Match Details
While Mandhana elected to go a little more agricultural, the right-handed Verma was playing more vertical shots. The Australian bowlers, analogous to Indian bowlers, were untidy in their stints as they vouchsafed several looseners to the Indian openers.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur, the next batter in, joined forces with Mandhana to construct a partnership of 61 runs before Kaur 21 (22) threw his wicket away at a crucial juncture. However, Mandhana kept matching on and brought up her 19th international half-century. The southpaw accumulated 79 (49), including 9 fours and 4 maximums before she edged one to her stumps.
Following Mandhana’s wicket, India kept losing wickets at regular intervals, and in the last over the women in blue required 14 runs. Megan Schutt delivered a breathtaking final over but it was Devika Vaidya’s last ball boundary that leveled the scores and lifted matters to a super over.
In the super over, India registered a mammoth total of 20 runs in 6 balls, courtesy of Mandhana’s two back-to-back boundaries and a six from Richa Ghosh in the first ball. Chasing 21, Renuka Singh dismissed Gardener in the third delivery and since then, the target was a little too much for Healy alone as Australia lost their first-ever super over in international cricket.