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India vs Australia Highlights, Women's T20 World Cup 2023: Australia beat India by 5 runs to enter the final

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 23, 2023, 22:31:56 IST

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India vs Australia Highlights, Women's T20 World Cup 2023: Australia beat India by 5 runs to enter the final

IND vs AUS Women Live: Defending champions Australia held their nerves as they beat India by five runs in a thrilling Women's T20 World Cup semi-final on Thursday. Chasing a target of 173, India women needed just 31 off the last three overs but only managed 167/8 in the end as spinner Ashleigh Gardner bowled a fantastic final over, giving away just 10 runs.

17:06 (IST) Feb 23

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17:05 (IST) Feb 23

Although wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy missed Australia's final group game against South Africa with quad soreness, the opener is fit for today's match.

17:01 (IST) Feb 23

I think that series gave us a lot of confidence, you know, the brand of cricket we played in that particular series was something which gave us a lot of confidence. And now we know them very well. We played five games back-to-back and then one practice game, we know, their strength, their weakness.

Harmanpreet Kaur

17:01 (IST) Feb 23

Harmanpreet said though her team lost the home series, the players got a lot of confidence out of the high scoring five games.

16:58 (IST) Feb 23

I'm expecting it to be a huge contest, they've pushed us significantly in the last few years, and they have a bunch of match winners in that line-up as well. We're not expecting it to be easy by any means, whether it's with a bat or the ball, but we certainly know the style of play they've come at us with in the past and they know ours pretty well, too.

Beth Mooney

16:57 (IST) Feb 23

Australia opener Beth Mooney is wary of India's challenge though going by past results, they should win comfortably.

16:54 (IST) Feb 23

Deepti Sharma went for runs in her one over against Ireland, but she has been the most consistent in the spin department. The likes of Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Radha Yadav will have to be much more accurate against the rampaging Aussies.

16:54 (IST) Feb 23

In the bowling department, pacer Renuka Thakur has been India's best bowler in the event with seven wickets so far, including a five for 15 against England.

16:49 (IST) Feb 23

Australia have lost just two official matches in any format since dropping a T20 game to New Zealand in March 2021, but notably, both of those defeats have come against India. In December, they outplayed India 4-1 in the series played in Mumbai.

16:49 (IST) Feb 23

The Meg Lanning-led side would be carrying a 22-match T20 winning streak into the semifinal.

16:44 (IST) Feb 23

Star batter Smriti Mandhana has been among the consistent performers and once again she will be critical to the team's chances against Australia, who are known to raise their game in a big game to 'invincible levels'.

16:44 (IST) Feb 23

Jemimah Rodrigues has done alright in the tournament but needs to do more to help the team's cause.

16:37 (IST) Feb 23

Skipper Harmanpreet herself will be under tremendous pressure to perform having not done anything of note so far in the World Cup. She is one of the few batters who can hit the ball long but has been inconsistent for far too long. Another loss in a World Cup knock-out game could end her captaincy tenure.

16:36 (IST) Feb 23

Opener Shafali Verma made her international debut more than three years ago and though still a teenager, she has not been able to learn from her mistakes, mainly her inability to rotate the strike and her susceptibility against the short ball.

16:24 (IST) Feb 23

Considering the way India have played so far, one can only hope that somehow they are able to fix all their issues for the big game, whether it is the inconsistent top-order, the inability to hit sixes barring Richa Ghosh or the high dot ball percentage.

16:16 (IST) Feb 23

Though the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side won three of its four games in the group stage, not one performance could be called convincing including the game against Ireland. Their sole loss came against England.

16:06 (IST) Feb 23

Women's cricket in India has grown massively since the final appearance at the ODI World Cup in 2017 and now it is high time the team converts its promise into performance by stepping up in a do-or-die game like the one today.

16:05 (IST) Feb 23

Australia beat India in the previous T20 World Cup final at home and more recently at the Commonwealth Games gold medal match in Birmingham last year.

16:05 (IST) Feb 23

However, they have been guilty of self-destructing in the past especially in a knock-out game against England or Australia.

16:04 (IST) Feb 23

India, who have been among the top teams over the last five years but unable to win a major trophy, have expectedly made the semifinals of another ICC event.

16:04 (IST) Feb 23

Having put up a patchy performance in the Women's T20 World Cup thus far, India will have to lift their game drastically against nemesis Australia in the first semifinal today.

16:04 (IST) Feb 23

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup semi-final match between India and Australia at Newlands, Cape Town.

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India vs Australia Highlights, Women's T20 World Cup 2023: Australia beat India by 5 runs to enter the final

Harmanpreet Kaur

Beth Mooney

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Newlands, Cape Town

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