Women's T20 World Cup: India lose to Aussies in Do or Die game..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
Women's t20 World Cup: india lose to Aussies in Do or Die game..!?
The indian Women's team has suffered a defeat against australia, the current champion. With this, there is a situation of leaving the series.
If the indian team wins this match in Sharjah, the semi-final chances will have brightened. Due to this, the indian team players entered the field with the motivation to win a hat-trick. australia won the toss and chose first. After this, the Australian team's opener Beth Mowey, who entered the field, got out with two runs and georgia ducked out. australia lost two wickets and stumbled for 17 runs.
In this context, Takhila McGrath and Grace harris, who were paired for the third wicket, played a responsible game and formed a partnership. Grace harris added 42 to skipper Takhila McGrath's 32. Australia's star batsman Ellyse Perry scored 32 runs off 23 balls. With this, the Australian team scored 151 runs for the loss of eight wickets at the end of 20 overs. Renuka Singh took two wickets for the indian bowling side. After this, the indian players entered the field with the goal of winning if they scored 152 runs. Shabali Verma returned to the pavilion with 20 runs before the much-anticipated Smriti Mandana was dismissed for six. After this, Jemima lost the game by 16 runs.


The indian women's team stumbled by losing three wickets before adding 47 runs. After this, captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma, who paired up for the fourth wicket, played calmly and raised the team's score. At one stage, Deepti Sharma was dismissed for 29 runs, and the indian team was headed for defeat. However, captain Harmanpreet Kaur was the only one who did not lose the game till the end and added runs. He scored 54 off 47 balls. In this environment, the indian team needed 14 runs to win in the last over. But India's star bowler Harmanprith caught only one ball in the last over. Other players were dismissed as fast as she could stand on a no-strike. Four wickets fell in the last over bowled by Sutherland. As a result, only four runs were scored in the last over.
As a result, the indian women's team lost by 9 runs. With this, india is currently forced to leave the series. It is noteworthy that the indian team can go to the semi-final round only if the new zealand team loses in the match between pakistan and new zealand tomorrow.

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