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==India beat Australia, entered -finals==
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''Scores 83 As Women Beat Oz, Top Group''

In a commanding performance which outlined their ambition to go all the way in the ICC Women’s World T20, India’s women beat fancied Australia by 48 runs on Saturday in their last league game to top their group with 8 points.

India were propelled by opener Smriti Mandhana’s career-best 83, which took the team to a strong 167/8 batting first, before the spinners put a stranglehold on the Australian batswomen, who managed only 119 in reply.

Off-spinners Anuja Patil (3/15) and Deepti Sharma (2/24), leggie Poonam Yadav (2/28) and left-arm spinner Radha Yadav (2/13) were instrumental in choking the free-flowing Aussies, who were hampered by a concussion injury to wicketkeeper-batswoman Alyssa Healy, who was declared ‘absent hurt’. Healy was injured after an unfortunate collision with Megan Schutt as both went for a catch following a miscued hit by Reddy. Healy then left the field as Beth Mooney took over her duties.

India’s wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia also impressed, effecting three stumpings.

Earlier, Mandhana blasted nine fours and three sixes in her 55-ball 83-run innings. She also became the second-fastest Indian woman to compete 1000 runs in T20 Internationals after Mithali Raj.

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur too produced a strokeful 27-ball 43, studded with three sixes and as many fours, to share a 68-run partnership for the third wicket with Mandhana.

Mandhana gave India a good start after her fellow opening batsman Taniya Bhatia (2) was dismissed in the second over, being caught by Meg Lanning at midwicket off Ashleigh Gardner’s ball. Mandhana then stepped up and picked up a boundary each in the next two overs to keep the score ticking.