Australia invited India to bat, and they were 51/1 in the first six overs as they chased 148 in 18.4 overs. Before the 100 runs were reached, they lost four more wickets.
Ghosh attacked the bowlers and led India past 120 against all odds. India reached 147/6 with to two fours and three sixes from Ghosh.
Australia’s chase became one-sided due to Healy and Mooney. Australia managed to return home, despite India’s two swift goals from Pooja Vastrakar.
Healy’s captain’s knock
Australia spearheaded the chase from the front, driven by Healy. Along with Mooney, she scored 85 runs to take the first wicket.
Healy went after the Indian bowlers early on, while Mooney played second fiddle.
In the end, the latter struck 55 off 38 balls, scoring one six and nine fours. In WT20Is, it was her sixteenth half-century.
Mooney criticizes her 20th WT20I 50
Mooney supported Healy during the chase’s first 85-run stand. Mooney repelled the counterattacking Australian captain with firmness.
Mooney scored 52 runs off 45 balls (5 fours) to return undefeated. In the format, the left-handed batter achieved her 20th half-century.
In the penultimate over, she struck a boundary to score the winning runs.
In WT20Is, Schutt surpasses all other wicket-takers.
In four overs, Megan Schutt claimed a single wicket for 36 runs. The three-match WT20I series saw just one wicket taken by Australia’s top pacer.
Interestingly, Schutt has surpassed Nida Dar to claim the most wickets in WT20Is.
After breaking a tie, the former has 131 wickets at slightly over 17 from 105 matches. Nida is now 130 wickets behind Schutt.
India’s home-based WT20I wicket total is tied.
Deepti Sharma, an all-round player, was among the wickets once more. But in four overs, she only claimed one wicket for 32 runs.
With Healy, the star spinner provided India with their first breakthrough.
With this, Deepti and Poonam Yadav are now tied for the most wickets taken by India in WT20Is played at home. In this sense, the pair each have thirty wickets.