Girls’s Global Cup 2022: India rode on fifties from captain Mithali Raj, vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Ysstika Bhati to put up 277/7 in 50 overs towards Australia in Auckland on Saturday.
Harmanpreet Kaur hit a handy guide a rough fifty as India posted 277 vs Australa (AFP Photograph)
HIGHLIGHTSIndia posted an above-par overall towards Australia in AucklandCaptain Mithali equalled Global Cup report for many fiftiesHarmanpreet and Pooja Vastrakar chipped in with cameos
Harmanpreet Kaur endured her advantageous run, hitting her 3rd fifty-plus rating on the Girls’s Global Cup as India posted 277/7 in 50 overs towards 6-time champions Australia at Eden Park in Auckland.
Harmanpreet Kaur hit 57 from 47 balls, smashing 6 limitations after getting into bat at No. 5 for India. The vice-captain stitched a 64-run stand in simply 47 balls with all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar for the seventh wicket as India completed the innings with momentum with their aspect after Australia gained the toss and opted to box on Saturday, March 19.
Harmanpreet has been in sensational shape on the Global Cup, hitting a fifty towards New Zealand and a match-winning hundred towards West Indies.
Innings Wreck!
Forged display by way of #TeamIndia to put up 277/7 at the board! #CWC22 | #INDvAUS
68 for captain @M_Raj03
59 for @YastikaBhatia
57* for vice-captain @ImHarmanpreet
34 for @Vastrakarp25
Over to our bowlers now.
Scorecard https://t.co/SLZ4bayb4f %.twitter.com/EAqhkwqL4O
— BCCI Girls (@BCCIWomen) March 19, 2022
MITHALI EQUALS WORLD CUP RECORD
Previous within the day, captain Mithali Raj and left-hander Yastika Bhatia stitched a 130-run stand for the third wicket after India misplaced their openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma early to Darcie Brown.
Yastika did a advantageous task with the bat, after shedding to No. 3 as India introduced again Shafali Verma on the most sensible after the big-hitter used to be dropped over deficient shape
“Two wickets had fallen so Mithali di and I had a talk to move at 4-5 runs an over and now not lose a wicket. I have been batting at No. 3 up to now, in domestics and in Australia so I it used to be no marvel for me when sir instructed me the day gone by that I might bat at No. 3,” Ysstika mentioned.
Mithali and Yastika steadied the send and saved the scoreboard transferring. Whilst the captain hit 68 from 96 balls, the younger left-hander hit 59 from 83 balls.
Mithali additionally equalled a Global Cup report by way of scoring her twelfth fifty within the showpiece match, emulating Debbie Hockley. For Australia, Brown shone with figures of three/30 whilst leg-spinner Alana King picked up 2/52.
