170 runs short in 20 overs in a crucial match. In the end, they lost to Australia and were knocked out of the group stage! India’s women’s World Cup dream was shattered in front of Virat Kohli, one of the spectators at the stadium. Shane Warne’s country won the match by six wickets. They reached the semi-finals by topping the group. South Africa are second in the last four.
India suffered from the decision to bat first in the England season. Cloudy conditions in the morning made batting difficult. As a result, a slow scoreboard spelled doom at the end of the day despite most of the Indian batsmen scoring runs. But Sophie Molyneux’s side took advantage of the sunny conditions when they came out to bat later.
Shefali was dismissed for 34 runs. Smriti got out after scoring 38 runs. Jemima scored 34 off 28 balls. This is an example of stagnation in T20 cricket. Skipper Harmanpreet’s fightback took India to 170 runs. He played a brilliant innings of 56 runs off 27 balls. However, what was meant to be has already happened.
However, when Australia’s first wicket (Georgia Ball) fell for four runs, Indian fans were hopeful. Even with 9 overs and 1 ball, three wickets fell, and their total was all but the end of the fight.
After dismissing Phoebe Litchfield and Beth Mooney, Perry and Gardner formed an important partnership. Their 100-run stand gave Australia victory. Perry was dismissed for 56 off 38 balls and Gardner remained unbeaten on 53 off 29 balls.
Australia won by six wickets with an over to spare. But not only Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Ravi Shastri also witnessed India’s defeat in England.
Deepti Sharma broke Jhulan Goswami’s record for highest wicket-taker in women’s international cricket on Sunday. He now has 356 wickets.
Summary Score:
India: 170/4 (Harman 56, Smriti 38, Shefali 34, Jemima 34, Sophie 46/2)
Australia: 172/4 (Perry 56, Gardner 53, Sri 32/2)
Australia won by six wickets.