India vs Australia Hockey World Cup Live: IND take on AUS in Hockey World Cup. (Credit: Hockey India)The India women’s team will take on Australia in a virtual quarterfinal on Sunday to decide which unit advances to the semifinals stage. With Netherlands beating China in the earlier match, it’s now a straight shootout between the Indians and the Aussies with the winner going into the last 4. In case of a draw, it’s advantage Australia as they have more goals scored than India.After an unbeaten start to their campaign where they drew with China and England and thrashed South Africa 6-1 to qualify for the second round, their streak was broken by Netherlands who defeated them 2-0 in their previous match. Due to that defeat, India will now need to defeat Australia to qualify for the semifinals.Story continues below this adThe Aussies are a familiar foe for the Indians and in a recent tour both teams have played 4 closely fought matches with india losing 2, winning one and drawing one. Australia, although, haven’t had the best season, finishng eighth in the 2025-26 Pro League and were runners-up to the hosts at the World Cup qualifiers in Santiago.FOLLOW IND-W VS AUS-W HOCKEY WORLD CUP MATCH LIVELive UpdatesAug 23, 2026 10:28 PM ISTIndia vs Australia World Cup Live: India lineupSavita Punia; Shilpi Dabas, Sushila Chanu, Jyoti; Salima Tete, Neha Goyal, Nikki Pradhan, Sunelita Toppo, Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur, Deepika SehrawatAug 23, 2026 10:25 PM ISTIndia vs Australia World Cup Live: Hello and welcomeIndia and Australia will renew hostilities, this time in the hockey field as the familiar foes clash in a must-win match in the Women's Hockey World Cup. Nothing short of a win will do for India while Australia will qualify for the semifinals with a win or a draw by virtue of scoring more goals than India. All to play for tonight. Follow our live blog to find out who goes through and who goes homeIndia’s defenders threw themselves into the path of shots and passes, repeatedly denying the Netherlands the clean openings they usually manufacture. (Hockey India Photo)There was a strange sight at the Wagener Stadium: India were in orange, the Netherlands in blue. The colour swap was about the only thing the Dutch had surrendered. For long stretches, India surrendered almost everything else.The Netherlands beat India 2-0 on Friday to underline the gulf between the World No.1 and a team that had arrived in the second round of the World Cup unbeaten and with renewed belief. India defended bravely and made the Dutch work for their goals, but never managed to keep the ball for long enough to seriously threaten the hosts.© IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd