New Delhi. India defeated Australia by 17 runs in the third and deciding match and won the series 2-1. Indian women’s team created history with this victory. Team India has won the T20 series for the first time on Australian soil. In the third match played in Adelaide on Saturday, India scored 176 runs for six wickets in 20 overs with the help of half-centuries from Smriti Mandhana (82) and Jemimah Rodrigues (59). In reply, Australia could score only 159 runs after losing nine wickets in the stipulated overs. In this match, Shri Charani and Shreyanka Patil took three wickets each for India while Arundhati Reddy took two wickets. Whereas, Renuka Singh took one wicket.
Australia’s innings
The Australian team, which set out to chase the target of 177 runs, got off to a bad start. Shreyanka Patil got Georgia Wall caught by Renuka. She could score only 10 runs. Renuka took the second wicket. He sent Beth Mooney to the pavilion. She could score only six runs. In the decisive match against India, Ashley Gardner played the highest innings of 57 runs for Australia while six batsmen could not even reach double figures. In this match, Ellyse Perry scored one run, Grace Harris scored one run and captain Sophie Molineux scored six runs. Whereas, Kim Garth and Darcy Brown remained unbeaten after scoring seven and eight runs respectively.
The team recovered after the initial shock
Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma started the innings for India in this match. However, Shefali could not stay at the crease for long and Kim Garth made her her victim. Shefali was out after scoring seven runs. After this, Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues took charge and played a brilliant partnership. Both of them handled the Indian innings. During this, Mandhana also completed her half-century with a six. At the same time, Jemima was also successful in scoring fifty.
Apart from Mandhana and Jemima, other batsmen were flops.
Apart from Mandhana and Jemima, other batsmen of the Indian women’s team flopped and could not play big innings. For India, Mandhana scored the highest score of 82 runs in 55 balls with the help of eight fours and three sixes. At the same time, Jemima was out after scoring 59 runs in 46 balls with the help of four fours. Richa Ghosh was out after scoring 18 runs in seven balls with the help of two fours and a six, Amanjot Kaur was out after scoring one run and Deepti Sharma was out after scoring one run. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur remained unbeaten after scoring two runs. For Australia, Annabel Sutherland got two wickets, while Kim Garth and Molineux got one wicket each.
India made one change in the playing-11
Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss in this match and decided to bat first. India made one change in the playing-11 for this match. Shreyanka Patil got a chance in place of Kranti Gaur. At the same time, Australia also made one change and included Grace Harris in the eleven in place of Nick Carey.
Playing-11 of both the teams:
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Shreyanka Patil, Arundhati Reddy, Sri Charani, Renuka Singh Thakur.
Australia: Beth Mooney (wk), Georgia Woll, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Ashley Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Grace Harris, Kim Garth, Sophie Molineux (c), Darcy Brown.
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