Women’s T20 WC: Harmanpreet’s fifty in vain as Australia beat India to reach semis
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur's unbeaten 54* went in vain as Australia beat India by nine runs in Group A match to reach Women's T20 World Cup semi-finals on Sunday.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur's unbeaten 54* went in vain as Australia beat India by nine runs in Group A match to reach Women's T20 World Cup semi-finals on Sunday.
The 2020 runners-up and four-time semi-finalists are seeking to go all the way in the UAE having been boosted by warm-up wins over the West Indies and South Africa.
Previously, India suffered a disappointing loss in the 2020 T20 World Cup final against Australia and narrowly missed out on victory in the 2017 ODI World Cup, falling just nine runs short against England.
The Women’s T20 World Cup, starting Oct 3, presents another chance to end Indian team’s wait for a global title
While the men’s team won the title after 17 years and lifted an ICC trophy after 11 years, the women’s outfit is yet to lift the T20 World Cup, and came close in the 2020 edition, when they were runners-up in Australia.
Diana Edulji also suggested that a change in captaincy might work for India but accepted that there is no one else other than Harmanpreet Kaur at the moment.
In her coloumn for ICC, Harmanpreet Kaur said earlier 120-130 was considered as the par score in women's T20 but she believes things have changed now.
Harmanpreet said that playing the tri-series in the build-up to the World T20 will also stand the Indian girls in good stead.
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur starred with the bat and ensured her opposite number Heather Knight’s valiant knock was overshadowed as…
Harmanpreet Kaur was speaking to reporters at the pre-departure press conference ahead of the tri-series involving England and hosts Australia.
