Australia women's team has defeated New Zealand in the Women's T20 World Cup being played in Dubai. With this, Australia has remained on top in the group by winning both its first matches. New Zealand has suffered a huge loss after suffering a crushing defeat by 60 runs. The New Zealand team has come to third place in the points table.

Great start for Australia

In this match played in Sharjah, Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, Australia had a good start. Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney made a partnership of 41 runs for the first wicket. In which Healy scored 26 runs. After this, Mooney along with Elise Perry added 45 runs for the second wicket and Mooney was out on the score of 86. Mooney scored 40 runs.

After this Perry and Lichfield tried to handle the innings. But as soon as Perry was out on the score of 109, no batsman could last long. Perry scored 30 runs. Whereas Lichfield contributed 18 runs. With this, the team's score reached 148 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. While bowling for New Zealand, Rosemary Mayer took 2 wickets for 22 runs, Brook Halliday took 2 wickets for 16 runs and Amelia Kar took 4 wickets for 26 runs.

New Zealand team scattered while chasing the target

The New Zealand team that came to chase this target completely disintegrated and was reduced to 88 runs. In which Suzie Bates scored 20, Amelia Karr scored 29 and Lia Tahuhu scored 11 runs. Apart from this, no other batsman could provide support and New Zealand had to face defeat by 60 runs. Australia bowled brilliantly, with Megan Schutt taking 3 wickets, Sophie Molineau taking 2, Sutherland taking 3, Wareham taking 1 and McGrath taking 1 wicket, defeating New Zealand cheaply.

Indian team's expectations increased

The Indian team, which suffered a crushing defeat in the first match, came back and won the second match. India achieved its first victory by defeating Pakistan. Whereas New Zealand's defeat has opened all the doors for the Indian team to reach the semi-finals. If the Indian team wins with a good run rate on October 9, then the chances of going further will increase.