Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur felt that the lack of capitalization from the middle order at the base of the top order was the main reason behind their three-wicket loss to Australia in the 2025 Women’s World Cup. Notably, India lost their last six wickets for just 36 runs and were bowled out for 330 in 48.5 overs.
Harmanpreet admitted that the pitch was much better than the one used for the match against South Africa at the same venue. While India had put up a staggering total on the board, Harmanpreet felt the side had left out good 30-40 runs.
“The way we started, we thought if we could have added more 30-40 runs on the board, we missed runs in the last six to seven overs. We kept losing wickets and that really cost us because today’s pitch was completely different. We knew it was a good batting wicket but those last six overs where we couldn’t capitalize really cost us,” said Harmanpreet as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
She concluded by once again talking about the last 10 overs of the batting innings, emphasizing that how India come back in the near future will be important.
“Today the first 40 overs were really good and in the last 10 we didn’t perform well. In matches these things are going to happen, we won’t always be 100% but it’s very important how you come back,” she added.
Remarkably, India were defeated with an over to spare as Alyssa Healy secured the Player of the Match award with a record 142 off 107, including 21 fours and three sixes. Annabel Sutherland came back well during the first innings, recording figures of 5/40 in 9.5 overs.
For the hosts, Smriti Mandhana (80 off 66) and Pratika Rawal (75 off 96) were the leading run-scorers, while Shree Charani impressed with the ball with a three-wicket haul (3/41 in 10 overs) and Deepti Sharma picked up two.
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