Women’s T20 World Cup Final / Australia 5th time champion, defeating India by 85 runs; Team India’s top-5 batsmen scored 19 runs
Poonam Yadav is the last batter to be dismissed as Megan Schutt gets her 4th wicket!
Final: Defending champions Australia (184/4) beat India (99) by 85 runs to win their 5th title. Megan Schutt (4/18), Jess Jonassen (3/20)
Australia defeated India by 85 runs in the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup. Australia scored 171 for the first 3 wickets after winning the toss in the match played in Melbourne. In response, the Indian team was all out for 99 runs in 19.1 overs. Team India’s top-5 batsmen scored 19 runs in the match. This has been the main cause of defeat. Shefali Verma 2, Smriti Mandhana 11, Tania Bhatia 2, Jemima Rodriguez 0 and Harmanpreet Kaur scored 4 runs. From Australia, Megan Schutt took the maximum 4 and Jess Jonathan took 3 wickets.
Smriti Mandhana 11 and Jemima Rodriguez returned to the pavilion at zero. Mandhana was caught by Nikola Carey off Sophie Molinics. At the same time, Jemima was dismissed by Carrie off the ball of Jess Jonathan. Shefali Verma, the youngest player to play the final, returned to the pavilion after scoring 2 runs. He was caught by wicketkeeper Alyssa Hilli off Megan Shoot.
In the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup, Australia has given the Indian team a target of 185. Poonam Yadav of India is at the crease in the match being played in Melbourne. Smriti Mandhana 11 and Jemima Rodriguez returned to the pavilion at zero. Mandhana was caught by Nikola Carey off Sophie Molinics. At the same time, Jemima was dismissed by Carrie off the ball of Jess Jonathan. Shefali Verma, the youngest player to play the final, returned to the pavilion after scoring 2 runs. He was caught by wicketkeeper Alyssa Hilli off Megan Shoot.
Earlier, winning the toss and batting first, Australia scored 184 for 4 wickets. Australian opener Alyssa Hilli scored 75 and Beth Mooney scored an unbeaten 78. This is Hilly’s 12th career and Mooney’s 9th half-century. The two shared a century (115 runs) for the second time in the tournament. Deepti Sharma of India took 38 wickets in 4 overs and took 2 wickets.
Hilly and Mooney second century partnership
Deepti took 2 wickets in his last over. First captain Meg Lenning (16) was caught by Shikha Pandey. Ashley Gardner (2) was then stumped by Tania Bhatia. Alyssa Hilli was out for 39 off 75 balls. Radha Yadav catches him at the hands of Krishnamurti Veda. He shared a 100-run partnership with Mooney for the second time in the tournament.
Australian opener took 14 runs in the first over
In the third over of Shikha and the 11th over of the match, Hilly hit three consecutive sixes. Hilly took a four off the very first ball of off-spinner Deepti Sharma, who took the first over of the match. On the 5th ball of the over, Shefali Verma gave up Hilly’s catch. In this over, Australia scored 14 runs with 3 fours.
Harmanpreet’s mother arrived to watch the match
Today is the birthday of Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur. She turned 31. His mother is present at the stadium to watch the match. After the toss and before the match, singer Katy Parry tied the stage with superb English songs.
India has not won the title yet
T20 World Cup has been held 6 times so far. This is the 7th tournament. India has not reached the final even once, while Australia has won the title 4 times at most. India reached the semi-finals 3 times (2009, 2010, 2018). The last time he lost to England in the semi-finals.
Both teams
India: Shefali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Tania Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Jemima Rodriguez, Deepti Sharma, Veda Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Poonam Yadav and Rajeshwari Gaekwad.
Australia: Alyssa Hilly, Beth Mooney, Meg Lenning (captain), Jess Jonasson, Ashley Gardner, Rachel Haynes, Nicola Carrie, Sophie Molinics, Georgia Wareham, Delissa Kimmins and Megan Schut.
Head to head
India has played a total of 122 T20 matches so far. It has 67 wins and 53 losers. At the same time, India has played 19 matches against Australia so far. It won 6, while it faced 13 defeats. There have also been 4 matches in the World Cup between the two teams. In this, the Indian team won 2 and lost as many matches.
