India captain Harmanpreet Kaur believed that the middle-order’s failure to capitalise on the platform laid by the top-order was the key reason for their three-wicket loss against Australia in the Women’s World Cup 2025. Notably, India lost their last six wickets for 36 runs and were dismissed for 330 in 48.5 overs.
Harmanpreet agreed that the pitch was significantly superior to the one used for the match against South Africa at the same venue.
While India had set a formidable total, Harmanpreet Kaur thought the team had missed out on 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-seven overs. We kept losing wickets and that really cost us because today’s pitch was totally different. We knew it was a good batting wicket, but those last six overs where we were not able to capitalise really cost us,” stated Harmanpreet,.
She concluded by once again talking about the last 10 overs of the batting innings, emphasising that it will be important how India come back in the near future.
“Today, the first 40 overs were really good and in the last 10, we were not executing well. In matches, these things are going to happen, we are not going to be 100% all the time but it’s very important how you come back,” she added.
For the hosts, Smriti Mandhana (80 off 66) and Pratika Rawal (75 off 96) were main run-scorers, while with the ball, Shree Charani impressed with a three-wicket haul (3/41 in 10 overs) and Deepti Sharma picked up two.
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