The India women’s cricket team had to face defeat in the third T20 match against Australia. Apart from facing defeat in this match, the Indian team has also gone down 2-1 in the series. Despite the fact that the Indian team was defeated in this match, the team captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, achieved a great world record in her name. Harmanpreet has made a record of becoming a female cricketer by playing the most T20 International matches.
Harmanpreet played her 140th T20 cap for India and with this she has become the female cricketer to play the most T20 caps. She has broken the record of former New Zealand captain Suzy Bates, who has played 139 T20 Internationals for the Kiwi team. England’s Denne Wyatt has also played 136 T20 Internationals. Australian Alyssa Healy is at number four on this list with 135 caps. Alice Parry from Australia has also played 129 matches.
Batting first, Australia scored 172 runs thanks to Ellyse Perry and Grace Harris. Perry scored an innings of 75 runs in 47 balls and scored his first half-century in T20 International after 2019. Grace played a breakneck innings of 41 runs in 18 balls and He led the team to a good score. Shafali Verma played a 52-run innings off 41 balls for India. Aside from Shafali, Harmanpreet also contributed 37 runs. Other than these two batsmen, no one else played and this was the reason why India had to face this defeat.
INDW vs AUSW: Australia beat Team India by 21 runs in series-leading third T20
