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[As it happened] ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020- Australia lift cup for fifth time

[As it happened] ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020- Australia lift cup for fifth time

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<p>The finals between India and Australia is being played today at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in front of more than 80,000 people. What makes it all the more special, is that it is being played on the occasion of International Women's Day.</p>

Key Updates

08 Mar 2020, 3:30 PM (IST)

India: 99/10 (19.1)

Australia thrash India by 85 runs!

Aussies lift the trophy for the fifth time!

 

08 Mar 2020, 3:27 PM (IST)

India struggling to cross 100 mark!

Two wickets in MeganSchutt's over.

Shikha Pandey c Mooney b Schutt 1(4)

Richa Ghosh c Carey b Schutt 18(18) [4s-2]

India: 97/8 (18.0)

08 Mar 2020, 3:20 PM (IST)

India's final frontier Deepti Sharma out!

Deepti Sharma c Mooney b Carey 33(35) [4s-2]

08 Mar 2020, 3:19 PM (IST)

India in desperate need of boundaries! CRR: 5.5  REQ: 24.25

08 Mar 2020, 3:16 PM (IST)

India: 81/5 (15.0)

India need 104 runs in 30 balls

08 Mar 2020, 3:11 PM (IST)

India: 76/5 (14.0)

08 Mar 2020, 3:08 PM (IST)

9 runs off the over!

India: 67/5 (13.0)

08 Mar 2020, 3:01 PM (IST)

Veda Krishnamurthy c Jonassen b Delissa Kimmince 19(24) [4s-1]

India: 58/5 (12.0)

A nightmare birthday for Harmanpreet Kaur! Definitely the gift she didn't deserve.

08 Mar 2020, 2:56 PM (IST)

5 runs off the over.

India: 51/4 (10.0)

08 Mar 2020, 2:52 PM (IST)

7 runs off the over.

India Women need 139 runs in 66 balls

India: 46/4 (9.0)

08 Mar 2020, 2:49 PM (IST)

Required run-rate spikes up to 12.25!

Just five runs off the over.

India: 39/4 (8.0)

08 Mar 2020, 2:44 PM (IST)

India crumbling under-pressure!

Just two runs off the over.

India Women need 151 runs in 78 balls

08 Mar 2020, 2:38 PM (IST)

Australia cruising towards victory!

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur out.

Harmanpreet Kaur c Gardner b Jonassen 4(7) [4s-1]

India: 32/4 (6.0)

08 Mar 2020, 2:34 PM (IST)

India: 26/3 (5.0)

3 runs off the over.

08 Mar 2020, 2:32 PM (IST)

India lose Smriti Mandhana! 

India: 23/3 (4.0)

Win Chances: Australia 90% India 10%

08 Mar 2020, 2:26 PM (IST)

India's final bet on winning this game!

India's best batting duo on the crease, dire need of a good and quick partnership!

18/2 (3 overs)

Current run-rate: 6.00

08 Mar 2020, 2:20 PM (IST)

Taniya Bhatia off the field after being concussed after a missed sweep!

Jemimah Rodrigues out!!

Gone for a duck.

India: 8/2 (2 overs)

08 Mar 2020, 2:15 PM (IST)

India's teen sensation Shafali Verma out on the third ball!

India: 3/1 (1.0)

A bad start for India!

08 Mar 2020, 1:55 PM (IST)

Australia: 184/4 (20.0)

Alex Healy and Beth Mooney's innings help Aussies pose challenging total for India.

Will the 'Women in Blue' overcome the pressure and win their maiden ICC trophy?

Stay tuned!

08 Mar 2020, 1:52 PM (IST)

Aus- 176/4 (19.0)

Rachael Haynes out! Guides the balls to wickets.

Poonam Yadav gets first wicket in her final over.

Haynes b Poonam Yadav 4(5)

08 Mar 2020, 1:47 PM (IST)

10 runs off the over!

167 runs in 18 overs.

Last 12 balls remaining!

08 Mar 2020, 1:40 PM (IST)

Aussie skipper Meg Lanning and Ashleigh Gardner out!

India's Deepti Sharma scalp two wickets in one over, does this change the course of the game?

Meg Lanning c Shikha Pandey b Deepti Sharma 16(15) [4s-2]

Ashleigh Gardner st Bhatia b Deepti Sharma 2(3)

Aus: 157/3 (17.0)

08 Mar 2020, 1:35 PM (IST)

200+ score doesn't look far for Australia!

India needs to act quick and should look for wickets.

Australia: 154/1 (16.0)

08 Mar 2020, 1:33 PM (IST)

08 Mar 2020, 1:29 PM (IST)

08 Mar 2020, 1:24 PM (IST)

Australia-123/1 (13.0) CRR: 9.46

Rajeshwari Gayakwad: 4 overs 29 runs 7.25 economy.

08 Mar 2020, 1:20 PM (IST)

Australia: 117/1 (12.0)

Alyssa Healy out! Wicket that India was longing for.

Healy c Krishnamurthy b Radha Yadav 75(39) [4s-7 6s-5]

08 Mar 2020, 1:16 PM (IST)

Australia: 114/0 (10.0 overs)

Three successive sixes by Alyssa Healy!

23 runs off the over.

08 Mar 2020, 1:10 PM (IST)

08 Mar 2020, 1:07 PM (IST)

Australia: 79/0 (9.0)

08 Mar 2020, 1:01 PM (IST)

Australia: 70/0 (8 overs)

Two sixes off the over. Both struck by Alyssa Healy!

Nears her half-century.

08 Mar 2020, 12:59 PM (IST)

Seven overs complete, Australia are 54-0.

50-runs partnership between Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney.

08 Mar 2020, 12:57 PM (IST)

08 Mar 2020, 12:48 PM (IST)

Australia take 5 from fourth over. Total score 37/0 (4.0)

08 Mar 2020, 12:40 PM (IST)

9 runs off the over!

Aussie wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy's explosive batting helps current run-rate (11.08)

Australia: 23/0 (2 overs)

08 Mar 2020, 12:33 PM (IST)

Alyssa Healy begins Aussie innings with a bang!

Begins and ends the over with a four!

Australia- 14/0 (1.0)

08 Mar 2020, 12:29 PM (IST)

Match commences!

Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney will open the innings for Australia!

Right-arm off-break spinner Dipti Sharma will begin India's bowling attack!

08 Mar 2020, 12:16 PM (IST)

Australians come in with a lot of experience as they are playing their sixth successive finals match.

They have lifted the coveted trophy four times and will be eyeing a fifth win.

Indian women, on the other hand, are in their first-ever ICC T20 Women's World Cup finals.

08 Mar 2020, 12:12 PM (IST)

08 Mar 2020, 12:08 PM (IST)

Australia Playing XI: Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), Jess Jonassen, Ashleigh Gardner, Rachael Haynes, Nicola Carey, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Delissa Kimmince, Megan Schutt

India Playing XI: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Veda Krishnamurthy, Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad