Australia Edge India By 5 Runs To Enter 7th Consecutive Women's T20 World Cup Final

23.02.2023 - 20:11 sports.ndtv.com

India wilted under the pressure of a knock-out game yet again after skipper Harmanpreet Kaur's freak run out as defending champions Australia entered their seventh successive Women's T20 World Cup final with a five-run win here on Thursday.

India's shoddy fielding and catching allowed Australia to post a challenging 172 for four after Meg Lanning opted to bat in the semifinal.

At 28 for three, India were down and out but Harmanpreet (52 off 34) and Jemimah Rodrigues (43 off 24) produced a counter-attacking 69-run stand off just 41 balls to bring the team back in the game.

India needed a very gettable 39 off last 30 balls with five wickets in hand but as it has been the case in the past, the team came up short to finish at 167 for eight.

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Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has weighed in on the Harmanpreet Kaur run out in the Women's T20 World Cup. While saying that Meg Lanning's team is the best sports team in Australia in the last decade, he says that the run out was "unlucky." India suffered a heart-breaking loss against Australia in the semi-final of the Women's T20 World Cup. Chasing a 173-run target, India were in a strong position when skipper Harmanpreet Kaur got run out.

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