Women’s T20 World Cup 2026: Indian team’s journey in the tournament came to an end, Australia gave a crushing defeat by 6 wickets, know the complete situation of the match.

The Indian women’s cricket team’s journey in one of the most prestigious competitions of world cricket, the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, came to a halt this time at the historic ground of Lord’s. In the 30th league match of the tournament, the Indian team had to face a crushing defeat at the hands of Australia by 6 wickets and with this defeat, their dream of progressing in the World Cup was also shattered. The Indian team has been out of the group stage of the Women’s T20 World Cup for the second consecutive time, which is a disappointing performance for the team. From this Group A, now the teams of Australia and South Africa have managed to make it to the semi-finals.

In this important match, Indian team captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and decided to bat first. Team India scored a challenging score of 170 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur herself played a brilliant captaincy innings, in which she scored 56 runs in just 27 balls. This innings proved to be decisive in helping the team reach a respectable score.

Harmanpreet Kaur’s half-century, given target of 170

Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana started the Indian innings with a bang. Both the openers provided a solid foundation to the team by making an important partnership of 66 runs for the first wicket. Smriti Mandhana scored 38 runs in 37 balls, although she was run out and returned to the pavilion. At the same time, Shafali Verma also played an excellent inning of 34 runs in 26 balls. After this, the pair of captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodriguez took charge for the third wicket. Together, they made a brisk partnership of 64 runs in 45 balls, due to which Team India could reach a strong score of 170. Harmanpreet’s innings of 56 runs included many attractive shots, which enthralled the spectators.

Australia won with Perry’s half-century, Sri Charani got 2 wickets

However, the Australian team, which came out to chase the target of 171 runs, did not have a good start. In the very first over, Georgia Wall was out after scoring only 4 runs off the bowling of Renuka Thakur. After this, Phoebe Lichfield and Beth Mooney took over the innings and made a partnership of 50 runs for the second wicket. Lichfield played a slow innings of 24 runs off 25 balls, but Ellyse Perry, who came to bat after her dismissal, changed the course of the match. Perry almost ensured Australia’s victory by playing a quick inning of 56 runs in 38 balls. He got full support from Ashley Gardner, who scored unbeaten 53 runs on 29 balls and took the team to the target at the loss of 4 wickets in 19 overs. Among the Indian bowlers, Shri Charani took the maximum of two wickets, but it was not enough to lead the team to victory.

The playing eleven of both the teams for this match was as follows:

Australia Women: Beth Mooney (wk), Georgia Woll, Phoebe Lichfield, Ellyse Perry, Ashley Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Nicola Carey, Sophie Molineux (c), Kim Garth, Lucy Hamilton.

India Women: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Sri Charani, Renuka Singh Thakur, Kranti Gaur.