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- India 132-4; Australia 115 (19.5 overs) | India win by 17 runs
- Poonam Yadav (4-19) sparks Australian collapse in Sydney
India stunned Australia by 17 runs to leave the hosts’ Twenty20 World Cup title defence hanging by a thread after the opening night, as Alyssa Healy’s return to form was immaterial.
In front of a record Australian crowd of 13,432 for a stand-alone women’s match, the hosts lost 4-15 midway through their innings to slump to the shock defeat on Friday.
Written by Australian Associated Press
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/21/australia-india-womens-twenty20-world-cup-match-report under the title “Australia bamboozled by Poonam Yadav as India cause upset in T20 World Cup opener”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
