CWC 2022 India vs Australia Highlights: Aus win thriller, qualify for semis

Women's World Cup India vs Australia: Meg Lanning's leading from the front innings (97) coupled with Alyssa Healy's swashbuckling 72 led Australia to 5th straight win and a place in the semi-final

7:58 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | IND 104-2 | Over 23- King into the attack

 

Alana King, the right arm leggie who idolises Shane Warne has been brought into the attack and she starts well, going for just four runs in her first over as Bhatia and Raj try and read her and plan their course of action accordingly 

7:54 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | IND 101-2 | Over 22-100 up for India

 

Wow, Mithali Raj classic is here as she delicately takes this ball past the wicket-keeper and the short-third man for four as India are moving along here. And just as I say she has placed this in the gap and she and Yastika have run three to bring up the 100 for India in the 22nd over

7:49 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | IND 90-2 | Over 20- Chance goes begging

 

And Alyssa Healy has missed a chance here as Yastika Bhatia comes down the case, yorks herself and the wicket-keeper couldn't do much as the ball goes past her and to the deep fine leg. Bhatia is getting bogged down as runs are drying up

7:47 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | IND 86-2 | Over 19- India going steady

7:42 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | IND 83-2 | Over 18- 50 partnership between Bhatia and Mithali

 

Wide down the leg from Garnder and India run two more runs as well and that would bring up the 50 partnership between Yastika Bhati and Mithali Raj and India have now got into a comfortable position courtesy of this partnership. Seven runs come from this over as India go past the 80 run mark 

7:37 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | IND 76-2 | Over 17- Yastika, Mithali marching on

7:35 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | IND 75-2 | Over 16- India going well

 

Mithali Raj jas now got the hang of thins it seems she alongside Yastika Bhati have now added 47 for the fourth wicket and at a good rate too. Though she played the last Ashleigh Gardner over as a maiden. But even then, after the end of the 16th over, India have crossed the 75 run mark and are well set to get a score in the vicinity of 250 if these two players keep going. 250 is the minimum that India would need on this wicket 

7:22 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | IND 60-2 | Over 12- 50 up for India

 

Elysse Perry is into the attack and has so far bowled two wides and alone dragged down the leg which was helped by Yastika Bhati for a four past the wicketkeeper down the leg. Courtesy of the seven runs that she has given thanks to the two wides, it also brings up India's fifty in the 12th over of the match. 

 

And just as I type that, Perry has been generous enough to offer yet another wide. Looks like Perry has not been able to get the length she is looking for. My word, it is five wides now, what an over this has been. These are free runs for India and are helping ease a lot of pressure off Mithali Raj who is yet to get going. 

 

And yet another wide, Boym, this over is long. Probably the longest I have seen in quite a while. She has already bowled 11 balls and now make that 12 as she finishes by giving away 16 runs. That's two overs in one. I mean that must be some record 

7:14 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | IND 44-2 | Over 11- In the air but safe

 

Spin has been introduced into the attack and in the very first over of spin, Jess Jonassen manages to get a leading edge off Yastika Bhatia, but fortunately for her and India, it falls in the gap between square leg and deep fine leg and India remain only two out

7:09 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | IND 39-2 | Over 10- Darcie Brown at her best

7:06 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | IND 38-2 | Over 09-Four from Yastika

 

Four!! That's more like it from Yastika as she gets the room from Megan Schutt and cuts it past the backwards point region for a very timely and beautiful four for India and herself as well. She needs to continue in that fashion if India are to make a match of it in anyways

7:02 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | IND 33-2 | Over 08- Mithali must bat today

 

Mithali Raj needs to stand up here and now for her team as India need her badly. She must play her natural game which is to go slow in the early overs of her innings as Yastika Bhatia on the other end could do the run-scoring. Her feet are not moving at all and she needs the confidence to get them moving and if she settles down, she could be a great asset for the team

6:57 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | IND 28-2 | Over 06- Verma gone

 

Wow..wow...I mean it is just incredible how good the Aussies could be in the field. The Indian tried her best to get the run rate going and played a fancy cut to take it past flying gully and short-third-man, but instead, a very brilliant catch from Beth Mooney at the short flying Gully position took a stunner to remove Verma. India are now two down

6:53 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | IND 27-1 | Over 05- Bang bang goes Shafali

 

Shafali is doing what she was brought in for as she has hit Megan Schutt for back to back four in the fifth over to take 112 runs from the over. The first four was hit above the infield over the bowler's head for a four straight down the ground while the second one was a delicate touch that found the gap between backward point and short thirdman. So Shafali is showing that she can show the range 

6:51 AM

Live | India vs Australia | CWC 2022 | IND 27-1 | Over 05- ICYMI