India women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s form with the bat will be in focus as the team looks to salvage pride and end a nine-match losing streak at home against a dominant Australia in the third and final ODI in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Kaur has led her side admirably well in a long home season, with a couple of historic results in the Tests, but, this period has also witnessed her struggle with the bat. She has scored runs in double digits only thrice in eight innings across formats this season, with her highest being 49 against England in the one-off Test last month.
In the historic win against Australia in the one-off Test, Kaur was out for a duck in the first innings and she was not required to bat in the second innings. In the two ODIs against Australia, her scores were 9 and 5. Australia has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
