As Amanjot Kaur struck the winning boundary to seal the five-wicket victory for India over the reigning champions Australia in the second semifinal of the ICC Women’s World Cup in Navi Mumbai, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was first to race out of the dugout to embrace Hemimah Rodrigues, who hammered a majestic and memorable century to make the win possible.

Harmanpreet herself had scored a run-a-ball 89 and shared a 167-run partnership with Jemimah as India aced the biggest chase in Women’s World Cup history. Chasing Australia 338 all out build on a century by Phoebe Litchfield (117) and half-centuries by Ellyse Perry (77) and Ashleigh Gardner (63), India reached 341/5 in 48.3 overs thanks to Rodrigues’ sensational innings, Harmanpreet’s blazing 89 and cameos by Deepti Sharma and Richa Ghosh to script a memorable victory and set a summit clash with South Africa on Sunday.

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The India captain said she was extremely proud of her team’s performance and said it was the outcome of six months of hard work on the part of the team and coaching staff led by Amol Muzumdar.

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“Very proud. I don’t have words to express........

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