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BCCI Secretary Jay Shah is seeing the continuous semifinal match in between India Women and their Australian equivalents at the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023. India are presently batting in the 2nd innings, attempting to ferret out a massive target of 173 runs. India suffered a number of early blows as Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana got dismissed for low ratings while opening the batting. Jemimah Rodrigues and Smriti Mandhana, nevertheless, created an essential collaboration to rescue India from an unstable start.
A video of Jay Shah is now doing rounds on social networks platforms, where he can be seen getting delighted after Rodrigues smashes a limit. The video reveals Shah cheering his heart out and clapping for Rodrigues as she strikes a 4 off Georgia Wareham’s bowling on the very first ball of the 10th over. Rodrigues, nevertheless, could not last long after her fantastic shot as she was dismissed by Darcie Brown for 43 off 24 balls.
Jay Shah gets delighted as Rodrigues smashes a limit! #JayShah #JemimahRodrigues #WorldCup #T 20WorldCup2023 #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/7JeuQtN7aY
— Cricket Junkie (@JunkieCricket) February 23, 2023
The toss was won by Meg Lanning, the captain of the Australian group, who selected to bat initially at Newlands, Cape Town. Australia Women set up a massive rating of 172/4 in their allocated 20 overs, with contributions from Beth Mooney, Ash Gardner, Alyssa Healy, and Lanning, who stayed unbeaten with a rating of 49 off 34 shipments.
In order to receive the last of the competition, India required to ferret out a target of 173 runs within 20 overs. The 2nd innings started highly, with Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana scoring 10 runs in the very first over. The Australian group rapidly broke the momentum by dismissing Verma, who scored 9 off 6 balls.
In the next 2 overs, Mandhana and Bhatia likewise left, and India dropped to 28/3 in simply 3.4 overs. Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur then restore India’s innings with a collaboration of 50 runs. Both gamers have actually been dismissed by Australia and the chase is still continuous in Cape Town.
Cricket latest India Women vs Australia Women: Playing XIs
India Women XI:Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Yastika Bhatia, Sneh Rana, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur.
Australia Women XI:Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning, Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown.
Image: Twitter/BCCIWomen