Women’s T20 World Cup, India vs Australia Highlights: Australia beat India by 5 runs to enter seventh straight final | Cricket News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: India went down fighting against defending champions Australia in their ICC Women's T20 World Cup semi-final match on Thursday, losing a closely-fought contest by five runs in Newlands, Cape Town.Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (52 off 34) scored a magnificent fifty, and added a valuable 69 runs for the fourth wicket with Jemimah Rodrigues (43 off 24), but failed to take India home. Chasing a challenging 173-run target, India’s lower-order batters succumbed to pressure and could manage just 167 for 8 in their 20 overs.As it happened: India vs AustraliaIndia had a terrible start to their run chase, losing three quick wickets to be stranded at 28 for 3 inside four overs, before Harmanpreet and Jemimah revived the chase. Harmanpreet then stitched a quick 36 runs with Richa Ghosh to put...