India Women were in resurgent form, sealing a dramatic Super Over victory vs Australia Women at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai, on Sunday. During the Super Over, India posted 20 for one with Smriti Mandhana registering 13 off three balls to remain unbeaten. In response to a target of 21 runs, Australia could only reach 16 for one. Initially, the visitors posted 187 for one in 20 overs, with Beth Mooney and Tahlia McGrath hitting unbeaten knocks. Mooney slammed an unbeaten knock of 82 runs off 54 balls and McGrath hammered an unbeaten knock of 70 runs off 51 balls. For India's bowling department, Deepti Sharma bagged a dismissal.
Chasing a target of 188 runs, India reached 187 for five, courtesy of a four by Richa Ghosh in the final over which tied the match. Mandhana was the sole anchor for India's innings with a knock of 79 runs off 49 balls. Meanwhile, Heather Graham took three wickets for the Aussies.
After the match, Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. put in a victory lap with the Indian tricolour in front of a huge crowd of over 47,000 in attendance.
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The match also helped India level the series at 1-1, after the Aussies won the first T20I. After the win, Indian captain Harmanpreet praised her teammates. "We just thought we will keep backing ourselves. From the last game, we learnt a lot of things. Even we though we scored only 170-odd runs, we realised if we could have added some more runs or if some struck at better strike rate, we could have reached 200. Whether we are batting first or second, we know that we need to bat freely and bat with freedom. Those things, we discussed. There was no pressure today, we just wanted to go out and execute it," she said.
{{/usCountry}}The match also helped India level the series at 1-1, after the Aussies won the first T20I. After the win, Indian captain Harmanpreet praised her teammates. "We just thought we will keep backing ourselves. From the last game, we learnt a lot of things. Even we though we scored only 170-odd runs, we realised if we could have added some more runs or if some struck at better strike rate, we could have reached 200. Whether we are batting first or second, we know that we need to bat freely and bat with freedom. Those things, we discussed. There was no pressure today, we just wanted to go out and execute it," she said.
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