India’s players with their silver medals•Aug 06, 2022•Getty Images
Australia’s innings was then anchored by Mooney, whose 61 came off 41 deliveries, before she was dismissed by a stunning one-handed catch by Deepti Sharma in the deep with 16 balls of the innings remaining.
India were reduced to 22-2 in their reply, but a brilliant partnership of 96 between skipper Harmanpreet and Jemimah Rodrigues raised hopes of an upset.
They were on a par with Australia’s scoring rate going into the 15th over, but Rodrigues and Harmanpreet fell in quick succession and India saw their chances of victory fade.
They kept fighting and went into the final over needing 11 runs to win with two wickets left.
But Meghna Singh was run out off the second ball and Yastika Bhatia trapped lbw on the next delivery to spark scenes of jubilation among the Australian players as they celebrated gold to add to their remarkable haul of honours. (BBC)
