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.
With the win over India by 23 runs, New Zealand has taken a lead of 1-0 in the ongoing three-match T20I series.
Speaking about women's coach position, Kapil Dev said it was a “very positive” sign that big names wanted the position.
When Kaur got to know that she was appointed the ICC T20 skipper, she was delighted.
When it came to a Kohli-Shastri issue the COA put its tail between its legs and ran, alas Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur & Co are deemed children of a lesser God by a “committee” that is hardly answerable to anyone.
This is the first selection committee meeting after W.V. Raman was announced the head coach of Indian women's team.
