Australia women's team beat India's women's team by six wickets in Match 18 of the ICC Women's ODI World Cup tournament, and with this win, Australia confirmed their semi-final birth.

Australia has remained unbeaten in the tournament thus far. India, which lost their last match against England, tasted one more defeat and it was a must-win match for India to proceed further in the tournament. With this defeat, their dream of entering the semis runs into trouble.

In the match played at Eden Park in Auckland, the Australian team won the toss and decided to field first.

The Indian team, batting first, posted a good total of 277 runs, and Australia scored the winning run in the last over with just three balls left.

India’s start was not good. They lost their first wicket when the score was just 11. They lost their first wicket in the form of Smriti Mandhana, who scored just 10 runs. The next wicket fell when the score was just 28, and opener Shefali Verma returned to the pavilion after scoring just 12 runs. Yastika Bhatia and skipper Mithali Raj anchored the innings and added 130 runs for the third wicket before Bhatia gave her wicket to Darcie Brown, who scored 59 off 83 balls.

Captain Mithali Raj was the highest scorer for the team. She scored 68 in 96 balls and added another 28 runs to her partnership with Harmanpreet Kaur, who scored an unbeaten 57 in 47 balls. India lost two quick wickets after Mithali Raj's departure and it was Kaur and Pooja Vastarkar who inflated the score, and finally, the team scored a respectable 277.

For Australia, Darcie Brown took three wickets, Alana King picked up two wickets and Jess Jonassen took one wicket.

Australia began their batting on a good note and both openers stitched a 121-run partnership for the first wicket. They lost their first wicket in the form of Alyssa Healy, who scored 72 in just 65 balls. They lost their second wicket immediately after opener Rachel Hynes was departed by Pooja Vastrakar when the score was 123. Later, skipper Meg Lanning (97*) and Ellyse Perry brought the Australians to the doors of victory. Pooja Vastrakar took the wicket of Perry when she was playing on 28 and the team's score was 226, and later Lanning and Beth Mooney ensured the victory without losing further wickets.