Commonwealth Games 2022, Cricket Wrap: India repeat previous errors to throw away golden alternative

Women’s cricket had a profitable debut on the Commonwealth Games, however India repeated their errors from the 2017 World Cup. From being within the driver’s seat, India collapsed and settled for silver as Australia clinched gold medal of their maiden look.

Australia (gold), India (silver) and New Zealand (bronze) pose collectively on the podium. (AP Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSIndia haven’t discovered from their previous errors as they threw away the ultimateIndia discovered a brand new bankable pacer in Renuka Singh, who took most wickets (11)India suffered their third ultimate defeat in opposition to Australia after 2005 and 2020 ICC occasions

If there’s one group which may push the mighty Australia, it’s India. Harmanpreet Kaur’s group pushed Meg Lanning-led aspect with its terrific fielding, gorgeous run outs and a blinder. But when it got here to creating the 1983 World Cup-esque second for ladies’s cricket in India, India collapsed.

India misplaced 5 wickets for 13 runs and subsequently fell 9 runs wanting rewriting their historical past. The distinction was precisely the identical 5 years in the past, when Mithali Raj’s group misplaced the 50-over World Cup 2017 to England by 9 runs.

Back to the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the ghost of the previous bought the higher of India regardless of being within the driver’s seat at one level when captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues had been hammering the Australian bowlers at will. However, Australia, who’ve been a part of a number of profitable World Cup finals, used all their expertise and turned the match of their favour to finish the treble, having gained the T20 World Cup 2020 and the 50-over World Cup 2022.

INDIA IN GROUP STAGE

India opened their Commonwealth Games in opposition to Australia within the curtain raiser of the match. India, who had a historical past of dominating Australia within the group stage, misplaced the plot after lowering Australia to 49/5 due to Renuka Singh Thakur. Just when it appeared India would upset Australia, Ash Gardner reaffirmed the Australian depth together with her unbeaten fifty as she took her aspect residence with a three-wicket win and an over to spare. India bounced again within the subsequent two fixtures however had been probably not challenged by arch-rivals Pakistan and Barbados and India sealed their last-four berth.

INDIA IN SEMI-FINAL

In a rematch of the 2018 and 2020 T20 World Cup semi-finals, India clashed with hosts England for a spot within the ultimate. Smriti Mandhana performed a match-winning knock of 61 off 32 earlier than Jemimah Rodrigues lifted India to a aggressive complete. During the match, Mandhana bettered her file by one ball as she hit a 23-ball fifty. Heather Knight-less England remained on the backfoot for a lot of the match attributable to a few run outs. England captain Natalie Sciver tried to beat the creeping run fee however after her run out England had been eradicated to the bronze medal match, the place they had been surprised by New Zealand.

Although the historical past repeated for India, the group discovered a brand new bankable pacer in Renuka Singh Thakur. She completed as the highest wicket-taker within the match with 11 wickets in 5 matches. Overall, it was successful for ladies’s cricket, which featured within the multi-format occasion for the primary time, as gamers loved taking part in in entrance of massive crowd and had a first-hand expertise of receiving medals on the podium and being a part of their nation’s parades on the ceremony.

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