New Delhi. Hardly anyone would have thought that India would lose the Women's T20 World Cup even after coming so close to the semi-finals. India needed 13 runs in the last 5 balls in this match against Australia. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur was playing after making fifty. Had 5 wickets in hand. But Annabel Sutherland snatched away the morsel from India. He dismissed 4 batsmen in the last 5 balls and gave his team a surprise victory. Let us know the highlights of the match and what happened in the last over.
India faced Australia in the Women's T20 World Cup on Sunday. Batting first, Australia scored 151 runs for 8 wickets. In response, India had scored 138 runs for 5 wickets in 19 overs. At that time, Harmanpreet Kaur was playing on the crease with 52 runs and Pooja Vastrakar was playing with 9 runs. Annabel Sutherland bowled the last over for Australia.
20th over of India's innings, bowler Annabel Sutherland |
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| first ball | Harmanpreet Kaur took one run by playing on longon. |
| second ball | Pooja Vastrakar was bowled on a full toss ball. Pooja had already made room and prepared to play the shot, at the last moment she missed the line of the ball. |
| third ball | Full length ball on the leg side. Arundhati Reddy missed. Harmanpreet Kaur called for runs and she also reached the crease. But Arandhati was run out. |
| fourth ball | Harmanpreet Kaur could play the full length ball only at midoff. One run scored. Changed the end. |
| fifth ball (wide) | Big drama happened on the wide ball. Harmanpreet Kaur wanted to score runs. But there was a miscommunication between the Indian batsmen and Shreyanka Patil was run out and returned to the pavilion. |
| fifth ball | Radha Yadav missed the line of the full length ball. Was declared LBW. |
| sixth ball | Renuka Singh took one run by playing a short length ball towards deep square leg. |
In this way, India lost the same number of wickets as it scored runs in the last over. The entire Indian team could score only 142 runs for 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur remained unbeaten after scoring 54 runs in 47 balls. However, despite this defeat, India can reach the semi-finals. But now his direct role is over. It means that India has played all four of its group matches. Now only one match is left in this group. This match is Pakistan vs New Zealand. Like India, both Pakistan and New Zealand are in the race for the semi-finals. Any of these teams can play the semi-finals and everything will be decided by the result of the New Zealand-Pakistan match.
If Pakistan team defeats New Zealand then it will get 4 points. In such a situation, India, Pakistan and New Zealand will have equal 4-4 points. Then net run rate will play a decisive role. At present, India's net run rate is 0.322 and New Zealand's is 0.282. Pakistan's net run rate is negative (−0.488). That means Pakistan will reach the semi-finals only if it wins the match by about 60 runs. But if it wins by less than this margin, it will get 4 points, but it will lag behind India in net run rate.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : October 14, 2024, 09:24 IST
