Indian gamers collect collectively after their T20 World Cup remaining loss. (Source: AP Photo)
India saved their worst for the final as Australia overpowered them by 85 runs for an unprecedented fifth T20 World Cup triumph in Melbourne on Sunday.
Alyssa Healy (75 off 39 balls) and Beth Mooney (78 off 54 balls) propelled Australia to 184/4 in 20 overs after they selected to bat first successful the toss. Overwhelmed by the event, India crumbled to 99 all out in entrance of a turnout of 86,174 on the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, a file in girls’s cricket historical past.
The crowd determine of 86,174 fell wanting the 90,185 followers who attended the FIFA Women’s World Cup remaining between the United States and China in Pasadena, California in 1999. But the followers nonetheless managed to assist create a nationwide file on a historic event in Melbourne as girls’s cricket took one other leap ahead.
India’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur, on her 31st birthday, mentioned her aspect’s poor catching show had been “unfortunate”. Australia’s skipper Meg Lanning mentioned there had been a “lot of expectation on us”. “It was tough, definitely, especially after we lost that first game (to India),” Lanning mentioned. “This day is certainly the best of my career so far.”
Both captains mentioned they hoped to see a girls’s home Twenty20 match established in India, related to the high-profile males’s Indian Premier League.
Congratulations Australia on successful the #T20WorldCup! 👏
Not the outcome we wished right this moment however we’re happy with the best way #TeamIndia performed all through the match. #INDvAUS
Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/oNy9gq275c pic.twitter.com/uz6e0IKFUY
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) March 8, 2020
Proud of all of the efforts put in by the Indian Women’s Cricket Team all through their #T20WorldCup marketing campaign. I’m assured that you simply women will bounce again stronger than ever. 🙌 @BCCIWomen
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) March 8, 2020
Congratulations to Australia for successful the @T20WorldCup. It was a troublesome day for #TeamIndia. Our staff is younger and can develop right into a strong unit. You have impressed many throughout the globe. We are happy with you. Keep working laborious and by no means lose hope. It will occur at some point.#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/RrH1dLqkBW
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 8, 2020
Gutted by the outcome right this moment . Nonetheless the women have had a beautiful #T20WorldCup marketing campaign . I congratulate the T20 captain @ImHarmanpreet and the women. Well achieved . Request everybody to proceed supporting girls’s cricket . Only nice issues are in retailer.
— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03) March 8, 2020
Congratulations @AusWomenCricket on successful the #T20WorldCup To the @BCCIWomen staff,all of us are very happy with your achievement. Really loved the best way you all performed all through the match. Good luck for your future matches.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) March 8, 2020
Till just a few years in the past, no one may have imagined {that a} billion eyes could be glued to Women’s Cricket World Cup
Cups will come & go, however right this moment is a victory for every & every INDIAN GIRL who dared to defy odds & societal obstacles! #SheInspiresUs 🇮🇳
Congrats to Australia!
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) March 8, 2020
Our women gave their every thing, simply had one dangerous day but it surely was so fantastic to see the best way in which they performed barring right this moment .Wishing them higher luck subsequent time. Congratulations to Australia on successful the #T20WorldCup
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 8, 2020
Great marketing campaign for the @BCCIWomen , properly achieved @wvraman and the whole staff for making us all proud. Onwards and upwards 👌👍🏻 . Congrats to the @AusWomenCricket for a dominating efficiency on the massive night time. 👏#WomenWorldCup2020
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) March 8, 2020
This was heartbreaking. Well performed @BCCIWomen. Sometimes, it’s simply not your day! Congratulations @AusWomenCricket. May this World Cup encourage many extra to take up the game! 🙌🏼 #INDvAUS #T20WorldCup
— Mayank Agarwal (@mayankcricket) March 8, 2020
Not the outcome we wished,however actually happy with our women.Dil jeetne wala cricket khela humari ladkiyon ne. @BCCIWomen #TeamIndia #WorldCup #WomensDay2020
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) March 8, 2020
Never be let down. You have been superb all through and also you’ll shall have the trophy at your hand at some point. Keep believing! @BCCIWomen https://t.co/q7FE5gwhDF
— Sir Vivian Richards (@ivivianrichards) March 8, 2020
India misplaced just one recreation in the match. So did Australia. Both groups misplaced to one another. India beat Aus in the match opener. Australia beat India in the finals. Such is life…. #WT20WC #AusvInd
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 8, 2020
I understand how robust it’s to be so shut to that World Cup & not win it. But chin up, women! It’s not concerning the outcome, however concerning the technology you’ve impressed. You had a marketing campaign you may be very happy with!
Also congratulations Australia, a a lot deserved win.#INDvsAUS #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/5ekr5Y9yvS— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) March 8, 2020
“If there was an IPL to happen, that would be great,” Lanning mentioned. “It’s the next step for the women’s game and we’d all love to be involved.”
(with AP inputs)
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