Women’s T20 World Cup: Harmanpreet Kaur’s team enters semi-finals, India beat Ireland by 5 runs by DLS

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The Indian women’s team on Monday made it to the semi-finals by defeating Ireland by five runs in the last match of the group stage of the Women’s T20 World Cup. England has already qualified for the semi-finals from India’s group. Australia’s team from Group A has reached the semi-finals by winning all their four matches. South Africa and Bangladesh will compete for the second spot on Tuesday.

India made 155 runs

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and decided to bat first. With the help of opener Smriti Mandhana’s brilliant 87 runs, India gave Ireland a mammoth target of 156 runs to win. Mandhana hit nine fours and three sixes in his 56-ball innings. In response, the Irish team got the first blow on the very first ball. After this, Renuka Singh Thakur bowled Orla Prendergast in the same over.

rain spoils the game

After this, opener Gabby Lewis (32 not out in 25 balls) and captain Laura Denly (17 not out in 20 balls) tried to get Ireland back in the match by sharing 53 runs in 45 balls for the third wicket. But the rain ruined their efforts. Mandhana added 62 runs for the first wicket with second opener Shefali Verma (24) and 52 runs for the second wicket with captain Harmanpreet Kaur (13).

Mandhana played a blistering innings

On a difficult pitch for batting, Shefali and Harmanpreet struggled to score runs but it had no effect on Smriti. Shefali hit three fours in her 29-ball innings while Harmanpreet failed to hit a single four in her 20-ball innings. For Ireland, Delany took three wickets while Prendergast took two wickets. Arlene Kelly had a breakthrough. The Indian team has reached the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup for the third time in a row. Last time India was runner-up in 2020.

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