Abhishek Sharma praised the women’s team fiercely

Abhishek Sharma told reporters, ‘I think we are really proud of the maturity and teamwork that we have shown as a team and we were all just watching the match. Jemima, Harmanpreet and Smriti, all played well. So, I don’t think there was any pressure on them, but obviously, the Indian women’s team as a team is performing so well, so you definitely get motivated. I think she deserves the trophy. The way she played the semi-final match, I think she really deserves it and will perform well. India broke Australia’s winning streak of 15 consecutive matches and eliminated them from the tournament.

300 plus score chased in the first World Cup

For the first time, a target of more than 300 runs was achieved in both the men’s and women’s tournaments in an ICC ODI World Cup knockout match at the DY Patil Stadium on Thursday. Jemimah Rodrigues (134 balls, 127* runs, 14 fours) and captain Harmanpreet Kaur (88 balls, 89 runs, 10 fours and two sixes) made history with a 167-run partnership, India’s highest for any wicket in a Women’s World Cup knockout match, as India chased down the mammoth target of 339 runs, the highest in the history of Women’s ODI. Is the biggest run-chase of. Australia won the toss and decided to bat first.

Jemimah Rodrigues remained on the field till the end

After the early dismissal of captain Alyssa Healy, Phoebe Litchfield (93 balls, 119 runs, 17 fours and 3 sixes) and Ellyse Perry (88 balls, 77 runs, 6 fours and 2 sixes) made a partnership of 155 runs for the second wicket. However, a 66-run partnership between Ash Gardner (45 balls, 63 runs, 4 fours and 4 sixes) and Kim Garth (17 runs) took Australia to 338 runs in 49.5 overs. Sri Charani (2/49) and Deepti Sharma (2/73) were among the top bowlers of India. Amanjot Kaur, Kranti Gaur and Radha Yadav took one wicket each. Chasing the target, India’s score was 59/2 in the 10th over and they had lost the wickets of opener Shafali Verma (10) and Smriti Mandhana (24 runs in 24 balls, with the help of two fours and a six).

However, Jemimah (127* runs in 134 balls with the help of 14 fours) and Harmanpreet (89 runs in 88 balls with the help of 10 fours and two sixes) did not let the pressure increase and made a partnership of 167 runs for the third wicket. Richa Ghosh (26 runs in 16 balls, with the help of two fours and two sixes) and Amanjot (15* runs in 8 balls, with the help of 2 fours) played an important role in supporting Jemimah and achieved the target by taking five wickets with nine balls remaining. Jemima received the ‘Player of the Match’ award.