IND W vs AUS W T20 World Cup Live Score: India lose Shafali Verma early in 173 run chase

20:18 (IST)

Shafali Verma is leg before!

Appeal for leg before on Shafali Verma. Umpire has a long think before raising the finger. India batters discuss whether to review and they do. No bat involved on UltraEdge. Schutt drags the length back, Shafali looks to flick it but plays around it. Review confirms it would have struck top of leg stump. Umpire's call and Verma is gone for 9 runs

Verma lbw 9 (6)

20:15 (IST)

Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana open the batting for India. Last ball of the first over has been hit for the first boundary of the chase. Full from Gardner, Verma goes on one knee and smashes the sweep square to the right of deep mid-wicket

20:14 (IST)

Beth Mooney vs India

8 - This was Beth Mooney's 8th fifty (54) against #TeamIndia in women's #T20Is, no player has registered as many scores of 50+ runs against a single team in the format. Exalted.#T20WorldCup #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/olqtD6FCvk— OptaJim (@OptaJim) February 23, 2023

20:03 (IST)

Australia post 172/4, Target: 173 runs

India have been handed a stiff 173 run target with Australia putting 172/4 on the board. Meg Lanning remaining unbeaten on 49 runs at the end. Beth Mooney scoring a fifty. Ashleigh Gardner with a well-timed cameo as well. India were poor in the field and cost themselves quite a few runs. Elsewhere, poor field placements and poor deliveries didn't help.

Last 10 overs: 103 runs

Last 2 overs: 30 runs

19:59 (IST)

Last ball, full toss, SIX! Shikha Pandey started the over with a full toss and ends with one. She started by being thumped for a six and closes with a six as well. It goes over backward square leg for a maximum

19:56 (IST)

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FOUR! Stray line once again from Renuka Thakur. Slower one, slogged by Lanning and it has struck the leg and gone down for four

19:55 (IST)

Full toss, SIX! Went for the yorker, sent a full toss instead and Lanning thumps it over backward square leg

19:54 (IST)

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After 19 overs,Australia Women 154/4 ( Meg Lanning (C) 33 , Ellyse Perry 1)

12 runs from the penultimate over by Shikha Pandey. She gets the wicket of Grace Harris with a nice variation of speed. But is struck for two boundaries from Harris and Lanning. She ends with 4-0-32-2

19:53 (IST)

BOWLED!

Well bowled! Slower delivery from Shikha Pandey. Harris slogs and misses as she plays slightly early. The ball goes on to hit the middle stump. Harris gone for 7 runs

Harris b Shikha 7 (4)

19:51 (IST)

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FOUR! Grace Harris is the new batter in for Australia and she quickly gets into the act. Slower one from Shikha, Harris slogs and miscues it for a four towards square leg

19:48 (IST)

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BOWLED!

Ashleigh Gardner is bowled by Deepti Sharma for 31 runs from 18 balls. Yorker, arm ball and it has taken the off stump. Brilliant knock from Gardner to take the tempo up for Australia

Gardner b Deepti 31 (18)

19:44 (IST)

FOUR! FOUR! This is dreadful for a team that had reached the previous T20 World Cup final. It is miserable for a team in the T20 World Cup semi-final. Low full toss from Renuka Thakur. Gardner sees the fine leg in and glances it past the fielder for four

Next ball, it has been muscled past wide long-off

19:41 (IST)

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FOUR! FOUR! India are bleeding runs now. Radha Yadav bowls. Gardner pulls one for four. Next ball, Gardner has thumped it and beaten the fielder

19:39 (IST)

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After 15 overs,Australia Women 113/2 ( Meg Lanning (C) 23 , Ashleigh Gardner 8)

Sneh Rana had conceded 19 runs from 3 overs. She goes for 14 runs now and her bowling figures are spoilt with that poor over

19:38 (IST)

FOUR MORE! Third of the over. Short and outside off stump by Rana, Meg Lanning cuts and breaches the gap between cover and point

19:37 (IST)

Four runs for Ashleigh Gardner. Another poor ball from Rana. Gardner helps it fine and beats the short fine leg fielder

19:35 (IST)

FOUR! Full delivery by Sneh Rana, Meg Lanning sweeps behind square. Fine leg is in and it's an easy shot to collect a boundary

19:34 (IST)

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After 14 overs,Australia Women 99/2 ( Meg Lanning (C) 14 , Ashleigh Gardner 3)

Five runs from consecutive overs to arrest the easy flow of runs for Australia. In the past couple of overs, India's drop in fielding effort is hurting them. May hurt them in the grand scheme of things

19:27 (IST)

BETH MOONEY DEPARTS!

