Birmingham: The Indian women’s cricket team lost the first match of the Commonwealth Games against Australia by three wickets. Chasing a target of 155 runs, the Australian team had lost 5 wickets for 49 runs at one point. The first four wickets were taken by Renuka Singh. But, after this, due to the excellent batting of Ashley Gardner, Grace Harris, and Elana King, Australia achieved the target by losing 7 wickets in 19 overs.
Earlier, batting at number-4, Team India’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur faced 34 balls in her innings and scored 8 fours and 1 six. She got out on the fifth ball of the 20th over. At the same time, Shefali Verma scored 48 runs in 33 balls with the help of 9 fours. He hit 9 fours.
In Women’s T20 International, there have been 24 matches between India and Australia so far. India has won only 6 matches. Australia has won 17 matches. 1 match is inconclusive. In the last T20 World Cup final also, the teams of India and Australia faced each other. Australia won that match by 85 runs.
Playing-11 of both the teams
Australia: Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney, Meg Lenning (c), Tahlia McGrath, Rachel Haynes, Ashley Gardner, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Elana King, Megan Schutt, Darcy Brown.
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Jemima Rodriguez, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur.
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