Women's Cricket
India vs Australia 3rd T20I: Shafali Verma's 52 goes in vain — Highlights
Australia (172/8) beat India (151/7) by 21 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the 5-match series.
Richa Ghosh and Smriti Mandhana in action for India (BCCI)
India Women vs Australia Women 3rd T20I: Shafali Verma scored an entertaining 52 which went in vain as India fell short by 21 runs to Australia in the third of the 5-match T20I series in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Batting first, Australia scored 172/8 in their 20 overs. India were in the hunt till the last over courtesy Shafali and an anchor's knock by Harmanpreet Kaur (37) but lost wickets in a heap at the death. Earlier, Ellyse Perry (75) was the highest scorer from the first innings while Renuka Thakur (2/24) was the pick of the Indian bowlers.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 14 Dec 2022 1:18 PM GMT
India to bowl first
Surprise, Surprise!
Harmanpreet Kaur has won the toss once again and decided to bowl first.
This is the Indian skipper's second consecutive toss win, after losing 10 in a row.
- 14 Dec 2022 12:13 PM GMT
Squads
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Anjali Sarvani, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Sabbhineni Meghana, Harleen Deol, Yastika Bhatia
Australia: Alyssa Healy(w/c), Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Phoebe Litchfield, Annabel Sutherland, Heather Graham, Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt, Grace Harris, Nicola Carey, Darcie Brown
Teams news out at 6:30 pm.
- 14 Dec 2022 12:11 PM GMT
Super Over madness
Here's how the Smriti-Richa carnage in the Super Over looked from the packed stands last day:
- 14 Dec 2022 12:10 PM GMT
3rd T20I
It's hard to remember any bilateral series in women's cricket that has generated so much excitement in India. And the series is living up to its billing.
