Team India’s disappointing run in white-ball cricket ended with a 1-2 sequence loss towards Australia in Navi Mumbai as the Women in Blue suffered a 7-wicket defeat in the decider on Tuesday, January 9. After profitable the sequence opener, it has been a couple of poor video games for the batters that led to India’s downfall in the second and the third T20Is. On Tuesday, each Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana had began properly as India had been 51/1 after the powerplay, nevertheless, one other middle-order collapse led to the hosts’ undoing.
Both Shafali and Mandhana had begun properly with a constructive intent earlier than Megan Schutt dismissed the former on 26. Mandhana performed a couple of excellent pictures after the powerplay however she could not go on for lengthy as a procession adopted. Annabel Sutherland dismissed Jemimah on the closing supply of the eighth over earlier than Georgia Wareham struck with the massive one in every of Mandhana. In the very subsequent over Sutherland cleaned up Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur to go away the Women in Blue reeling at 66/4.
Richa Ghosh with a counter-attacking knock of 34 and Amanjot Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar with their cameos helped India to get to 147 however ultimately, it wasn’t sufficient. Any hope India would have had of profitable the recreation was killed by Australian openers Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney in the powerplay itself.
Healy in explicit was in demolition mode as she slammed a 34-ball half-century. After scoring 54 runs off the powerplay, the opening partnership lasted for 85, which successfully shut India out of the recreation. Tahlia McGrath and Ellyse Perry bought out in consecutive balls however it was too late as a calm Beth Mooney at the different finish ensured there have been no extra hiccups and Australia coasted dwelling to a 7-wicket win.
India misplaced all the white-ball sequence in the final month or so, 1-2 towards England in T20Is, 0-3 towards Australia in ODIs and now 1-2 towards Australia in T20Is as Amol Majumdar and Co. have a lot of considering to do earlier than the T20 World Cup in October-November.
