Riding on stellar performances by Smriti Mandhana (83 off 55) and Harmanpreet Kaur (43 off 27), Women in Blue posted a daunting total of 167-8 in 20 overs against the mighty Australians on Saturday at Guyana. The southpaw hammered the Aussies all over the park and regained her form in the fourth match of the tournament. It is a big positive for the Indian team as Mandhana is among the runs before the knock out stage. To add to the woes of Australia, skipper Harmanpreet played yet another match winning knock, and is indisputably enjoying her stay in the Caribbean. The vice captain hit a total of nine boundaries and three sixes and the captain's innings was laced with three boundaries and as many sixes. Playing her 100th T20I, Ellyse Perry was the pick of the bowlers accounting for 3-16 in her three overs.
With Alyssa Healy suffering an injury during the course of the match, Australians looked depleted at the top of the order. Elyse Villani opened the batting with Beth Mooney, however, the refurbished opening pair could not provide a solid start to the chase. It was again Perry with the bat who top scored with an unbeaten 39 off 28, but could not find able allies to take Australia home. In the end, India bowled out the Aussies for 119 in 19.4 overs, courtesy the Indian spinners that have been outstanding throughout the tournament. Offie Anuja Patil bagged 3-15 in 3.4 overs, and was accompanied well by co-spinners Deepti Sharma, Poonam Yadav, and Radha Yadav, all scalping two wickets apiece. India won the match by 48 runs and remained invincible throughout the league stage.
Brief Score: India 167-8 in 20 overs (S Mandhana 83, H Kaur 43; E Perry 3-16) beat Australia 119 all out in 19.4 overs (E Perry 39 not out; A Patil 3-15) by 48 runs.
Source: ICC
With Alyssa Healy suffering an injury during the course of the match, Australians looked depleted at the top of the order. Elyse Villani opened the batting with Beth Mooney, however, the refurbished opening pair could not provide a solid start to the chase. It was again Perry with the bat who top scored with an unbeaten 39 off 28, but could not find able allies to take Australia home. In the end, India bowled out the Aussies for 119 in 19.4 overs, courtesy the Indian spinners that have been outstanding throughout the tournament. Offie Anuja Patil bagged 3-15 in 3.4 overs, and was accompanied well by co-spinners Deepti Sharma, Poonam Yadav, and Radha Yadav, all scalping two wickets apiece. India won the match by 48 runs and remained invincible throughout the league stage.
Brief Score: India 167-8 in 20 overs (S Mandhana 83, H Kaur 43; E Perry 3-16) beat Australia 119 all out in 19.4 overs (E Perry 39 not out; A Patil 3-15) by 48 runs.
Source: ICC
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