Gold Coast: Puja Vastrakar gave a good power-hitting exhibition because he was extraordinary 36 did not come out of 27 balls taking India to 118 after they were shaken at 81 for nine against Australia at the International T20 here on Saturday.
Vasktrakar, unfortunately called ‘chota hardik’ by the captain of his exam Mithali Raj, has come aged as a versatile on this tour.
He hit three four and two six at the back end to ensure that India did not embarrass themselves on a good track to hit.
Despite the score below par against the southern stars, vastrakar clean hits at least give them something to fight for.
Interestingly, India was 81 for nine after the 17th and in the last three overs, tourists scored 37 with Vastrakar made everything running in the company Rajeshwari Gayakwad, who could not open his account.
After a memorable show in the first match where their batting was fearlessly praised, Indian Batters were flattered to deceive because no one saved Skipper HarmanPreet Kaur (28 off 20 balls) showed the purpose of taking the attack back to the opposition camp.
Instead, there was a batting collapse that could not be explained by the hit-pairing smriti mandhana and Shafali Verma fell to the speed of Tayla Vlaeminck (2/18).
Then, Sophie Molineux spinners (2/11 in 4 overs) and Ashleigh Gardner (1/12 in 4 overs) held the mixture during the middle overs with 27 dot balls and three nicknames, which broke the backbone of their punches.