-Vinay Kumar
Australia’s women’s cricket team defeated the Indian team by 54 runs in the 5th and last match of the T20 series (AUSW vs INDW T20I Series, 2022) played at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday, 20 December and won the series 4-1. Won from
Batting first in this match, Australia scored 196 runs for 4 wickets and gave a target of 197 runs to the Indian team to win. But, Team India got bundled out for 142 runs. Chasing a huge target, Smriti Mandhana’s first wicket fell in this match from Team India. After that there was a flurry of wickets. Shefali Verma was dismissed for 13 and Harleen Deol for 24. After that Indian team captain Harmanpreet Kaur was sent to the pavilion for 12 and Richa Ghosh for 10 runs. For India, Deepti Sharma scored a half-century in 33 balls and got out after scoring 53 runs in 34 balls. The Indian team collapsed on a score of 142. Heather Graham took a hat-trick in this match. He took a total of 4 wickets in this match.
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India started well by winning the toss
Team India got off to a good start after winning the toss and opting to bowl first. Australia’s opener Beth Mooney was dismissed by Anjali Sarwani on a personal score of 2 runs. After this, Phoebe Litchfield was shown the way to the pavilion by Deepti Sharma on a personal score of 11 runs. Then, Tahlia McGrath was dismissed by Shefali Verma for a personal score of 26 runs. Ellyse Perry was also dismissed for 18 runs. But, thanks to Ashley Gardner’s 66 off 32 balls and G Harris’ 64 off 35 balls, Australia posted a mammoth 196 and set India a target of 197 to win.