrawal signing off on behalf of Pradeep Somasekhar and the entire team. Cheers!

Alyssa Healy (Australia Women captain): Really pumpped with that result. The other night, I was ecstatic with the way we went with the chase and then to do it again tonight was outstanding. It was one of those ones when we felt they were quite a few short of par but at the same time it was frustrating for us, we could have got them out earlier. To keep them to 250 on that pitch was an outstanding effort from the group, we felt we were pretty well ahead at the halfway mark, we just had to get the job done.

(on Litchfield's and Voll's batting) Sometimes you just have to get out of the way (laughs), let the young kids do their thing. That is the future of Australian cricket moving forward in that top order. Seeing them going about their business tonight, specially Phoebe, the way she took it on early, got herself set and gave us an opportunity. Kudos to both of them

(looking forward to Sunday) Same old. We will just keep focusing on what we can do really well, little phases we can win. We are doing those little things at this moment which is great specially heading into next week as well. We speak a lot about those little key moments. Nothing changes for Sunday

Harmanpreet Kaur [India Women captain]: “We didn’t bat well today. As a group, we chose to bat first because the surface looked better than the previous game, but we repeated the same errors — losing wickets at regular intervals and ending up with a below-par total. Despite not playing our best cricket, there are still positives. The girls are doing many things right, and that’s important at the international level. Regardless of whether we bat first or chase, batting well is the key to putting ourselves in strong positions. That hasn’t happened consistently so far, which is why we find ourselves here. Hopefully, we can turn things around with the bat in Sunday’s game.

Georgia Voll is the Player of the Match! Here's what she says: "It feels good to get the job done. Phobes was exceptional out there and really took the pressure off me. We kept our approach straightforward — she was striking the ball brilliantly at the other end, which allowed me to open up my game gradually. We worked well together and complemented each other nicely."

9:21 PM local time, 3:51 PM IST: MATCH SUMMARY

Australia (252/5 in 36.1 overs) beat India (251/9 in 50 overs) by 5 wickets

Georgia Voll 101(82) | Ashleigh Gardner 2/39(10)
Harmanpreet Kaur 54(70) | Deepti Sharma 2/47(9)

Another thorough performance from the Aussies who have outplayed the Indians in back-to-back games now, they have taken the 3-match ODI series with an unassailable 2-0 lead and have also grabbed a 6-4 lead in the multi-format series as well.

Quite a similar one to what transipred in the first game in Brisbane, similar margin of victory, 6 wickets that night and 5 wickets tonight but Australia have bettered themselves chasing down 252 inside 37 overs as opposed to the 38 overs and a bit they took to chase down 215 in the first one

Not really anything to say that the Indians are world champions in this format having won the World Cup back in their home just over three months ago, they have not been able to even pose a challenge to the mighty Aussies who are near-on unbeatable in their own backyard.

The Aussie Women have not been beaten in a home ODI series for 39 years now, yes you read that right.

251 always seemed to be under par but Australia have made a mockery of the target by chasing it down with as many as 83 deliveries to spare.
Two key batters for them tonight after losing skipper Healy early, Phoebe Litchfield took the Indian bowlers to the sword early in the piece with some lovely boundaries and she raced to a fifty, used her feet brilliantly against both pace and spin, accessed unique areas in the ground as she so often does. She was looking untroubled before she missed her favorite scoop shot and was bowled in 80, walked off disappointingly but she had done her job by then

Georgia Voll put on a stunning 119-run partnership with her and then took the reigns over after her dismissal. Litchfield missed out but Voll did not and she scored a spectacular 2nd ODI ton, both against India, as she put on another 82-runs with Mooney

India did get a couple of wickets towards the end but that was no way near enough, they were simply not good enough and were hammered by the Aussies who have bossed proceedings again

36.1 Shree Charani to Ashleigh Gardner, FOUR! THAT'S IT! Another thumping win for Australia, they've beaten the World Champions fair and square and take this ODI series with a game to spare. Skips down the wicket, spanks the length delivery over extra-cover for a boundary and seals the game.

We will go into another over then, Australia need 4 more runs. Deepti has sneaked in a couple of wickets towards the end which is a small, little positive for India before the final game of the series on Sunday

35.3 Deepti Sharma to Annabel Sutherland, OUT! GOES STRAIGHT UP AND TAKEN! Sutherland tries for the glory shot and perishes. Length delivery on the stumps, Sutherland looks to go for it, launches it straight up and mid-off fielder backtracks and pouches it safely.

35.2 Deepti Sharma to Annabel Sutherland, walks right across off-stump, Sutherland scoops it over the keeper's head, they get back for the brace.