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The Times of India
The Times of India
Sport
Gaurav Gupta | TNN

CWG 2022: A finisher needed for Indian women's cricket team

After Sunday's heart-breaking defeat to Australia in the gold medal match of the Women's T20 competition of the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and coach Ramesh Powar would do well to advertise for a finisher in the mould of MS Dhoni.

On Sunday, India had bowled, fielded and batted extremely well to put themselves in the driver's seat against the mighty Aussies. However, poised for a win when Harmanpreet Kaur (65) and Jemimah Rodrigues were going great guns in their 96-run partnership that took them to 118 for two in the 15th over chasing 162, India, needing just 44 off 33 balls, self-destructed in spectacular fashion, losing eight wickets for 34 runs in 30 balls to crash to 152 all out.

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