Sourav Ganguly, the President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has congratulated the Indian women's cricket team on winning a silver medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games.
However, he also said that the team would be disappointed on missing gold as it was "their game". India lost the gold medal match against Australia by 9 runs at Edgbaston, Birmingham as they failed to chase down 162. "Congratulations to the Indian women's team for winning silver ..But they will go home disappointed as it was their game tonite ..@BCCIWomen," tweeted Ganguly.
Congratulations to the Indian women's team for winning silver ..But they will go home disappointed as it was their game tonite ..@BCCIWomen Australia captain Meg Lanning opted to bat first and posted 161/8 owing to Mooney's knock of 61 runs.
For India, Renuka Singh and Sneh Rana returned with two wickets each. In the chase of 162, India were in the driver's seat with Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues going strong.