India Women vs Australia Women 5th T20I Highlights: India lost the match by 54 runs after getting all out for 142 in 20 overs. With the result, Australia have won the series 4-1. Australia posted a massive 196 for four against India in the fifth and final women's T20I in Mumbai on Tuesday. Sent into bat, Australia slumped to 17 for 2 in the fourth over but Ashleigh Gardner (66 not out) and Grace Harris (64 not out) smashed scintillating fifties to take the visitors close to the 200-mark in their stipulated 20 overs. For India, Anjali Sarvani (1/30), Deepti Sharma (1/46), Shafali Verma (1/17) and Devika Vaidya (1/26) were among wickets. Australia have already won the five-match series and enjoy an unassailable 3-1 lead.
India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Devika Vaidya, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Anjali Sarvani and Renuka Thakur Singh
Australia Women (Playing XI): Beth Mooney(w), Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath(c), Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Grace Harris, Annabel Sutherland, Heather Graham, Alana King, Kim Garth and Darcie Brown
Here are the Highlights of the 5th Women's T20I between India and Australia from the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai:
IND-W vs AUS-W, 5th T20I Live
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We are back for the chase! The players are out on the middle now. Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma are the two openers for India Women. Darcie Brown to start proceedings with the ball. Here we go...
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... THE RUN CHASE ...
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Right then, Australia Women have posted a massive total on the board and with their bowling attack they will be confident enough of defending it. India Women, on the other hand need to attack form the very first ball as they don't have any other option. Let's see how the chase unfolds. Stay tuned for the second essay.
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India Women will be disappointed with their bowling effort. They started well getting rid of both the openers quite early. Then the spinners came into play and provided a couple of more breakthroughs. However, it all went downhill from there. They just did not have any answer to the power-hitting of Grace Harris and Ashleigh Gardner. They were also a bit sloppy in the field giving away a few overthrows and allowing the batters to put more pressure on them. Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Anjali Sarvani and Shafali Verma all got one wicket each, but except for Devika Vaidya, all were expensive. Now, they have a mammoth total to chase to save some pride and finish the series 3-2.
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Australia Women have put on another solid batting display here. They found themselves in some early trouble losing both their openers for cheap scores. It was then Ellyse Perry and Tahlia McGrath who steadied the ship for them before getting dismissed in quick succession. However, they set the perfect platform for the power hitters to come in and they did not disappoint. Grace Harris and Ashleigh Gardner were on fire and smashed it all around the park. They added 129 runs off just 62 balls and both batters scored half-centuries and remained unbeaten.
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A breathtaking batting performance from Australia Women! They end on a huge total of 196 which is the highest score in this series. India Women played an extra bowler in place of a batter, but that plan did not work at all and they will have to overcome all the odds to gun this down.
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19.61Renuka Singh to Grace Harris
Full on off, Grace Harris fails to get under it and drives this one down to long off for a single. Australia Women end up with 196 on the board!
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19.51Renuka Singh to Ashleigh Gardner
Follows the batter and bowls a good yorker, Ashleigh Gardner can only drive this one towards extra cover for a single.
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19.44Renuka Singh to Ashleigh Gardner
FOUR! TWO IN A ROW! Full and on off, right in the slot for the batter, Ashleigh Gardner clears her front and drills it hard past the mid on fielder for another boundary.
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19.34Renuka Singh to Ashleigh Gardner
FOUR! Low full toss outside off, Ashleigh Gardner gets down the track and hammers this one to the right of the deep mid-wicket fielder for a boundary.