Highlights from India vs. Australia, Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 Semifinal : Despite Harmanpreet’s heroics, Australia prevails by a score of 5 runs.
India Australia vs. the women Women’s T20 World Cup Match Highlights for Today: India is led by Harmanpreet Kaur, with Sneh Rana taking over for Vastrakar.
Highlights of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 Quarterfinal between India and Australia: In the first semifinal of the 2023 T20 World Cup, Australia’s women scored 172/4 against India in 20 overs, led by outstanding performances from Beth Mooney (54 off 37) and Meg Lanning (49* off 34).
Pooja Vastrakar was replaced by Sneh Rana in the India squad during the 11th hour of the semifinal, and the fact that skipper Harmanpreet Kaur is well enough to lead the team at Newlands in Cape Town for the crucial semifinal matchup with Australia is a blessing.
Australian playing XI: Alyssa Healy (w), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown; Indian playing XI: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c),
India’s skipper Harmanpreet Kaur responds to his country’s semifinal T20 World Cup loss to Australia.
bleak eyes. Their hands encased their faces. folded hands asking for supernatural assistance. smiles giving way to grave expressions. Occasionally, when optimism appeared, there were a few cheers. stunned expressions as the well-known heartbreak conclusion closed near. Finally, there was a resounding sigh, followed by uncontrollable sobs. Once again, senior players and support personnel were forced to wonder how to pick up the pieces and move on. And a failure that will stick with you forever.
Ladies in Blue are not new to grief. They have experienced these stages frequently in ICC events since they advanced to the 50-over World Cup final in 2017, where they lost to England after collapsing close to the finish line. They fell short of England in the T20 World Cup semifinals in the Caribbean a year later and Australia in the T20 World Cup final in Melbourne two years later. When cricket made a comeback to the Commonwealth Games last year, they were forced to settle for silver after falling short to Australia in Birmingham.
And now this, in Cape Town, when they were defeated by Australia in the semifinals by 5 runs. Similar to the CWG final and the 2017 World Cup final, India was poised to make a statement victory — Australia had no answers for Harmanpreet Kaur — but an unfortunate captaincy decision prevented that from happening.
Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian captain, adds, “Can’t be unluckier than this: ” “Getting that momentum back as me and Jemi were batting couldn’t be any worse. This was unexpected by us. I can’t have been more unlucky than the way I ran out of money. We talked about going all the way to the final ball. Although the outcome wasn’t in our favour, I am pleased with the manner we competed in this competition. Even if we lose several early wickets, we are confident in our strong batting order. Jemi was excellent today. We are pleased with those performances. I’m glad to watch them engage in their natural game. We forfeited those simple catches. We can only avoid making the same mistakes again by learning from these lessons.”
