The second match of the five-game series at DY Patil Sports Academy had it all as more than 400 runs were scored and the hosts snuck home after a thrilling climax that ended in a Super Over.
The batting duo carried on from where they left off in the first match and once again proved to be a menace for the Indian bowling lineup, smashing blazing unbeaten half-centuries to take Australia to a challenging total. Mooney scored 82* off 54 balls while McGrath was unbeaten on 70 from 51.
Mooney smashed the ball all over the park to register a match-winning knock of 89(57) as Australia cruised to the 172-run target with 11 balls to spare. The batter smashed an astonishing 16 boundaries in her inning.
The inaugural edition of the Women's IPL 2023 has started to create buzz among cricket lovers with the tournament considered to be the next big thing for Indian women's cricket. The Women in Blue have made a lot of progress in the past year, by winning the Women's Asia Cup 2022 for a record seventh time. India now faces Australia in a five-match T20I series that gets underway on December 9, 2022, in preparation for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Tight bowling by Indian spinners coupled with a half-century from Shafali Verma helped Women in Blue defeat Bangladesh in their Women's Asia Cup 2022 match at Sylhet on Saturday
After the match, Kaur said that the team was looking to give other batters a chance to spend time in the middle which unfortunately backfired for them and cost the game today. She also said that the total set by the Pakistani team was chaseable.
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