Beth Mooney has to walk. Slashed by Mooney, it goes into the air towards Shafali Verma. She had dropped her on 32 runs and now redeems it with this catch. Throws the ball away in equal part relief and frustration. Huge wicket but has that already hurt India

Mooney c Shafali b Shikha Pandey 54 (37)

19:24 (IST)

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FIFTY FOR BETH MOONEY!

WHAT A SHOT! Cracking shot! Full delivery and it has been scooped over short third man. 50 runs for Mooney

19:23 (IST)

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Shikha Pandey into the attack. Goes for the wide yorker, Beth Mooney reaches out to it and squeezes past backward point for a four

19:21 (IST)

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Mooney uses her feet to get to the pitch of the ball by Sneh Rana. Lofted drive, neat flow of the bat, goes over cover to beat deep cover and long-off

19:19 (IST)

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After 10 overs,Australia Women 69/1 ( Beth Mooney 37 , Meg Lanning (C) 5)

At the halfway stage, Australia are 69/1 with Mooney on 37 and Lanning on 5. Lanning has been dropped by Richa Ghosh, Mooney by Shafali

19:15 (IST)

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FOUR! DROPPED! Thas has to hurt. That's a simple take at this level. Shafali has let the chance go at the boundary rope. Mooney hops out of the crease and mistimes the loft off the edge, went the distance, nice height for the fielder at long on Shafali couldn't hold on. Four an insult to injury

19:13 (IST)

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Too much loop from Radha Yadav to Mooney who makes full use of it. Goes down the wicket, meets the ball on the full and thumps it over mid-wicket

19:12 (IST)

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DROPPED! Sneh Rana, comes in for Pooja Vastrakar, into the attack. She could have been rewarded on the second ball but for Richa Ghosh. Quick delivery just outside off, Meg Lanning looks to play it into the off-side and gets a thin edge. Richa Ghosh gets her gloves behind but couldn't hold on

19:05 (IST)

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STUMPED!

Alyssa Healy comes down the track, swings and misses completely. Australia's big game player departs for 25 runs from 26 balls. Full and wide of off stump by Radha Yadav, the ball stays low and beats Healy on the under edge. Simple task for Richa Ghosh

Healy st Ghosh b Radha Yadav 25 (26)

19:03 (IST)

Left arm spinner Radha Yadav comes into the attack for India. Immediately she is hit for a boundary by Mooney and it brings up the 50-run partnership for the Aussies at the top. Neatly nails the cut in the gap wide of extra cover

19:01 (IST)

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After 7 overs,Australia Women 47/0 ( Alyssa Healy (W) 25 , Beth Mooney 21)

Four runs from the Shikha Pandey over - first after the Powerplay. Singles around the park for the Aussie openers Healy and Mooney. At the break after the over, Harmanpreet going out for some fluids. 

18:57 (IST)

First six of the match comes from Beth Mooney's bat. She comes down the track to Deepti, clearly done with the defensive cricket so far, and thumps it over wide long-off for a six. Lands just over the boundary rope

18:55 (IST)

IND W vs AUS W Live

India have reviewed for a lbw on Healy with just 3 seconds left on the DRS timer. Good shout by India as Healy looks to sweep the Deepti Sharma delivery but doesn't connect. UltraEdge, however, confirms there was a glove on it. The decision by the on-field umpire stands. India lose their review

18:53 (IST)

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Brilliant fielding from Jemimah Rodrigues to deny Australia a certain boundary. Shikha Pandey comes into the attack for India, replacing Renuka Thakur. Third ball of the over, she bowls it full and is flicked to the right of deep square. Jemimah with brilliant fielding to keep it down to two runs

18:47 (IST)

After 4 overs,Australia Women 26/0 ( Alyssa Healy (W) 19 , Beth Mooney 7)

Much better over from Deepti Sharma after a dreadful start. She bowled slow and was easily thrashed for a boundary. On the third ball, she kept it flat to beat Healy who had looked to reverse sweep

18:44 (IST)

