North India Statesman
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News India Live, Digital Desk: When you are the best team in the world and are considered almost invincible, the taste of defeat is very difficult to digest. And if that defeat is ‘historic’, it hurts even more. Something similar happened to the captain of the Australian women’s cricket team Alyssa Healy With. After losing the biggest run chase in the history of women’s ODI cricket against India, she looked so disappointed and frustrated that she said something after the match, which was… Retirement from ODI cricket Is being seen as a sign of.
India set a new world record by successfully achieving the huge target of 283 runs given by Australia. This defeat was like a nightmare for the Australian team. When captain Alyssa Healy came to the press conference after the match, disappointment was clearly visible on her face.
“Now I may not come back to India…”
Talking about his team’s performance, Healy said, “To be honest, it is very difficult to digest… after scoring 280, you feel that you are far ahead in the match, but they (India) played better than us.”
But what he said after this surprised everyone. Referring to the next tour of India, Healy said, “I personally won’t be coming back here on my next visit, that’s almost certain.”
This sentence may sound simple, but in cricket circles it is being seen as a clear indication of Healy’s retirement from the 50-over format. Healy can continue playing Test and T20 cricket, but his statement indicates that he may say goodbye to this format even before the ODI World Cup.
Did defeat break your courage?
Alyssa Healy, who is the niece of legendary wicketkeeper Ian Healy and wife of fast bowler Mitchell Starc, has been one of the most aggressive and successful players in women’s cricket. He himself played a brilliant inning of 82 runs in this match. But Jemimah Rodrigues’ century and Richa Ghosh’s stormy innings ruined their hard work.
Disappointed with the defeat, Healy also vented out his anger on his bowlers and said, “Our bowlers disappointed. We did not bowl well.”
Although Healy has not yet made any official announcement of retirement, his statement has given rise to a new debate in Australian cricket. Was this one defeat at the hands of India so heavy that the Australian captain was forced to think about his future? Only time will answer this, but it is certain that this historic victory of India has given a deep wound to the world champion Australia.
