Women 's World Cup Cricket: India's Kaur 171* Slays Australia
India’s Harmanpreet Kaur, who scored a stunning unbeaten 115-ball 171 runs, ousted the 6-time champions and unbeatable Australia. Kaur became the first player in the history to score more number of runs in a world cup knockout match, in both men’s and women’s category.
Now India will meet hosts, England in the finals of the World Cup. India with this win, are clear favorites to enter the final. In-form Kaur is a key player to watch in the final. Kaur is a big match player, as she made considerable runs in India’s World Cup qualifiers and Asia Cup triumph in 2016.
Score: India 281/4 in 42 overs (Harmanpreet Kaur 171* (115), Ashleigh Gardner 1/43)
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Australia (Alex Blackwell 90(56), Elyse Villani 75(8), Deepti Sharma 3/59, Shikha Pandey 2/17)
Congratulations @BCCIWomen . Really proud of what these wonderful girls have achieved for the country. Best wishes for the finals.#WWC17
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 20, 2017
Filled with pride seeing @BCCIWomen perform like this.Congratulations on the great victory. Unforgettable knock by @ImHarmanpreet
— Kapil Dev (@therealkapildev) July 20, 2017
2011: World champions out of the tournament. 2017: World champions out of the tournament. FAKRA HAI pic.twitter.com/YjpD4vEWDu
— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) July 20, 2017
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