Cape Town, Feb 23 (UNI) Australia are through to the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup after beating India in a thriller at Newlands. A first-innings total of 172/4 proved just marginally out of India’s reach, despite a terrific middle-order effort that took the game right down to the final few deliveries. And with Kaur removed, there was just too much work to do for the lower order, as Australia finished strongly to win by five runs. At 92/2 in the 13th over, Australia would have been confident of pushing on to a big score. But Deepti Sharma cleaned up Gardner and Shikha Pandey removed the dangerous Grace Harris for 7 as India kept things tight going into the final over.
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