Australia’s Georgia Wareham (left) and Australia´s Ashleigh Gardner rejoice after beating India within the ICC Ladies´s T20 cricket world cup 2026 sport between Australia and India, at Lord´s in London on June 28, 2026. — Reuters
India have been knocked out of the Ladies’s T20 World Cup after Australia’s Ellyse Perry and Ashleigh Gardner struck half-centuries to safe a six-wicket win at Lord’s on Sunday.
Australia maintained their flawless report within the group stage, successful all 5 matches to complete prime and advance to the semi-finals, chasing down India’s goal of 171 with an over to spare.
India had entered the match needing a victory to progress after South Africa boosted their very own qualification probabilities with a four-wicket win over Bangladesh in a low-scoring sport.
Australia suffered an early setback when opener Georgia Voll fell to the second ball of the chase, however Perry and Gardner steadied the innings with a 100-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
Perry made 56 off 38 deliveries earlier than being dismissed by Shree Charani, whereas Gardner remained unbeaten on 53 from 29 balls to information the chase dwelling.
“We obviously got to see how India bat and knew it was a good wicket and just needed a good partnership,” Perry, who was named the participant of the match, mentioned.
“Hopefully, two more big games to go. But focus will be on the semi-finals first.”
No maiden T20 World title for India
The outcome ended India’s hopes of securing their maiden Ladies’s T20 World Cup title and finishing a double after their triumph within the One-Day Worldwide World Cup final yr.
India had posted 170 for 4, powered by captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s blistering 56 off 27 balls, together with three sixes and 6 fours. Openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma offered a stable platform with a 66-run stand, however the center order struggled to keep up momentum.
Jemimah Rodrigues scored 34 off 28 balls earlier than being retired out within the closing levels, and Harmanpreet accelerated to raise India to their highest whole towards Australia in a Ladies’s T20 World Cup match, although it proved inadequate.
The defeat marked the second successive version during which India have failed to achieve the semi-finals, following their group-stage exit in 2024.
Defending champions New Zealand have been eradicated on Saturday after struggling a nine-wicket defeat by England. Australia will face West Indies within the semi-finals on Tuesday.