WHACK! FOUR! Poor delivery from Deepti Sharma. Alyssa Healy comes down the track and thumps the short and slow delivery to the left of the the mid-off fielder. Harmanpreet Kaur has a chat with the bowler after that ball

18:43 (IST)

After 3 overs,Australia Women 21/0 ( Alyssa Healy (W) 14 , Beth Mooney 7)

Seven runs from the Renuka Thakur over. She went for a four on the first ball and did well to alter her line and length after it. Both players resorting to singles

18:40 (IST)

Renuka Thakur returns. Healy on strike and she comes down the pitch, connects with the ball on a fuller length and sends it over mid-on for a four

18:39 (IST)

Deepti Sharma bowls the second over of the innings. On the last ball of the over, she drops the ball short, outside off, Beth Mooney cuts in the gap between short third and backward point. 8 runs from the over

18:35 (IST)

After 1 overs,Australia Women 6/0 ( Alyssa Healy (W) 6 , Beth Mooney 0)

A boundary to open the match for Australia with Alyssa Healy playing a neat drive into the off side. She picked a double on the second-last ball of the over. Mooney will take strike in the next over

18:33 (IST)

First ball, FOUR! Alyssa Healy is up and running on the very first ball. She gets a full delivery with a hint of inswing, opens the face of the bat and nails the drive to the left of sweeper cover. Jemimah Rodrigues with a dive to try and prevent it from crossing the rope but it goes in vain

18:31 (IST)

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Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney are at the crease to open for Australia. Renuka Thakur Singh has the ball for India. Go!

18:28 (IST)

Pre-match talk: Renuka Thakur Singh and Tahila McGrath

"England and Australia are my favourite teams to play against as I my confidence and approach take a different route when playing against such competitive teams," Renuka Thakur Singh on enjoying the occasion of a big game.

"I have been facing Darcie (Brown) since she is 14 and I'm still terrified of facing her. She just makes me look silly in the nets," Tahila McGrath about Australia's fast-growing pace sensation.

18:22 (IST)

Harmanpreet Kaur at the toss

Pooja (Vastrakar) is unwell, so Sneh (Rana) is replacing her. One more change is there. In place of Raja (Rajeshwari Gayakwad), Radha (Yadav) is in. I had a fever, but now I'm fine. One thing that we have been discussing throughout the tournament that we have to bat well that's why we added one more batter. One more change: Yastika (Bhatia) comes in for Devika (Vaidya).

18:19 (IST)

Speaking of the pitch, here's the pitch report

It's a fresh pitch and the dimensions are short on one side of the ground. This is the same pitch that will be used for tomorrow as well. It's a nice, healthy green patch and it's in the line of middle and off-stump. The batters would target the shorter boundaries.

18:17 (IST)

Richa Ghosh on facing Australia

"We don’t know how the pitch will behave tomorrow but it looks nice. We can target 180 on this if all our batters click and while bowling we will try to restrict them to 140-150 because they have a good batting line up.”

“Australia is comfortable chasing because they bat deep, we do too, but toss is not in anyone’s hand. So whatever the situation, we will have to go through with it. We have plans.”

“Australia are beatable, in the our last series we beat them and we have also done it before. They are a strong team but we can beat them.”

18:11 (IST)

Australia XI

Australia's playing XI: Alyssa Healy(w), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning(c), Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown

18:09 (IST)

India XI

Harmanpreet Kaur is fit to lead India after running high fever earlier. She has passed the fitness test today.

India XI: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Yastika Bhatia, Sneh Rana, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur Singh

18:07 (IST)

Newlands looks pretty great, doesn't it?

Hello and welcome to Newlands, Cape Town.

The stage is set for our semi-final against Australia.#INDvAUS #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/nyJcqtzVCa— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) February 23, 2023

18:06 (IST)

TOSS!

Australia have won the toss and opted to bat against India

18:03 (IST)

What India need to do to beat Australia?

It is a massive task ahead for India against Australia. They need to be on the money on all factors (and even then it may not be enough). We take a look at the aspects that could make all the difference. [Read: A detailed look]

17:43 (IST)

Head-to-head

Australia beat India in the previous T20 World Cup final, by 85 runs, at home and more recently at the Commonwealth Games gold medal match in Birmingham last year.

In total, they've played each other 30 times. Australia have won 22, India 7, No Result 1.

In the last 10: Australia 8, India 1.

In T20 World Cups: Australia 3, India 2