The second semi-final match of the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup was played between Australia and India on Thursday. In this exciting match, Team India defeated defending champion Australia by 5 wickets and secured its ticket to the final. Now on November 2, Harman Brigade will face South Africa in the final.
With this victory against Australia, the Indian women’s team has created history. This is the biggest run chase in World Cup history. Till date, no cricket team, male or female, has made such a big chase in the World Cup. If we talk about the factors of this victory, the names of Jemima and Harmanpreet will be at the forefront. But let us tell you 5 factors of this victory…
Harman-Jemima’s partnership of 167 runs
In this match, India had to score 339 runs to win. India’s start was not good. Shefali was out early. Mandhana also got out in the 10th over. But after this Jemima and Harmanpreet left Australia breathless. There was a partnership of 167 runs between the two. Harmanpreet played an inning of 89 runs.
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But after Harman’s wicket fell, Jemima showed patience. She remained stuck at one end. He played an unbeaten inning of 127 runs and did not allow India to put pressure on him till the end.
Deepti’s innings….
In this match, Deepti Sharma came to bat when the wicket of captain Harmanpreet fell. At that time India needed 8 runs in every over. But Deepti started taking risks and did not let any pressure on Jemima. Deepti scored 24 runs in 17 balls and hit 3 fours. However, she was run out.
Richa confirmed victory
After Deepti’s wicket, there was a big responsibility on Richa Ghosh. Because even then India needed 8 runs per over. But Ghosh scored 26 runs in 16 balls. Hit 2 fours and 2 sixes. The impact of his innings was that India reached parity in terms of runs and balls in this match. After this India’s victory was certain. Amanjot did the remaining work. Amanjot also scored 15 runs in 8 balls.
Sricharani and Renuka’s bowling
When Australia was batting. And Lichfield was in great form with Elise Perry. So at one time it seemed that Australia would score more than 350 runs. But Mr. Charani controlled the pace of runs. Charani spent 49 runs in 10 overs and took 2 important wickets. At the same time, even though Renuka did not take a wicket, she spent only 39 runs in 8 overs.
Luck was with India
Luck also favors the brave. We have heard this saying a lot. Same thing happened in this match also. Jemima got a lot of life. Luck remained with Jemima. In the 32nd over, an easy catch of Jemima was missed by captain Alyssa Healy. After this, in the 46th over, when the match was at a critical juncture, the vice-captain took an easy catch of Jemima. Ultimately Jemima became the architect of India’s victory and played an unbeaten inning of 127 runs.
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