ICC Women's World Cup 2017: 5 things that India did right in their victory against Australia

#3 The partnership between Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma

Kaur acknowledging the crowd after reaching 150

After the openers flopped, Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur had a huge task at hand. They had to resurrect India's innings and they managed to do that with success. But it came at a price. Raj was typically slow to get going while Kaur was cautious at the start and did not want to take unnecessary risks.

India's batting looked to be going nowhere with the duo in the middle scoring at a rate of below 4. But after Raj was dismissed, Deepti Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur formed a solid partnership which gave India a springboard to achieve a mammoth total of 281.

Kaur played the role of an aggressor whereas Sharma thought it was best to rotate strike and she did that with perfection. They formed a stellar partnership of 137 runs in just 81 balls which proved to be the catalyst for India's famous win. Though Kaur was unforgiving on the Aussies, it was her stand with Sharma which helped her to break the shackles and reach a record breaking score.