India Women beat Australia within the 2nd T20I by 4 runs in thrilling tremendous over end

In what was a 21-over a facet thriller on the DY Patil Stadium India ladies beat Australia within the 2nd T20I by 5 runs in an excellent over, marking a primary defeat for the world T20 champions and the Commonwealth Games gold medalist this yr.

On the again of Smriti Mandhana’s 79 off 49 and Richa Ghosh’s quickfire 26 off 13, India managed to duplicate Australia’s 187 off 20 overs.

Earlier, Harmanpreet Kaur received the toss and opted to bowl first. Tahlia McGrath and Beth Mooney tore into the Indian bowling assault with their belligerent knocks to energy Australia 187 for one within the second ladies’s T20 International right here on Sunday.

After asking Australia in to bat contemplating the dew issue, India weren’t capable of put any kind of stress on the rampaging guests.

McGrath (70 not out off 51 balls) and opener Mooney (82 not out off 54 balls) shared an entertaining 158-run stand off 99 balls for his or her second successive 100-plus stand. The partnership was highest ever for Australia for any wicket in T20s.

In reply, openers Mandhana and Shafali Verma (34 off 23) added 76 runs in 8.4 overs to offer India the proper begin of their greatest run chase in T20Is. Alana King nevertheless, broke the partnership earlier than Heather Graham would choose three wickets and set the match in a dicey state of affairs with 14 runs required to win off the final over and 5 off the final ball. Devika Vaidya would procure a boundary off the final to tie the scores.

Super Over

Taking ahead from her quickfire latest outing Richa Ghosh started India’s tremendous over with a most earlier than falling to Heather Graham. Smriti Mandhana nevertheless would then end the over with a 4 and a six to take the overall to 21.

In response, Australia captain Alyssa Healy began the chase with a boundary. However, Renuka Singh would offer India with a breakthrough on the third supply and provides solely seven runs off the primary 4 deliveries to take the equation away from Australia. A boundary off a misfield and a six off the final ball wouldn’t assist Australia cross the road as they fell brief by 4 runs.