Australia made it a one-sided affair in the final to lift the world cup for the fifth time in the ICC T20 cricket tournament.
Highlights:
- Australia beats India to win fifth women’s T20 Wrold Cup
- Opener AJ Healy scored a massive 75 runs off 39 balls
- Indian team was all out for 99 runs in 19.1 overs.
Batting first after winning the toss, Australian team demolished Indian bowling attack smashing a whopping 184 runs in 20 overs.
Opener AJ Healy scored a huge 75 runs off 39 balls. In her exceptional innings, Healy hit seven fours and five sixes which included three sixes in a row in Shikha Pandey’s over.
When Healy was caught by DB Sharma in 12th over, Australia had already scored 114 runs.
After Healy, BL Mooney took charge and scored 78 runs off 57 balls, helping Australia post a mammoth target of 185 runs for India.
Indian batswomen had no answer to the Australian bowling attack.
Succumbing to the pressure, Indian women kept losing their wickets one after another.
DB Sharma scored 33 runs for India making her the highest in her team.
The entire team was out for 99, losing the final match by 85 runs.
The Australian team was under the enormous pressure of expectations playing in front of the massive home crowd ever, and they stood tall winning their 5th world cup title.
Australian opener AJ Healy was given player of the match award while Player of the Tournament award went to Beth Mooney of Australia.
"I'm a bit lost for words," Mooney said after receiving her award.
"It's been an unbelievable tournament. The crowds have been great throughout the tournament. [Playing spin] Didn't really do anything differently. We had some plans that we didn't execute in that first game [against India]. I'm just very fortunate and grateful to be given the opportunities I've been given by Cricket Australia," she said.
Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said it was unfortunate.
"The way we played in the league games was outstanding. Today it was unfortunate that we dropped those catches. I still have a lot of faith in my team. The upcoming one-and-a-half years is very important. We need to focus, especially in fielding. But I trust this team. It's part of the game, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. You have to keep learning," Ms Kaur said after receiving the medal.
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Captain of the Australian team, Meg Lanning said her players stuck with each other and had each other's backs.
"I'm just really proud of this group of players and staff. We've had everything thrown at us, ups and downs. It was tough, definitely, especially after we lost that first game. There was a lot of expectation on us, inside and out. Definitely some tough times in there but we stuck with each other, had each other's backs," said Ms Lanning.
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