• Australia defeated India in a thrilling contest at the Women's World Cup 2022.

  • Australia also booked a place in the semi-finals of the multi-team tournament.

Women’s World Cup: Meg Lanning, Alyssa Healy power Australia to a record win over India – Twitter reactions
Australia beat India in Women's World Cup 2022 (Image Source: Twitter)

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Meg Lanning, Alyssa Healy shined with the willow for Australia during their thrilling six wickets win over India in the 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup on Saturday.

The Aussies successfully chased down the massive target of 288 runs and smashed their own record of the highest successful chase in Women’s World Cup fixtures. Previously, Australia had completed a chase of 258 against Sri Lanka in 2017.

Australian captain Lanning led from the front and played a splendid knock of 97 (107) with the help of 13 boundaries. Similarly, opener Healy contributed with 72 runs from 65 deliveries, including nine fours.

With the fifth straight win in the competition, Australia have now qualified for the semi-final of the ongoing multi-team tournament.

Earlier, fighting knocks from captain Mithali Raj, batter Yastika Bhatia and power-striker Harmanpreet Kaur helped India in posting 277/7 on the board in their allotted 50 overs. Indian skipper Mithali scored 68 while Yastika made 59. Likewise, Harmanpreet went on to smash an unbeaten 57. Down the order, Pooja Vastrakar chipped in with a quickfire 34 to take India to a competitive total.

For the Aussies, Darcie Brown was the pick of the bowlers, taking a three-wicket haul for 30 runs in eight overs. Similarly, Alana King bagged two scalps for 52 runs in her quota of 10 overs.

“I think it was good to contribute personally, disappointing to miss out on scores in the last couple of games, but I have trained hard at the nets. It (the ball) came on nicely, not much turn, and you could play your shots on this surface. We have different game plans (on batting with Ellyse Perry), she’s very calm, it’s nice to have someone who’s very comfortable at her game. I just had to trust my hands and play through the line of the ball (on her drives),” said Lanning after the match.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

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