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Tahlia McGrath scored an unbeaten 42 to cross the finish line to Australia and seal the T20 series
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Tahlia McGrath scored an unbeaten 42 to take Australia to a four-wicket victory over India in a low-scoring second IT20 to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-game series.
Having been set at 119 wins, Australia stuttered in the first half of their pursuit and ended up 46-4 in the 10th and even at 94-6 in the 17th, the game was in balance but McGrath was kept his cool to get the home team on the line with five balls to lose.
India had Pooja Vastrakar to thank for making the game as competitive as it was. The 22-year-old bowler scored 37 on 26 balls and dominated a final wicket of 37 to drop the Tourists from 81-9 after 17 overs to 118-9 at the end of the innings.
In the end, this turned out to be in vain as, despite this early swing, Australia returned home in the race to win the series ahead of Sunday’s third and final T20.
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After winning the draw and choosing to play, Australia got just the start they were looking for by taking three power-play wickets, Tayla Vlaeminck (2-18) knocking out openers Smriti Mandhana (1) and Shafali Verma (3) before left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux made Jemimah Rodrigues (7) take over halfway.
Harmanpreet Kaur (28 of 20) maintained the scoreboard for India despite those early wickets, but when she fell to Georgia Wareham (1-14) in the ninth, the tracks dried up and the wickets continued to rise. fall with two exits. adding to the annoyance of visitors.
India was in serious danger of posting a total of under 100 when Molineux (2-11) beat Renuka Singh to finish 17th, but powerful shots from Vastraka in the last three overs ensured the bowlers had something to do with it. defend.
Australia recovered from Alyssa Healy (4) second ball, knocked down by a Shikha Pandey beauty who fell back and suffered no further power-play losses.
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However, three big wickets in the space of four overs brought India back into the game with the departure of Meg Lanning (15), Ashleigh Gardner (1) and Ellyse Perry (2).
McGrath joined Beth Mooney with 73 points still needed to win and just when the pair seemed to have regained control of Australia, Rajeshwari Gayakwad (3-21) left Mooney (34 of 36) in awe and then fired Nicola Carey (7) in the same manner three times later to keep India in the chase.
McGrath, who was only playing in his second IT20, remained calm throughout and with the help of Wareham (10v7) and a lackluster Indian team, put the home team back in the ascendancy.
McGrath’s back-to-back limits at the start of the 19th sealed the deal for Australia and the right-hander was left to strike Vastraka’s winning run from the first ball in the 20th.
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