Indian women cricket captain Harmanpreet Kaur with her Australian counterpart Alyssa Healy during the toss of the second ODI in Hobart on February 27, 2026. Photo: X/@BCCIWomen
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and opted to bat against Australia in the second women’s ODI in Hobart on Friday (February 27, 2026).
Harmanpreet, who suffered a knee injury and didn’t take the field while fielding during the first ODI, said she is fine.
“I’m fine now, my left knee…while playing I just got a niggle,” she said during the toss.
For Australia, Sophie Molineux was ruled out of the series with lower back pain and was replaced by Nicola Carey in the XI.
Teams:
Australia: Alyssa Healy (c), Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Voll, Beth Mooney (wk), Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Nicola Carey, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown.
India: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Amanjot Kaur, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Kashvee Gautam, Sree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Vaishnavi Sharma.
Published – February 27, 2026 09:20 am IST
