Hosts Australia rode on attacking half-centuries from openers Alyssa Healy (75) and Beth Mooney (78*) to lift their fifth Women’s T20 World Cup title on Sunday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Having posted a mammoth 184/4 on the board, Australia restricted opp𓆏onents India for a paltry 99, winning the♎ record final by 85 runs.
India’s long wait for an elusive Women’s T20 World Cup trophy got elongated even further as they lagged behind the Aussies in every department of the game.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
To make it to the final of the unbeaten, to come out in front of 90k people, despite the nerves & fight t෴ill th🅘e end, requires courage, skill & strength of character. All of which you have. You are our heroes, no matter what the result. 💙🇮🇳
— Sanjana Ganesan (@SanjanaGanesan)
This final is an action re♔play of the 2003 final between the same sides.
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
I actually believe India did really well to get to the final without a major contribution from either Mandhana or Harmanpre♐et. For India to win, those two needed to have big tournaments. Hence my opinion that there is enough here to 🔯be optimistic about.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
India women in this World Cup:
Shafali – 163 runs in 5 inns
Harmanpreet + Mandhana + Rodrigues – 164 runs in 14 inns
The difference!
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Women’s World T20 winners:
2009 : England W
2010 : Australia W
2012/13 : Australia W
2013/14 : Australia W
2015/16 : West Indies W
2018/19 : Australia W
2019/20 : Australia W*— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman)
AUSTRALIA HAVE DEFENDED THEIR CROWN 👑
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup)
Instead of being overawed by the expectation of a home World Cup final at a packed MCG, Australia have thrived on it. Healy calmed the nerves early. India look🎉ed inꦗtimidated unfortunately. They will learn from it one hopes.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Harmanpreet Kaur scored more than three times as many ♓runs in her first innings of the 2018 as she has in the entirety 🔯of the 2020 tournament.
A campaign to forget for India's skipper.
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup)
have just SHCUTT the door on
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg)
