In the much-awaited encounter between India Women and Australia Women at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, the third T20I of the Australia Women tour of India 2023-24 unfolded with great excitement. The Aussies showed their dominance and defeated the hosts by 7 wickets to capture the series.
Disciplined bowling restrict India to a below-par total
Opting to bowl after winning the toss, Australia Women displayed a disciplined bowling performance to restrict India Women to a total of 147/6 in their 20 overs. Richa Ghosh was the top scorer for India Women with a blistering knock of 34 runs off 28 balls, including 2 fours and 3 sixes. Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana also made valuable contributions with scores of 26 and 29 runs, respectively.
Australia Women’s bowling attack was led by Annabel Sutherland, who claimed two crucial wickets by conceding only 12 runs in her 4 overs. Megan Schutt, Ashleigh Gardner, and Georgia Wareham also chipped in with wickets, keeping the pressure on the Indian batters.
Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney steer Australia over the finish line
In pursuit of the target, Australia Women delivered a dominant batting performance, reaching 149/3 in just 18.4 overs. Alyssa Healy played a scintillating innings, scoring 55 runs off 38 balls, while Beth Mooney provided solid support with a well-crafted 52 runs off 45 balls. The Australian chase was efficiently executed, and contributions from Tahlia McGrath and Phoebe Litchfield ensured a comfortable victory.
Pooja Vastrakar was the standout bowler for India Women, claiming 2 wickets for 26 runs in her 3.4 overs. However, it wasn’t enough to prevent Australia Women from securing a convincing seven-wicket win.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
India lost the ODI series 0-3.
India lost the T20I series 1-2.– The dominance of Australia in white ball cricket. 👏 pic.twitter.com/UsRgp1ohlB
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) January 9, 2024
Australia clinch the #IDFCFirstBankT20ITrophy with a 7-wicket win in the decider 👏👏#JioCinemaSports #INDvAUS #JioCinema #Sports18 pic.twitter.com/uJ3AcIlygN
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) January 9, 2024
me after watching deepti bat before pooja in a t20i#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/wdxSYPqhzC
— Rishi (@ladkiincric) January 9, 2024
Spare a thought for Grace Harris, who since her return to the T20I side in 2022, has ended up with 14 DNBs from 28 caps.#INDvAUS
— hypocaust (@_hypocaust) January 9, 2024
they are playing kolaveri di on harman’s wicket…#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/8t6WJ6rAOj
— Rishi (@ladkiincric) January 9, 2024
India vs Australia in this tour :-
Test match – Won India
ODI series – Won Australia by 3-0
T20I series – Won Australia by 2-1.– The Dominance Of Australian Women’s Team……!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/05Jqp23xJz
— Jay Cricket. (@Jay_Cricket18) January 9, 2024
India vs Australia in this tour:
Test match – Won India.
ODI series – Won Australia by 3-0.
T20I series – Won Australia by 2-1. pic.twitter.com/N2xUfjFkcC— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) January 9, 2024
And that’s it! 🏆
Australia, too good for Harmanpreet’s side and take the series 2-1.Dominance, sheer dominance 🔥🔥.#INDvAUS #CricketAustralia https://t.co/9mGQBIXI6Q
— paRaY_YasiR ✍️ (@ParayYasir2) January 9, 2024
#INDWvAUSW Australia won the Series 2-1🏆 #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/CY1x0HHvqi
— Gaurishankar Katariya (@Gaurikatariya) January 9, 2024
Australia Clinched The T20I Series 2-1!#INDvAUS #INDwvAUSw pic.twitter.com/V08FQtbhJp
— Jega8 (@imBK08) January 9, 2024
Australia clinches the series 2-1 with a convincing 7-wicket victory over India. 🏏💛 Well done to the Aussies for bouncing back after the initial setback in the 1st T20I! #CricketTwitter #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/9rCfwxJCR5
— Sahib Singh (@singh28915) January 9, 2024
Australia WMN won by 7 wickets (with 8 balls remaining )
Australia clinch the series 2-1
After winning the one-off Test, India have now lost both ODI & T20I series, with just two wins from six white ball games.#AUSWvINDW #BabarAzam𓃵 #BiggBoss7Tamil #Abhiha #Abhisha #Perletti pic.twitter.com/b0TiIs3vs4
— Xhery Arain (@XheryA) January 9, 2024
This article was first published at WomenCricket.com, a Cricket Times company.
