India obtained one other heartbreak on Thursday evening because the Harmanpreet Kaur-led facet confronted a five-run defeat towards Australia within the semi-final match of the Girls’s T20 World Cup. Opted to bat first, Australia posted an enormous whole of 172/4 in 20 overs after Beth Mooney and Meg Lanning smashed 54 and 49* runs respectively. Later, Workforce India misplaced three wickets inside 4 overs however Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues introduced a ray of hope for his or her facet. Nonetheless, India fell brief by 5 runs and Australia stormed into their seventh straight closing within the historical past of the Girls’s T20 World Cups.

In the whole match, one second which proved to be a game-changer was the weird run out of Harmanpreet Kaur. Within the fifteenth over of India’s chase, Harmanpreet Kaur ran for a single on Georgia Wareham‘s supply. She accomplished a single however whereas coming again for the second, her bat obtained caught within the center and he or she did not make it again to the crease. Wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy made no mistake and eliminated the bails because the Indian skipper departed for 52.

Harmanpreet’s dismissal left her disillusioned as she walked away angrily in direction of the dugout. The same response was captured from the opposite teammates as everybody was left in shock.

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Coming to the match, 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 have 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 carry the crew again within the recreation.

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

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

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

(With PTI Inputs)

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