India wilted underneath the strain of a knock-out sport but once more after skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s freak run out as defending champions Australia entered their seventh successive Ladies’s T20 World Cup last with a five-run win right here on Thursday. India’s shoddy fielding and catching allowed Australia to put up a difficult 172 for 4 after Meg Lanning opted to bat within the semifinal. At 28 for 3, India had been down and out however Harmanpreet (52 off 34) and Jemimah Rodrigues (43 off 24) produced a counter-attacking 69-run stand off simply 41 balls to convey the staff again within the sport.

India wanted a really gettable 39 off final 30 balls with 5 wickets in hand however because it has been the case previously, the staff got here up brief to complete at 167 for eight.

India had misplaced to five-time champions Australia within the earlier World Cup last and extra not too long ago within the CWG last final yr.

One other loss in a knock out sport prolonged India’s lengthy watch for a world title.

Regardless of shedding the damaging Shafali Verma and star batter Smriti Mandhana cheaply, Jemimah and India skipper ensured boundaries. Harmanpreet, who was a uncertain starter for the do-or-die sport because of excessive fever, obtained going with a crisp six over lengthy on off Jess Jonassen.

Rodrigues appeared in elegant contact from the get go, dispatching Ashleigh Gardner for consecutive fours off her first two balls. Her inside out lofted drives over further cowl off the spinners was the spotlight of her innings.

At 93 for 3 in 10 overs, India had been very a lot on the right track for a well-known win. Jemimah and Harmanpreet’s omnious stand ended when the previous tried to a information a sluggish bouncer Darcie Brown however ended up edging it to the wicketkeeper.

Harmanpreet, who is understood to convey out her greatest in opposition to the Aussies, checked out her classic greatest along with her scorching strokeplay. Like Jemimah, she too made good use of her ft to get the fours.

She obtained to her fifty with back-to-back fours off Wareham within the fifteenth over earlier than a freak run out introduced one other twist within the sport.

It was a snug double however on method to finishing the second run, Harmanpreet’s bat obtained caught within the floor and Alyssa Healy was fast to take the bails off with the Indian out of the crease.

It was turning level of the sport. India’s bowling effort additionally left quite a bit be desired as Beth Mooney prolonged her envious file in opposition to India with an aesthetic 54 off 37 balls.

Among the best power-hitters within the sport, Ashleigh Gardner, damage India with 31 off 18 balls whereas skipper Meg Lanning made 49 not out off 34 balls.

Australia opted to bat at a sunny Newlands and Harmanpreet didn’t appear to thoughts Lanning’s name.

There was no swing on provide, making life quite a bit troublesome for star pacer Renuka Thakur, whose first ball of the sport was a half volley to Alyssa Healy (25 off 26) and she or he duly put it away.

Healy is normally the aggressor in her opening partnerships with Mooney nevertheless it wasn’t the case on this event.

It was Mooney who obtained the boundaries extra often of their 52-run stand as she manoeuvred the sphere fantastically along with her nimble footwork in opposition to the spinners. Shafali dropped a regulation catch off Mooney at lengthy on when she was on 32.

Deepti, India’s most constant spinner within the match, bowled too brief in her opening spell. Her second over went for 12 runs as Mooney stepped out for a six over vast lengthy off.

Apart from the inconsistent line and size, poor fielding and catching price India loads of runs.

Lanning, who was dropped early in her innings, made India pay with an unbeaten 49 off 34 balls. She collected two sixes and a 4 within the twentieth over bowled by Renuka, who went wicketless in her 4 overs and conceded 41 runs.

Sneh Rana, enjoying rather than Pooja Vastrakar, was unlucky not choose any wicket as she troubled the batters along with her flight. She may have had Lanning caught behind in her first over however wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh dropped the possibility. Richa additionally fluffed a stumping likelihood of Lanning.

The final 5 overs yielded 59 runs for Australia.

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