Hosts Australia rode on attacking half-centuries from openers Alyssa Healy (75) and Beth Mooney (78*) to lift their fifth Women’s T20 World Cup title on Sunday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Having posted a mammoth 184/4 on the board, Australia restricted opponents India for a paltry 99, winning the record final ꧙by 💫85 runs.
India’s long wait for an elusive Women’s T20 World Cup trophy got elongated even further as they lagged behind the Aussies in every department of the game.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
To make it to the final of the unbeaten, to come out in front of 90k people, despite the nerves & fight till the end, requires courage, ski💟ll & strength of character. All of which you have. You are our heroes, no matter what the result. 💙🇮🇳
— Sanjana Ganesan (@SanjanaGanesan)
This fina💮l is an ✃action replay of the 2003 final between the same sides.
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
I🤡 actually believe India did really well to get to the final without a major contribution from either Mandha✱na or Harmanpreet. For India to win, those two needed to have big tournaments. Hence my opinion that there is enough here to be optimistic about.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
India women in this World Cup:
Shafali – 163 runs in 5 inns
Harmanpreet + Mandhana + Rodrigues – 164 runs in 14 inns
The difference!
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Women’s World T20 winners:
2009 : England W
2010 : Australia W
2012/13 : Australia W
2013/14 : Australia W
2015/16 : West Indies W
2018/19 : Australia W
2019/20 : Australia W*— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman)
AUSTRALIA HAVE DEFENDED THEIR CROWN 👑
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup)
Instead of being overawed by the expectation of a 🐻home World Cup final at a packed MCG, Australia have thrived on it. Healy calmed the nerves early. India looked intimidated un🐬fortunately. They will learn from it one hopes.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Harmanpreet Kaur scored more tha𝓰n three times as many runs in her first innings of the 2018 as she has in the entirety of the 2020 tournament.
A campaign to forget for India's skipper.
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup)
have just SHCUTT the door on
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg)
