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.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur lauded the bowlers and openers for taking the lead in the job of getting a comfortable victory over Pakistan in their first game of the 2024 Women’s Asia Cup.
India looked in good touch just months out from this year's ICC Women's T20 World Cup as they registered a hard-fought series whitewash against Bangladesh.
The three night games will be played in the main stadium, and the two day games will be held at the outer venue. The night games will start at 6.30pm local time and day games at 2pm.
Though Harmanpreet Kaur said her team did well to restrict Australia to below 300, she said there were lots of positives for them in the match despite the dropped catches.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said she was happy with the bowling department, but was critical of the fielding effort in her team’s six-wicket defeat to Australia in the ODI series opener at Wankhede Stadium.
