Harmanpreet Kaur after India’s loss to Australia

Batting first after successful the toss, Australia Ladies posted a formidable 172/4 of their 20 overs. Beth Mooney top-scored with 54 off 37 balls, whereas skipper Meg Lanning contributed 49 not out off 34 deliveries. Ashleigh Gardner got here in and hammered 31 off solely 18 balls because the Aussies ended their innings on a excessive.

Within the chase, India Ladies misplaced Shafali Verma (9), Smriti Mandhana (2) and Yastika Bhatia (4) cheaply. A fourth-wicket stand of 69 between captain Harmanpreet (52 off 34) and Rodrigues (43 off 24) introduced the semi-final again to life.

Neither batter may, nonetheless, take the staff previous the end line. Rodrigues was caught behind as her tried ramp off Darcie Brown went awry. Harmanpreet was then run-out in weird trend as her bat acquired struck within the floor as she got here again for a second run. Following their skipper’s run-out, India Ladies’s innings misplaced momentum as they had been held to 167/8.

Talking on the post-match presentation after India misplaced yet one more last, skipper Harmanpreet lamented, “Cannot be unluckier than this, to get that momentum again when me and Jemi had been batting. And to lose after that, we did not anticipate this at the moment. The best way I acquired run out, cannot be unluckier than that.”

Sharing her views on India’s efficiency, the dejected chief commented, “Placing within the effort was extra vital. We mentioned about preventing until the final ball. The end result did not go our approach, however I’m proud of the best way we performed on this event. We all know we’ve got a great batting line up even when we lose early wickets.”

Regardless of the loss, Harmanpreet praised Rodrigues for taking the assault to Australia with an excellent knock. She mentioned, “Want to provide credit score to Jemi for the best way she batted at the moment. She acquired us the momentum we had been searching for. Glad to see such performances. Glad to see them play their pure recreation. Despite the fact that we did not play to our strengths, we reached the semis.”

India put down a few easy catches within the discipline and had been sloppy total. Harmanpreet added the missed probabilities got here again to hang-out them. She concluded, “We gave these straightforward catches away. Received to take these once you wish to win. We misfielded. We are able to solely study from these classes and never repeat the errors.”

–By A Cricket Correspondent