Australian cricketer Alyssa Healy missed out on the Group A ICC T20 Women’s World Cup 2024 fixture against India due to an injury.
The 34-year-old was pictured arriving at the game in crutches ahead of the highly charged encounter at the Sharjah International Stadium.
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Australian skipper Tahlia McGrath opted to bat first after winning the toss as the Aussies opened the innings with Grace Harris and Beth Mooney.
Indian seamer Renuka Thakur dismissed Mooney for 2 runs off 7 deliveries, before doubling down on her wicket tally in the very next delivery with the scalp of Georgia Wareham for a golden duck.
McGrath added 32 runs off 26 balls before falling prey to Radha Yadav, who came in as a last-minute replacement for Asha Sobhana after the latter sustained a knee injury during the warm-up ahead of the fixture. Harris was dismissed for 40 off 41 by Deepthi Sharma.
Ashleigh Gardner made a run-a-ball-six-runs before being sent back to the hut by Pooja Vastrakar, before Ellyse Perry was removed by Deepthi after adding 32 runs off 23 balls.
Annabel Sutherland fell to Shreyanka Patil for 10 runs off 6 balls, before Sophie Molineux was run out by Jemimah Rodrigues in the penultimate delivery of the over.
Phoebe Litchfield remained unbeaten at 15 off 9 as Australia made 151 for the loss of 8 wickets.
Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana opened the chase for India before the former was dismissed by Gardner for 20 runs off 13 deliveries. Mandhana was sent back for 6 off 12 by Molineux.
Rodrigues added 16 runs before Megan Schutt scalped the Indian youngster.
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