Vikrant Shekhawat : Oct 09, 2021, 09:52 PM
IND W vs AUS W : In the second T20 match being played against Australia, the bowlers of the Indian team have wreaked havoc. Harmanpreet's youth brigade, who came out to defend 119 runs, has sent the four main batsmen of the Kangaroo team to the pavilion. Shikha Pandey, leading the Indian fast bowling, gave the team their first success of the match. Shikha's Alyssa Healy was clean bowled and showed the way to the pavilion. Australia's star batsman Healy had no answer for the ball bowled by Shikha and she was stunned to see the movement of this ball. After taking a wicket, Shikha's celebration is also becoming quite viral.Chasing the target of 119 runs, Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney landed on the crease as openers for the Australia team. Healy opened the account in a blazing style by hitting a four on the very first ball of the innings. But, on the very next ball of this, Shikha squared off the four on the first ball and the kangaroo wicketkeeper walked the batsman clean bowled. This ball of Shikha came inwards and before Healy could understand anything, the ball started hitting the stumps. After giving Team India the first success of the match, Shikha celebrated with great enthusiasm and expressed her happiness.
Earlier, after winning the toss, Australia captain Meg Lenning invited the Indian team to bat. Team India did not have a good start and in the very first over of the match, Smriti Mandhana was dismissed after scoring just 1 run. After this, Shefali Verma (3 runs) also could not show anything special with the bat. Jemima Rodrigues, who rocked the first T20 with the bat, also returned to the pavilion after scoring just 7 runs. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur hit some good shots but she got caught in Wareheim's spin trap after scoring 28 runs. In the last over, Pooja batted vigorously and scored 37 runs to take the team to the score of 118.Unreeeeeeal! 😱 How far did that ball move? #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/D3g7jqRXWK
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