ICC Women's World Cup 2017: 5 things that went wrong for India against Australia

Modified Jul 13, 2017 00:00 IST

BRISTOL, ENGLAND - JULY 12: India wicketkeeper Sushma Verma looks on as Australia batsman Meg Lanning hits out during the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 match between Australia and India at The County Ground on July 12, 2017 in Bristol, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) — Meg Lanning’s knock of 76 proved to be too good for India

#1 A bad day in the office for the spinners

BRISTOL, ENGLAND - JULY 12: India wicketkeeper Sushma Verma looks on as Australia batsman Nicole Bolton hits out during the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 match between Australia and India at The County Ground on July 12, 2017 in Bristol, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) — Indian spinners had a bad day

India have depended heavily on their spinners in the World Cup to take wickets at regular intervals and win them games. But against the experienced batting attack of Australia, the Indian spinners failed to trouble them and were taken to the cleaners.

Ekta Bisht - India's leading wicket taker was hit for three fours in her first over and she never recovered from that.

Harmanpreet Kaur could not bowl for longer spells and hence could not settle according to the wicket. Deepti Sharma was decent, to begin with, but leaked runs in her second and third spells. Australia scored 90% of their runs off the back foot which displayed how much time the batters had in facing the Indian spinners.

Poonam Yadav was the only bowler who troubled the Australians but she too was also targeted in her first spell by Meg Lanning.