Australia has defeated the Indian team by 6 wickets in the second match of the 3 T20 match series. In this way, the series of 3 T20 matches is tied at 1-1. Australia had a target of 131 runs to win the match. Australia won the match by scoring 133 runs for 4 wickets in 19 overs. Ellis Perry scored the highest unbeaten 34 runs for the Kangaroos. At the same time, Phoebe Litchfield returned unbeaten after scoring 18 runs.
Strong start from Australian opener…
The Australian team, which came to bat in reply to India’s 130 runs, had a good start. Australia’s openers Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney added 51 runs for the first wicket. Alyssa Healy scored 26 runs. While Beth Mooney contributed 20 runs. Tahila McGrath scored 19 runs on 21 balls. Ashley Gardener was out on the bowling of Pooja Vastrakar after scoring 7 runs in 10 balls.
Deepti Sharma was the most successful bowler for India. Deepti Sharma dismissed 2 batsmen for 22 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Shreyanka Patil and Pooja Vastrakar got 1 success each.
Indian batsmen disappointed
Earlier, Australian captain Alyssa Healy won the toss and decided to bowl. Team India, who came to bat first, scored 130 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. For India, all-rounder Deepti Sharma scored the highest score of 30 runs in 27 balls. He hit 5 fours in his innings. Richa Ghosh scored 23 runs on 19 balls. At the same time, opener Smriti Mandhana contributed 23 runs in 26 balls. But apart from this, batsmen like Harmanpreet Kaur, Shefali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues disappointed.
Kim Garth, Annabel Sutherland and Georgia Wareham took 2-2 wickets for Australia. Whereas, Ashley Gardener took 1 wicket in his name.
Third T20 will be played on Tuesday
The Indian team led by Harmanpreet Kaur had easily defeated Australia in the first match. In this match, Australia had to face a crushing defeat by 9 wickets. Now in the second match, Australia defeated Team India by 6 wickets. In this way, the series of 3 T20 matches is tied at 1-1. The third match of the series between the two teams will be played on January 9.
