IND vs AUS, Women's T20 World Cup 2024: India At Mercy Of Pakistan As Harmanpreet Kaur's Fifty Goes In Vain; Australia Unbeaten To Progress To Semi-Finals

IND vs AUS, Women's T20 World Cup 2024: India At Mercy Of Pakistan As Harmanpreet Kaur's Fifty Goes In Vain; Australia Unbeaten To Progress To Semi-Finals

The live coverage of India vs Australia game for Women's T20 World Cup 2024 match.

Aayushman VishwanathanUpdated: Sunday, October 13, 2024, 11:07 PM IST
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Updates:

11:04 pm: With New Zealand set to clash with Pakistan on Monday, India will hope for a result in the latter's favour to progress to the semi-finals.

11:01 pm: Annabel Sutherland bowls a sensational final over to keep India to 142/9. Harmanpreet Kaur's half-century goes in vain as Australia stay unbeaten, win by 9 runs.

10:47 pm: Harmanpreet Kaur has reached her half-century off 44 deliveries. India need 14 off the final over, likely to be bowled by Annabel Sutherland.

10:38 pm: Pheobe Litchfield with a brilliant direct hit and runs out Richa Ghosh.

10:33 pm: Deepti Sharma hits a well-paced 25-ball 29 as Sophie Molineux gets a crucial breakthrough.

9:52 pm: It's Megan Schutt who has struck this time. The dangerous-looking Jemimah Rodrigues takes a long walk back to the pavilion.

9:44 pm: Sophie Molineux strikes first ball, removes Smriti Mandhana for 6. The decision to take DRS pays off from Australia.

9:35 pm: Shafali Varma departs for 20 off 13 deliveries as she holes out to long-on.

9:11 pm: Despite losing two wickets in the over, Australia have managed to finish with a competitive total of 151/8 as Pheobe Litchfield hits a six off the last ball.

9:02 pm: India finally get a wicket as Ellyse Perry miscues one to mid-wicket. However, she has played a fine cameo of 32 off 23 deliveries.

8:43 pm: Australia lose their fifth as Ashleigh Garder also departs.

8:37 pm: It's Deepti Sharma this time, who is amongst the wickets and it's the set Grace Harris who must depart. She goes after scoring 40.

8:26 pm: Harmanpreet Kaur drops a sitter as Tahlia McGrath survives. But Radha Yadav dismisses her two balls later, with Richa Ghosh affecting a stumping.

8:10 pm: Deepti Sharma hands a lifeline to Grace Harris as Australia begin to gain momentum.

7:43 pm: India strike twice in the third over as Renuka Thakur sends Beth Mooney and Georgia Wareham in back-to-back deliveries.

7:03 pm: Tahlia McGrath, captaining in place of Alyssa Healy, has opted to bat first after winning the toss. Tayla Vlaeminck and Healy have been ruled out, with Grace Harris and Darcie Brown coming in. India have also made one change, bringing in Pooja Vastrakar for Sajeevan Sajana.

India playing XI: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur Singh.

Australia playing XI: Beth Mooney(w), Grace Harris, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath(c), Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Sophie Molineux, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown.

Harmanpreet Kaur and co. face an acid test of their nerves as they run into Australia in what will be both teams' final group game of Women's T20 World Cup 2024. While Australia have qualified for the semi-finals and are currently undefeated, they have been hit by injuries. Alyssa Healy remains doubtful to keep wickets against India and could miss the clash, while Tayla Vlaeminck has been ruled out of the tournament altogether after hurting her shoulder while fielding in the game against Pakistan.

India, meanwhile, have made a credible recovery after a flattening 58-run defeat to New Zealand in their opening game. Although the win against Pakistan was unconvincing, India boosted their net run-rate significantly after defeating Sri Lanka by 82 runs.

However, they must not only mandatorily beat Australia, but also beat them by a good margin to stay ahead of New Zealand on net run-rate. The Women in Blue could also go with an unchanged side.

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