Birmingham, August 7 (UNI) Beth Mooney's 61 off 41 helped Australia post 161 for 8 against India in the Women's CWG T20 finals here on Sunday.
Australia failed to get a good start as Alyssa Healy (7) left early, but Mooney and Captain Meg Lanning (36 off 26) had a splendid stand of 74 runs for second wicket.
But soon, Radha Yadav turned the tables against the Australians with her exhilarating fielding. She first ran out Lanning and latched on to a sensational catch to send back Tahlia McGrath (2).
Deepti Sharma also joined the party with Radha after she also pulled off an absolute beauty to give marching orders to Mooney and Smriti Mandhana too nailed a direct hit in the death overs.
The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side entered the final after defeating England by a narrow margin of four runs, while Australia registered a five-wicket win over New Zealand to advance to the final.
India will be pretty pleased with their effort with the ball, but their batting lineup will need to put up a special performance if they are to win the final against Australia, who are unbeaten in the tournament so far.
They won all their three games played in Group A before beating New Zealand in the semifinal.
Australia had also defeated India in the group stage by registering a three-wicket win in a closely contested game.
However, an interesting chase is on cards.
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