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 r൲ecord final by 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, skil🐼l & strength of character. All of which you have. You are our heroes, no matter what the result. 💙🇮🇳
— Sanjana Ganesan (@SanjanaGanesan)
This final is an ൩action replay of the 2003 final between the sa🔯me sides.
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
I actually believe India did really well to get to the final without a major contribution from either Mandhana or Harmanpreet. For India to win, those two needed to have big tournaments. Hence my opin🔜ion 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 h💖ave thrived on it. Healy calmed the nerves early. India looked intimidated unfortunately. They will learn from it one ho෴pes.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Harmanpreet Kaur scored more than three times as many runs in her first inni𝐆ng💮s 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)
