Tags: Ladies’s T20 World Cup 2023,
India Ladies,
Australia Ladies,
Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar
Revealed on: Feb 24, 2023
India Ladies’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur rued her unfortunate run-out and the workforce’s abysmal fielding effort after the Ladies in Blue went right down to Australia by 5 runs within the Ladies’s T20 World Cup 2023 semi-final on Thursday, February 23.
Batting first after successful the toss, Australia Ladies posted a formidable 172/4 of their 20 overs. Beth Mooney top-scored with 54 off 37 balls, whereas skipper Meg Lanning contributed 49 not out off 34 deliveries. Ashleigh Gardner got here in and hammered 31 off solely 18 balls because the Aussies ended their innings on a excessive.
Within the chase, India Ladies misplaced Shafali Verma (9), Smriti Mandhana (2) and Yastika Bhatia (4) cheaply. A fourth-wicket stand of 69 between captain Harmanpreet (52 off 34) and Rodrigues (43 off 24) introduced the semi-final again to life.
Neither batter may, nonetheless, take the workforce previous the end line. Rodrigues was caught behind as her tried ramp off Darcie Brown went awry. Harmanpreet was then run-out in weird trend as her bat bought struck within the floor as she got here again for a second run. Following their skipper’s run-out, India Ladies’s innings misplaced momentum as they have been held to 167/8.
Talking on the post-match presentation after India misplaced one more last, skipper Harmanpreet lamented, “Cannot be unluckier than this, to get that momentum again when me and Jemi have been batting. And to lose after that, we did not count on this as we speak. The best way I bought run out, cannot be unluckier than that.”
Sharing her views on India’s efficiency, the dejected chief commented, “Placing within the effort was extra necessary. We mentioned about combating until the final ball. The consequence did not go our manner, however I’m proud of the best way we performed on this match. We all know we’ve got a superb batting line up even when we lose early wickets.”
Regardless of the loss, Harmanpreet praised Rodrigues for taking the assault to Australia with a superb knock. She stated, “Want to present credit score to Jemi for the best way she batted as we speak. She bought us the momentum we have been in search of. Pleased to see such performances. Pleased to see them play their pure recreation. Though we did not play to our strengths, we reached the semis.”
India put down a few easy catches within the discipline and have been sloppy total. Harmanpreet added the missed possibilities got here again to hang-out them. She concluded, “We gave these simple catches away. Acquired to take these once you wish to win. We misfielded. We are able to solely be taught from these classes and never repeat the errors.”
–By A Cricket Correspondent
