Women’s T20 World Cup: The thrilling encounter between India and Australia within the semi-final at Newlands in Cape Town witnessed some heated moments on the sector.
A selected flash level got here after Shafali Verma took a catch to do away with Australia batsman Beth Mooney.
Verma, who had earlier dropped a sitter from Mooney, took a positive catch to redeem himself after which reacted angrily thus giving Mooney a fiery send-off.
Ugh.. Shefali 😳🫣🤭#INDWvsAUSW # T20 Women’s World Cup pic.twitter.com/J8OUtiQie0
– Sakshi Singh (@Sakshis86972679) February 23, 2023
Chasing a stiff goal of 173, India had been within the hunt and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (52 off 34 balls) led from the entrance.
But his run out was a turning level within the recreation which occurred after he had accomplished his half-century.
Harmanpreet Kaur was run out.#INDvsAUS #INDvAUSpic.twitter.com/gQtXBm2c4j
– Drink Cricket 🏏 (@Abdullah__Neaz) February 23, 2023
The bat received caught within the floor and keeper Alyssa Healy eliminated the bails in time.
Harmanpreet Kaur was run out for the primary time in 5 years. This was not essentially the most superb time for this to occur.
captain @ImHarmanpreet She was not very proud of the way in which she received out due to the way in which she was batting nicely.
Run out is essentially the most unlucky dismissal when the batsman is batting so nicely and hitting the ball so nicely. # T20 Women’s World Cup #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/lGEbADwa6N
— Sharat Chandra Bhatt (@imsbhat0707) February 23, 2023
At that time India had been 134/4 after 15 overs, needing 39 runs from 30 balls.
However, they misplaced the match by 5 runs as Australia progressed to the ultimate.
Kaur’s run out additionally coincided with MS Dhoni’s dismissal within the 2019 ODI World Cup.
Fans had been fast to level out the photographs and lament the way of the dismissal.
One wrote, “Harmanpreet Kaur’s run out gave MS Dhoni the 2019 semi-final feel.”
Harmanpreet Kaur in 2023
MS Dhoni in 2019
These two run outs within the semi-finals will damage Indian cricket followers endlessly pic.twitter.com/iZiV94mg2V– All About Cricket (@allaboutcric_) February 23, 2023
“Sad finish to 2 nice knocks by way of runout in WC semis. Harmanpreet Kaur and MS Dhoni,” wrote one other.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
