NEW DELHI: The Indian ladies’s crew on Sunday created historical past, securing their maiden victory towards Australia Ladies within the one-off Take a look at on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Harmanpreet Kaur and co. pulled off a dominating eight-wicket triumph — their first-ever win over the Aussies within the longest format of the sport.
Taking cost with a considerable first-innings lead of 187, India discovered themselves needing a mere 75 runs to seal the match after dismissing Australia for 261 of their second innings.Though shedding early wickets of Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh, India steadied their chase as Smriti Mandhana anchored the innings with an unbeaten 38. Her decisive boundary shortly after the lunch break sealed India’s win.
As India celebrated their historic triumph, a shock awaited as Australia captain Alyssa Healy turned photographer, capturing moments of the victorious Indian crew with the trophy.
When requested concerning the gesture, Healy, within the publish match convention, stated: “It wasn’t my digital camera. It was simply that they have been pushing the cameramen again, so I assumed I’d get certainly one of them a chance to stand up there, good and shut. I really reduce out half of the Indian crew accidentally so I don’t assume they’d be utilizing that one.”
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Harmanpreet Kaur and co. pulled off a dominating eight-wicket triumph — their first-ever win over the Aussies within the longest format of the sport.
Taking cost with a considerable first-innings lead of 187, India discovered themselves needing a mere 75 runs to seal the match after dismissing Australia for 261 of their second innings.Though shedding early wickets of Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh, India steadied their chase as Smriti Mandhana anchored the innings with an unbeaten 38. Her decisive boundary shortly after the lunch break sealed India’s win.
As India celebrated their historic triumph, a shock awaited as Australia captain Alyssa Healy turned photographer, capturing moments of the victorious Indian crew with the trophy.
When requested concerning the gesture, Healy, within the publish match convention, stated: “It wasn’t my digital camera. It was simply that they have been pushing the cameramen again, so I assumed I’d get certainly one of them a chance to stand up there, good and shut. I really reduce out half of the Indian crew accidentally so I don’t assume they’d be utilizing that one.”
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India had crushed England by 347 runs – the very best victory margin by way of runs in ladies’s Take a look at cricket – in a one-off Take a look at in Navi Mumbai earlier this month.
“It is the reward for all of the arduous work we have now performed for therefore a few years,” Kaur stated after India’s first victory towards Australia in 11 checks for the reason that groups first clashed within the longest format in 1977.
“Hopefully after these two wins, we are going to get to play many extra check matches within the upcoming years.”
