Punam Raut And Harmanpreet Kaur played great knocks in vain as the India Eves faltered in the big game. Mithali Raj's side lost in the final of the the Women's World Cup.
Chasing 229 to win, they lost to hosts England by 9 runs at Lord's.
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Raut (86) and Harmanpreet (51) put on 95 runs for for the 3rd wicket after Smriti Mandhana and Mithali fell cheaply to leave India at 43/2. They were cruising at 138/2 and at 191/3 it seemed they would go over the line easily. But the middle and lower order faltered as they collapsed to 219 all out.
This is the second India have lost in the final. Earlier they had finished runners up in 2005.
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Earlier, Jhulan Goswami's 3/23 helped India restrict England to 228/7. This was after they were cruising at 146/3 in the 33rd over.
India had earlier defeated England in the group stage. This is England's 4th title.?
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Mithali's girls had started the tournament with 4 big wins on the trot. Two losses against South Africa and Australia set them back, but they went on to beat New Zealand and enter the semis. They defeated the Aussies to set up a date with England in the final.