Before Women’s T20 World Cup 2023, Harmanpreet KaurIndia lost the practice match against Australia on Monday. India, who have been placed in Group B of the tournament, lost the warm-up match by 44 runs in Cape Town due to batting faltering.
The match turned out to be a low scoring affair. India first restricted Australia to 129/8 and then were bowled out for 85 in 15 overs. opening batsman jemima rodrigues (0) and Shefali Verma (2) were dismissed cheaply. The middle order also did not perform well and wickets kept falling. Harleen Deol and Deepti Sharma They fought back but were sent back as pacer Darcy Brown sent shockwaves through the Indian camp.
Earlier in the first innings, India got off to a promising start when they sent back three Australian batsmen with just 10 on the board. However, some crucial contributions saw him salvage the order and put up a decent total. Ash Gardner (22) and Beth Mooney (28) provided some resistance, while tailenders Georgia Wareham (32) and Jess Jonassen (22) took them past 120. Earlier, India had lost the final of the Women’s T20 tri-series against South Africa last week.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s team has been placed in Group B of the tournament along with England, Pakistan, Ireland and the West Indies. They will clash against arch-rivals Pakistan on February 12. Harmanpreet’s team will look to repeat the feat of Shefali Verma’s junior team in South Africa a week ago. India were finalists in 2020 but fell one step short of the coveted trophy against Australia. They would like to go one step closer this time.
India’s playing XI for the match against Australia:
reminiscenceShafali Verma, Jemima Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, Shikha Pandey, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Devika Vaidya, Pooja VastrakarRadha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Renuka Thakur Singh, Anjali Sarwani, Yastika Bhatia (wk)
Australia’s playing XI:
Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), D’arcy Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Alyssa Healy (wk), Alyssa Perry, Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt, Grace Harris, Tahlia McGrath, Alana King, Heather Graham, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland