Though harmanpreet kaur

Though Harmanpreet Kaur: India Women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Saturday said that dropped catches were part and parcel of the game and that her players need a bit more awareness late in the chase as they went down to Australia Women by three runs at the Wankhede Stadium here.

After fighting back to restrict a strong Australian batting line-up to 258/8 in 50 overs with Phoebe Litchfield (63) and Ellyse Perry (50). Deepti Sharma claimed 5-38 in 10 overs but what impacted the Indians was the catches they dropped in field.

Though the Aussies fielders also dropped three catches, they excelled in ground fielding and bowled superbly to restrict India Women to 255/8 in 50 overs to suffer a narrow defeat and lose the three-match series 2-0.