Australia defeated India by 9 runs in the Women’s T20 World Cup. With this, Team India’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals almost ended. The team could win only 2 out of 4 matches. Now if Pakistan defeats New Zealand by a big margin, only then will Team India be able to play the semi-finals. Australia won the toss and chose to bat in Sharjah. The team scored 151 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Tahlia McGrath scored 40 runs from the team. In reply, Team India could only score 142 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 54 runs off 47 balls. The rest of the batsmen could not do anything special. Annabel Sutherland and Sophie Mollenix took 2-2 wickets from Australia. Playing-11 of both teams India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Jemima Rodriguez, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav and Renuka Singh. Australia: Tahlia McGrath (captain), Beth Mooney, Grace Harris, Alice Perry, Ashley Gardner, Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Sophie Mollenix, Megan Shut and Darcy Brown.
