INDW vs AUSW CWG: 2017, 2020 and 2022… Then Australia broke millions of hearts, Indian women lost gold due to these mistakes

Australia once again proved to be the road in the title path of the Indian women’s cricket team. Kangaroo women’s team defeated India by 9 runs at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games on Sunday, leaving India to be content with the silver medal. Batting first, Australia scored 161 runs for 8 wickets. In reply, India were all out for 152 runs. Team India’s performance in the match was excellent, but some mistakes snatched the gold medal from it.

3 title matches and all three India’s defeat
This was the third time India and Australia clashed in the title match since 2017. On all three occasions, Australia defeated him and shattered millions of hearts. Earlier, India had also lost in the 2017 ODI World Cup final and T20 World Cup 2020 final.

Renuka brought success so Indians were in celebration
In a packed stadium, Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. Indian fast bowler Renuka Singh Thakur, who was performing brilliantly in the tournament, gave India the first breakthrough by getting the dangerous Alyssa Healy out early leg before. The umpire ruled in favor of the bowler on DRS.

Beth Mooney and Meg Lenning break hearts
However, the partnership of Beth Mooney and Meg Lanning overshadowed this happy moment. Mooney (61 off 41 balls) and captain Meg Lenning (36 off 26 balls) then shared a 78-run partnership. Lenning hit Renuka for the first six of the match in mid-off.

India’s excellent fielding
The Indian fielders, who were generally criticized, put on a stellar performance. First Lenning was run out and then Deepti Sharma and Radha Yadav took excellent catches. Mooney was sent off by Deepti with a one-handed catch while Radha dived to backward point with a catch of Tahlia McGrath. McGrath was playing this match despite being found to be Corona positive.

Back in the last, still scores out of reach
Australia at one point seemed to be moving towards 180 runs but India made a good comeback in the last five overs, picking up five wickets for 35 runs. Renuka took two wickets for 25 runs in four overs while Sneh Rana took two wickets but gave away 38 runs in four overs. Australia scored 161 for eight despite India’s excellent fielding.

India all out for 152
In reply, captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 65 runs in 43 balls but the lower order batsmen could not take the team to victory. Indian team got out for 152 runs in 19.3 overs.

Last 5 wickets lost within 13 runs
Australia took the last five wickets within 13 runs. Like Harman, if any one batsman stayed on the field here, Indian women would have got the gold medal. Spinner Ashleigh Gardner took three wickets for 16 runs. Jemima Rodriguez scored 33 runs in 33 balls for India while Shefali Verma (11) and Deepti Sharma (13) were the other batsmen to reach double digits.

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