Gold for Australia women in commonwealth games

Australia women defeated India to clinch the gold medal in Commonwealth Games. It was a close game, which Australia won in the final over by 9 runs.

1st innings:

Australia women won the toss and opted for bat. Renuka Singh took Alyssa Healy's wicket before the brilliant partnership between Beth Mooney and captain, Meg Lanning. Mooney scored impressive 61 in 41 deliveries whereas Lanning made 36. Ashleigh Gardner and Richael Haynes played quick and crucial knocks and Australia reached on 161 in the end. Sneh Rana and Radha Yadav, both took 2 wickets each.

2nd innings:

Indian openers departed on low scores and they were in deep trouble when their captain, Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues rescued them. Harmanpreet played brilliantly and scored 65, Rodrigues made 33 but also took 33 deliveries. After them, nobody stayed for long and India got all out on 152 in the last over. Ashleigh Gardner was outstanding with the ball, she grabbed 3 wickets in 3 overs and gave just 16 runs.