CWG 2022 / 4 main reasons for India Womens defeat Gold Medal Match

CWG 2022 | The Indian women's cricket team suffered a 9-run defeat at the hands of Australia in the final of the Commonwealth Games 2022 on Sunday night. With this defeat, the historic gold medal slipped from India's hands and the team had to be content with silver. Batting first, Australia had given a target of 162 runs to India, but the entire Indian team was bundled out for 152 runs. In this match, neither did the bowlers show that sharpness nor did the batting show the edge, let's take a look at the 5 main reasons for the defeat of Team India-

Did not show sharpness in bowling

In the Commonwealth Games, Indian fast bowler Renuka Singh has already made a mark from the very first match. He was expected to perform well in the final match as well. Renuka gave Australia the first blow by dismissing Alyssa Healy in the third over. But after that India did not get any wicket till 8 overs. Renuka had bowled her first spell of three overs in search of a wicket, but due to lack of help from the other end, India could not put pressure on Australia. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur also bowled when all the bowlers were failing, but she conceded 17 runs in her only over. On the other hand, Meghna Singh did not get the third over to bowl despite spending 11 runs in 2 overs.

Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma failed

Everyone was expecting from the Indian opening pair in the final match, everyone was hoping that this pair would show a wonderful game in the big match, but it did not happen. India lost Mandhana and Shefali on the score of 22. In the beginning, both the players played some brilliant shots but in an effort to score fast, Smriti Mandhana got out for 6 and Shefali Verma scored 11 runs.

Wickets lost in bunches after Jemima's dismissal

After the dismissal of both the openers, Jemima Rodrigues (33) along with captain Harmanpreet Kaur (65) put the match in India's grip with a 96-run partnership for the third wicket. When Jemima was out on the third ball of the 15th over, India needed 44 runs, but after that Team India lost such wickets in bunches that the team could not handle. After the dismissal of Jemima, India lost the next 7 wickets for 34 runs, with captain Harmanpreet Kaur taking the biggest wicket.

India could not bear the pressure of the final

In a big match, when wickets are falling in chaos during the run chase, it is clear that the team is unable to bear the pressure. Something similar happened with India in the final match as well. Three Indian players were run out in an attempt to steal a run each in a close match. The names of Sneh Rana, Radha Yadav and Meghna Singh are included in these run outs. However, here credit should also be given to the Australian team, who came back through excellent bowling and fielding in a slippery match and put India under pressure and forced them to make mistakes.