Girls’s World Cup 2025: In an epic show of batting, the Aussie workforce went on to chase a mammoth 331 runs in 49 overs, largely because of the errors made by Group India.
Team Australia made history against India, as they chased down 331 in just 49 overs, on Sunday, in the Women’s World Cup clash in Visakhapatnam. Yes, they lost seven wickets in the process, but no, it wasn’t a close match at all. Alyssa Healy, the skipper who was going through a poor run of form, struck 142 in 107 deliveries and made India pay.
As for Harmanpreet Kaur‘s team, the mistakes were plenty, and the same old ones. And with that the team has lost the last two matches at the same venue, just a poor reflection of how they have played.
Sound start by Smriti & Pratika, but yet another batting collapse
From 294/4 at one stage, India went to 330 all out. Apart from Pratika Rawal (75) and Smriti Mandhana (80), there were a few starts by Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh, but none capitalised. A score that should have been in excess of 350, was only reduced by 20-30 runs. This patters has remained in the entire World Cup, where Indian team suffered batting collapses against Sri Lanka, Pakistan, then SA and now Australia.
India missed pace spearhead Renuka Thakur
Even though Amanjot Kaur and Kranti Gaud had been decent before this outing vs AUS, it is beyond belief that India once again went in without Renuka Singh Thakur. Kranti gave away 73 runs in her 9 overs, while Amanjot gave away 68. Spin-wise, Sneh Rana was the most expensive and returned with figures of 0/85. That just sums up the story.
Not targeting stumps enough, bowling short, and on leg stump
One of the main reasons why the Indian bowlers struggled on the night, as well as against Nadine de Klerk a few days ago was, they failed to bowl at the stumps, were guilty of bowling too many on the leg stump, and short too. And those lapses were dealt with severity by the Aussies, in the form of boundaries.
Fielding lapses, missed catch
In the 41st over, when the Aussies still needed around 60 runs to get, Sree Charani missed a tough chance. Gardener cut one to point and Charani almost made it, but then could not complete the catch. At that moment, it would have been a game-changer, but it was not to be. Gardener scored a valuable 45 from 46. Apart from that, even though the ground fielding was decent, but then somehow it seems, that the Indian fielders were struggling to time their dives, and there were quite a few occasions when they visibly fell on the ground when the ball went through them.
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