Published 19:30 IST, February 27th 2023
Australia's Megan Schutt slams Harmanpreet's remark after T20 WC semis: 'We don't panic'
As far as the semifinal between India and Australia is concerned, Harmanpreet Kaur's team lost by 5 runs to end their World Cup hopes on a disappointing note.
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Australian bowler Megan Schutt has slammed India captain Harmanpreet Kaur's remark after first semifinal of Women's T20 World Cup 2023 on Thursday. After going down against Australia by barest of margins, Harmanpreet said that her side had six-time world champions against wall at one point in game and India were cruising comfortably. Schutt has w slammed Harmanpreet saying that ir body langu was t down at any point during match.
"Collectively our last five overs were crucial. Getting a couple of wickets in re but also providing pressure on all aspects, wher it's in field, with ball or even body langu out re. Harman said our body langu was down. I'll call bull***t on that," Schutt said.
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"We're just calm. We don't panic, we don't take it out on each or if re's a misfield or a dropped catch. That's where we stand out as a team. We're a team first and we kw getting angry about that isn't going to do about that. So it was a collective effort," she added.
As far as semifinal between India and Australia is concerned, Women in Blue lost by 5 runs to end ir World Cup hopes on a disappointing te. Harmanpreet played a blinder of a innings as she scored a brilliant 54 off 32 balls but was unlucky to get out in a very unconventional manner as her bat stuck in ground just before crease. Following skipper's dismissal, batter mand to hold ir nerves as Indian team had a batting collapse surrendering mselves to Australian bowlers.
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Australia win a record 6th T20 World Cup title
Australia got win against India and qualified for yet ar final of World Cup. In or semifinal, hosts South Africa beat England by 6 runs to reach summit clash. Australia defeated South Africa in final on Sunday to win ir record-extending sixth Women's T20 World Cup title. Aussie women won game by a comfortable margin of 19 runs. This was Australia's third-consecutive T20 World Cup win, making m only side in world to achieve feat.
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19:31 IST, February 27th 2023