India win silver at Commonwealth Games 2022: A billion hearts break on Sunday as mighty Australia women's cricket team beat India to win gold in cricket T20 event at Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. Australia yet again proved why they are one the best teams ever in international cricket. Australia women's cricket team are the defending T20 World Cup winners, current One-Day-Internationals World Cup champions, and current Gold Medalist in Commonwealth Games.
For India, tonight was all about handling pressure in crucial moments. India was cruising toward their target but Australian bowlers took some quick wickets in the death overs to break India's momentum, after which they were not able to recover. Harmanpret Kaur-led India finished their CWG 2022 campaign with a silver medal win in the Cricket T20 event.
Batting first, Australia scored 161/8 in the final played at Edgbaston ground on Sunday. In reply, the Indian team could only score 152 runs in 19.3 overs. India lost the gold medal match by just 9 runs.
Just when it seemed India would easily chase the target, they came under pressure due to losing quick wickets. India had to score 17 runs in the last two overs with four wickets remaining to win the gold medal, but the team could only score 152 runs in 19.3 overs. Australia took the last five Indian wickets within 13 runs. Spinner Ashleigh Gardner was the pick of Australian bowlers, taking 3 wickets for 16 runs.
Commonwealth Games 2022 cricket medal winners:
GOLD: Australia women
SILVER: India women
BRONZE: New Zealand women