Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Top run-getters and wicket-takers after India vs Australia match (Updated) ft. Harmanpreet Kaur & Ellyse Perry

India locked horns with Australia in the 18th match of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sunday, October 13.

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. They lost Beth Mooney (2) and Georgia Wareham (0) in the third over, bowled by Renuka Singh. Opening batter Grace Harris (40) and Tahlia McGrath (32) stitched a 62-run partnership for the third wicket.

Later, Ellyse Perry (32) and Phoebe Litchfield (15*) took their team's total to 151/8. Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh picked up two wickets while Shreyanka Patil, Pooja Vastrakar, and Radha Yadhav took one apiece.

In reply, India also lost two wickets inside the powerplay, in the form of Shafali Verma (20) and Smriti Mandhan(6). However, Jemimah Rodriguez (16) and Harmanpreet Kaur brought some balance in the middle.

Despite Harmanpreet’s unbeaten 54, Australia closed out the game in the final over as they dismissed four batters, including two run-outs. The Aussies secured a nine-run win and confirmed their place in the tournament semi-finals.

Annabel Sutherland and Sophie Molineux claimed two wickets while Ashleigh Gardner and Megan Schutt took one apiece.

On that note, let’s take a look at the top run-getters and wicket-takers after the India vs Australia match.

Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Most Runs

No.	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1	T Brits (SA-W)	4	4	1	155	57*	51.66	147	105.44	-	1	-	17	1
2	H Kaur (IND-W)	4	4	3	150	54*	150	112	133.92	-	2	-	17	1
3	L Wolvaardt (SA-W)	4	4	1	148	59*	49.33	133	111.27	-	1	-	16	1
4	DN Wyatt (ENG-W)	3	3	1	135	51*	67.5	109	123.85	-	1	-	16	0
5	S Mostary (BAN-W)	4	4	-	134	44	33.5	151	88.74	-	-	-	9	1
6	Nigar Sultana (BAN-W)	4	4	1	104	39	34.66	120	86.66	-	-	-	9	0
7	EA Perry (AUS-W)	4	4	1	101	32	33.66	85	118.82	-	-	-	10	2
8	BL Mooney (AUS-W)	4	4	1	100	43*	33.33	92	108.69	-	-	-	9	0
9	Shafali Verma (IND-W)	4	4	-	97	43	24.25	92	105.43	-	-	-	9	1
10	ME Bouchier (ENG-W)	3	3	1	93	62*	46.5	72	129.16	-	1	-	16	0

Tazmin Brits (155) retained her top spot while Harmanpreet Kaur (150) moved from seventh to second position after scoring an unbeaten half-century in the previous game. Meanwhile, Laura Wolvaardt (148), Danni Wyatt (135), Sobhana Mostary (134), and Nigar Sultana (104) slipped to the following four positions, respectively.

Ellyse Perry (101) scored 32 runs and moved to the seventh position while Beth Mooney dropped from sixth to eighth with 100 runs. Shafali Verma claimed the ninth position with 97 runs while Maia Bouchier (93) occupies the 10th spot.

Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Most Wickets

No.	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	N Mlaba (SA-W)	4	4	96	16	-	74	9	4/29	1/7	4.62	10.66	1	-
2	M Schutt (AUS-W)	4	4	86	14.2	2	47	8	3/3	1/4	3.27	10.75	-	-
3	AC Kerr (NZ-W)	3	3	72	12	-	58	7	4/26	1/7	4.83	10.28	1	-
4	A Sutherland (AUS-W)	4	4	83	13.5	1	66	7	3/21	1/8	4.77	11.85	-	-
5	S Molineux (AUS-W)	4	4	96	16	-	86	7	2/15	1/11	5.37	13.71	-	-
6	A Reddy (IND-W)	4	4	90	15	-	90	7	3/19	1/11	6	12.85	-	-
7	Renuka Singh (IND-W)	4	4	96	16	-	90	7	2/16	1/11	5.62	13.71	-	-
8	RA Mair (NZ-W)	3	3	72	12	-	58	6	4/19	1/8	4.83	12	1	-
9	A Gardner (AUS-W)	4	4	90	15	1	89	6	4/21	1/13	5.93	15	1	-
10	Sadia Iqbal (PAK-W)	3	3	66	11	-	57	5	3/17	1/10	5.18	13.2	-	-

Nonkululeko Mlaba is currently the highest wicket-taker in the tournament with nine wickets. Megan Schutt (8) and Amelia Kerr (7) occupy the next two spots. Annabel Sutherland and Sophie Molineux took two wickets and moved to the fourth and fifth spots, respectively.

Meanwhile, Arundhati Reddy dropped to sixth and Renuka Singh jumped to seventh with seven wickets each. Rosemary Mair and Ashleigh Gardner moved to the next two positions with six wickets each, and Sadia Iqbal slipped to the 10th position with five wickets.

Edited by Arshit Garg