In the final of the cricket event of the Commonwealth Games 2022, the Indian women's team lost by 9 runs against Australia. With this, India had to be satisfied with the silver medal. In the match, the Indian team could have easily won, but three big mistakes made easy victory difficult and then due to increasing pressure, Team India had to face defeat.

IND vs AUS Women's Final CWG 2022: An exciting match was played between the Indian women's team and Australia in the final of the cricket event in the Commonwealth Games 2022 being played in Birmingham, England. Team India lost by 9 runs in the match played at Easton on Sunday (7 August).

Batting first after winning the toss in the match, the Australian team was restricted to 161 runs for 8 wickets. For the team, Beth Mooney played the highest innings of 61 runs in 41 balls. In reply, the Indian team was reduced to 152 runs in 19.3 overs. Captain Harmanpreet played a brilliant innings of 65 runs off 43 balls for Team India, but she could not win the team.

With this defeat, the Indian team had to be satisfied with the silver medal. In this match, the Indian team could have easily won, but three big mistakes made this easy match difficult and then due to increasing pressure, Team India had to face defeat. Let's know those three big reasons....

 

Weak bowling strategy

The Indian team started well in bowling and took the first wicket for 9 runs. In this way, due to pressure, the Kangaroo team could only score 43 runs for 1 wicket in the power play. But captain Harmanpreet did a different experiment in the next 4 overs. He got all the four overs done by four different bowlers. In this way, the Australian batters got time to settle at the crease and also got a chance to score runs.

Then Manning was run out in the 11th over. Also, in the 12th over, Deepti Sharma had given a big success. He took the big wicket of aggressive batsman Tail McGrath. After this, Captain Harmanpreet made a big mistake here too. He did not use the light properly and his 4 overs were completed in three spells. Should have taken advantage of the increasing pressure on the Australian team here.

Rad ha gave 3 runs in the 7th over.

Sneh Rana conceded 8 runs in the 8th over

Pooja Vastrakar gave away 12 runs in the 9th over.

Harmanpreet scored 17 runs in the 10th over.

The match turned as soon as Herman was dismissed

 

Chasing the target of 162 runs, the Indian team lost two wickets for just 22 runs. Opener Mandala and Shebeli returned to the pavilion early. From here, captain Harmanpreet and Jemima Rodriguez put together a big partnership of 96 runs for the third wicket. The Indian team had scored 112 runs for 2 wickets in 14 overs. To win from here, only 40 runs were needed from 36 balls.

But as soon as Jemima and Harmanpreet were dismissed, the entire Indian team was. Neither Pooja walked in the middle order, nor did Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana and Rad ha ADAV. If any player had played for a while, then the result of the match would have been different. None of the players showed confidence.

 

Poor batting, lost 8 wickets in making 34 runs

 

As mentioned above, the Indian team lost both its openers for 22 runs. But from here the team was handled by captain Herman and Jemima with a partnership of 96 runs. But the biggest mistake happened in the middle order and lower order. The Indian team lost the last 8 wickets for just 34 runs. The third wicket fell on the score of 118 in the form of Jemima. After this there was a rhythm of coming and going of the players.

None of the players could stay on the crease. After losing the third wicket on the score of 118, the Indian team was completely bundled out for 152 runs. While 3 balls. In this way, the match was lost by 9 runs. If anyone player had taken the lead in the middle order, then this match could have been won with 3 balls remaining.