Indian women versus Australian women 2nd T20I: Indian women lose a thriller

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 Despite a strong bowling effort, the Indian women’s team could not cross the line against Australia in a low-scoring 2nd T20I match played at Carrara Oval, Gold Coast on Saturday.

Australian captain Meg Lanning won the toss and decided to field first. The Indian team did not have a great start losing the wicket of Smriti Mandhana in the very first over thanks to a superb catch by Sophie Molineux. The Australian bowlers did not allow Indian batters to score runs freely. The Indian team lost 2 more quick wickets of Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues. At the end of the first six overs, the visitors looked in trouble at 25 for 3.

Harmanpreet Kaur looked in decent touch hitting a flurry of boundaries putting the Australian bowlers under some pressure. The Australian fielding was up to the mark not allowing boundaries. In an attempt to hit a big shot, Kaur was stumped off Warhem’s bowling. Yastika Bhatia was run out in a mix-up leaving the Indian team in massive trouble.

Nicola Carey bowled stump to stump and dismissed Richa Ghosh to leave the Indian team under great pressure. Deepti Sharma was run out in a mix-up with Pooja Vastrakar. It was a superb bowling effort by Australian spinners including Gardner and Molineux to reduce the Indian team in tatters. Pooja Vastrakar played a cameo knock hitting sixes and boundaries not giving the strike to Rajeshwari Gakywad. Vastrakar smashed 16 runs off Darlington in the last over giving the Indian team a respectable total of 118 for 9 in 20 overs. Vastrakar and Gakywad put on unbeaten 37 runs for the 10th wicket.

It was an exceptional bowling effort by Indian bowlers keeping the pressure on Australian batters right from the word go. Shikha Pandey produced a peach to dismiss inform Alyssa Healy in the first over. Renuka Singh Thakur on her debut did not give any runs during the first over. Meg Lanning and Beth Mooney did not look comfortable in the initial stages.

The Australian batters put some pressure on wayward bowling by Indian bowlers. At the end of the first six overs, Australian women scored 33 for 1.

Gayakwad delivered the goods for the Indian team as she dismissed Australian captain Meg Lanning with a good stumping by Richa Ghosh.  Lanning and Mooney added 31 runs for the 2nd wicket. Soon after, Kaur got rid of dangerous Gardner providing a simple catch to Gakywad to leave the Australian team in some trouble. The Indian bowlers kept tight lines and lengths making life tough for the hosts.

A lovely catch by Harmanpreet Kaur dismissed Ellyse Perry leaving the Australian team in some trouble. Richa Ghosh dropped a tough chance to dismiss Tahlia McGrath. The match ebbed and flowed with disciplined bowling by Indian bowlers. Gakywad struck again to get rid of well-set Mooney to bring back the Indian team into the match.

McGrath showed great game awareness and hit some vital boundaries. Richa Ghosh stumped Carey hitting the pad onto the wickets to leave the match in the balance. The Indian fielding was not up to the mark as they misfielded and conceded boundaries. McGrath put pressure on Renuka Singh Thakur with important boundaries.

McGrath and Warhem held their nerves to help the Australian team win the match by 4 wickets. With this win, the Australian team won the multi-format series by 9-5 with 1 game to spare.

Australian women 119 for 6 in 19.1 overs ( Tahlia McGrath 42*, Mooney 34, Gakywad 3/21, Kaur 1/9) beat Indian women 118 for 9 in 20 overs ( Pooja Vastrakar 37*, Molineux 2/11, Vlameinck 2/18) by 4 wickets.

For her unbeaten 42 off 34 balls, Tahlia McGrath was named the player of the match. The final match of the series would be played in the same venue tomorrow.



  





Indian women lose the 2nd T20I in a low-scoring thriller at Carrara Oval, Gold Coast 

 

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