Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav bowled India to an upset 17-run win over defending champions Australia in the opening game of the women’s Twenty2...
Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav bowled India to an upset 17-run win over defending champions Australia in the opening game of the women’s Twenty20 World Cup in Sydney on Friday.
India were restricted to 132/4 off their 20 overs and a half-century from Australian opener Alyssa Healy appeared to have put the home team on track for victory.
But the dangerous Yadav took 4-19 to halt their momentum, with Australia all out for 115 with one ball to spare.
Harmanpreet, how proud are you of your team after that performance? Australia were 60 for 2 chasing 130. Did you still believe you could win the game at that point?
HARMANPREET KAUR: Yes, definitely. We do have very good spinners who can always turn the game for us, and that’s what we were discussing. Sometimes it doesn’t happen when other teams get a partnership, but once you get one wicket then you can always turn the game for you, and that’s what exactly happened. Poonam did a great job for us, and I think credit goes to our bowlers. They trust themselves and won the game for us.
Just a word on Poonam. You held her back until I think it was about the ninth. Was that always going to be a tactic to try...
