During the second T20I between India Women and Australian Women, Indian cricket fans chanted in support of the Women in Blue, silencing two Australian supporters at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, January 7.
Team India lost to Australia in the second match of the ongoing three-match T20I series by 6 wickets. With a target of 131, the visitors chased it down with an over to spare. Ellsey Perry (34*) and Tahila McGrath (19*) formed an unbeaten 36-run partnership to help Australia to achieve the target.
Skipper Alyssa Healy (26), Beth Mooney (20), and Tahila McGrath (19) also contributed in visitors' run-chase against Women in Blue.
Despite Team India's defeat, fans at the stadium continued to cheer for Women in Blue. In a video that went viral, two Australian fans can be seen cheering for Aussies before Indian supporters took over with chants, leaving the duo stunned.
Team India won the Women T20I series opener against Australia by nine wickets at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. After the Australia won the second T20I, the series now has gone into decider, which will determine the winner.
Harmanpreet Kaur confident of Team India of improving after 2nd T20I loss
Team India women's captain Harmanpreet Kaur was confident of her team to improve in certain areas, especially fielding errors ahead of three-match T20I series decider against Australia.
Speaking at the post-match presentation, Harmanpreet said that the total on the board wasn't enough to defend and their fielding efforts to be better.
"The score was not enough on the board but our bowlers did really well and we took the game to the 19th over, but the way we fielded was filled with errors and we have to think about the areas we want to improve." She said.
"When we were in the middle, we were thinking 150 would be a good total but we kept losing wickets and few overs were bowled really well by Australia, but yeah we need to improve and think what we need to do in the final game,"
"We have played these games a lot of time but this time we have a few new faces, this young side is looking very positive and I'm sure they will keep improving." Harmanpreet said.
