Former captain Babar Azam was dropped from Pakistan's Test squad alongside star pacers Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi while India suffered a close defeat to Australia in the Women's T20 World Cup and stand on the brink of elimination. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on October 14.
It was another disappointing outing for the Indian women's team in the T20 series decider against Australia on Tuesday, January 9 as despite a solid start in the powerplay the middle-order failure came to haunt them back yet again. Australia chased down 148 runs comfortably to win the series 2-1.
Indian women's cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur was on the receiving end after naming Shreyanka Patil while elaborating on where India lost the second T20I against Australia in Navi Mumbai. India could score just 130 runs with the bat and Australia chased them down in just 19 overs.
Australia proved to be too good on the day as they levelled the three-match T20 series against the Indian women's cricket team with a six-wicket win in the second game in Navi Mumbai. India's batting faltered on Sunday, January 7 as the Women in Blue scored 130/8 in their 20 overs.
IND-W vs AUS-W: India came agonisingly close to Australia's 258-run total but fell short by 3 runs at the end. Richa Ghosh played a brilliant knock of 96 and Deepti Sharma registered a record-breaking fifer in India's narrow defeat.
IND-W vs AUS-W: Sneh Rana had a collision with Pooja Vastrakar in the India vs Australia 2nd ODI in Mumbai. She went off the field but returned to bowl her overs. However, Harleen Deol comes in for Rana on the grounds of a concussion substitute.
Australia made short work of a 283-run chase by getting home with 21 balls remaining after half-centuries from Ellyse Perry, Phoebe Litchfield and Tahlia McGrath against India in the first ODI of the three-match series. Australia took a 1-0 lead as Jemimah Rodrigues' fantastic innings went in vain.
IND W vs AUS W: Harmanpreet Kaur's India will take on Australia women in a three-match ODI series from December 28 onwards. The series will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. India recently defeated Australia women in a one-off Test match.
India find themselves in a position of strength after two days of Test cricket in the one-off match against Australia. With a 157-run lead and two days still remaining, the hosts will hope to bat Australia out of the game on Day 3 with Deepti Sharma unbeaten on 70.
After winning the Test against England, the Indian women's cricket team continued their performance against Australia at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium as they had the visitors bowled out for 219 on Day 1 and then scored 98 runs for the loss of just one wicket. India will be keen to get a massive lead.
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