Women's T20 World Cup 2023: Australia beats India by 44 runs in warm up- Highlights
Australia's Darcie Brown took four scalps.
Indian women's cricket team (Source: BCCI Women)
India lost to Australia after falling short by 44 runs in their chase. The Australians were limited to a meagre total of 129, but they made sure to make it difficult for Smriti Mandhana and co. to chase it.
India's batting line up collapsed like a house of cards as Deepti Sharma stayed till the end and contributed the highest, with a knock of 19 runs off 22 balls.
As it happened:
Sharma is the last woman standing as Sarvali gets out. Australia wins by 44 runs.
India needs 45 runs off 30 balls. Sharma and Sarvani stand their ground, but for how long?
IND: 85/9 (15)
If it weren't for the lack of wickets in hand, India could have sailed through this match.
IND: 71/9 (13)
Another bites the dust as Ash Gardner gets her second in Shikha Pandey's wicket.
IND: 61/8 (10)
Ellyse Perry gets Vastrakar's wicket, whose shot was caught by McGrath.
IND: 60/7 (9.3)
Deepti Sharma and Pooja Vastrakar need to strike up a partnership to give India some momentum.
Ash Gardner takes Yastika Bhatia's wicket via an lbw, while Harleen Deol is run out by Lanning.
IND: 44/6 (6.2)