India’s unbeaten marketing campaign within the Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup got here to an finish with a crushing seven-wicket defeat by Australia within the Super Six stage right here on Saturday.
Invited to bat, India’s batsmen, who had regarded wonderful thus far within the match, had been bundled out for 87 runs in 18.5 overs by Australia.
India had managed to defend 97 in opposition to Australia in a warm-up match earlier this month however the Shafali Verma-led aspect couldn’t replicate the feat as their opponents raced to the end line with 37 balls to spare Was.
Great win for Australia to begin the Super 6 spherical 👏
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– ICC (@ICC) January 21, 2023
The loss has damage India’s web run price (+1.905), which might play a vital function in deciding who qualifies for the semi-finals. The Women in Blue have slipped to second place behind Australia in Super Six Group 1.
Australia, India, South Africa and Bangladesh all have 4 factors every whereas Sri Lanka and UAE have zero factors.
It was a day when India’s sturdy batting line-up was in disarray. After hitting just a few boundaries, Millie Illingworth (2/12) received the Indian skipper’s prized wicket as Shafali (8) fell early as soon as once more.
Innings break!#CrewIndia Post 87 within the first innings.
on our bowlers 👍👍
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– BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) January 21, 2023
The Aussie pacer then edged the ball to Gongadi Trisha (4) in his subsequent over and wicketkeeper Paris Hall did the remainder.
Under stress from Sonia Mendhia (2), Australia’s bowlers had been dominant throughout India.
With the wicket falling like 9 pins on the different finish, Shweta Sehrawat (21) tried to alleviate the stress by hitting a 4 in an over wherein the damaging Richa Ghosh (7) additionally hit a 4, however the keeper-batsman Was despatched again to the hut two balls later, leaving India at 43/4.
Sehrawat was dismissed for the primary time within the match by Sienna Ginger, who claimed the wickets of Parshvi Chopra (8) and Mannat Kashyap (1) in her subsequent two overs, taking 3 for 13.
With the top-order collapsing early, the onus was on the middle-order batsmen to place some runs on the board within the essential tussle, however they too got here beneath stress as solely three Indians managed to succeed in double-digit scores.
In response, the Australian workforce rocked fiercely and the Indian bowlers had no reply. They squandered the runs earlier than Tita Sadhu (1/13), Archana Devi (1/7) and Sonam Yadav (1/22) claimed one wicket every.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
