Chasing a world record target of 331 , Australia needed 126 off 108 balls at the required rate of exactly 7 runs an over. At that point, with 9 overs left between her three main spinners, Harmanpreet Kaur needed to figure out how to find nine overs from pacers Amanjot Kaur and Kranti Gaud, with herself as the sixth bowling option.

The win predictor was 53 percent in India’s favour then after they had managed to remove Beth Mooney and Annabel Sutherland in quick succession.

The Indian captain decided to roll the dice. Over No.33 went to Kranti, and the next one to Amanjot. Alyssa Healy immediately knew what to do. She went after the pacers, hitting a boundary in each of their overs, which went for a combined 22 runs.

It is what the Australian captain did masterfully all night during he

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