14 Mar : India stunned world champions Australia by 16 runs to kick off their Super Six campaign in style at the ICC Women’s World Cup cricket tournament on Saturday.
Indian openers Anagha Despandhe at 45 and Anjum Chopra at 76 gave a steady start to the visitors’ innings. A late onslaught by Amita Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur helped the Indians accumulate 73 runs in the last seven overs and take the total to a respectable 234 for five in the allotted 50 overs.
Australia started their run chase on a confident note, but the Jhulan Goswami-led Indian attack restricted the hosts to 219 for seven in their 50 overs.