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{{Infobox limited overs final
| title = 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final
| image = 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Melbourne Cricket Ground during the match
| event = [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]]
| team1 = [[Australia women's national cricket team|Australia]]
| team1flag = {{flagicon|AUS|size=30px}}
| team2 = [[India women's national cricket team|India]]
| team2flag = {{flagicon|IND|size=30px}}
| details = Australia won by 85 runs
| team1score = 184/4
| team1overs = 20 overs
| team2score = 99
| team2overs = 19.1 overs
| date = 8 March 2020
| stadium = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]
| city = [[Melbourne]]
| man_of_the_match = [[Alyssa Healy]] (Aus)
| umpires = [[Kim Cotton]] (NZ)<br />[[Ahsan Raza]] (Pak)
| attendance = 86,174<ref>{{cite web|first=Andrew|last=McGlashan|title=Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney, Jess Jonassen hand clinical Australia fifth T20 World Cup title|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8634/report/1173070/australia-women-vs-india-women-final-icc-womens-t20-world-cup-2019-20|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=8 March 2020|access-date=8 March 2020}}</ref>
| television =[[Star Sports]]
| previous = [[2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final|2018]]
| next = [[2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup final|2023]]
}}

The '''2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final''' was a day/night [[Women's Twenty20 International]] [[cricket]] match played on 8 March 2020 between [[Australia women's national cricket team|Australia]] and [[India women's national cricket team|India]] at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] in [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mcg-march-8-event-spectacle-australia-india-t20-world-cup-final-meaning/2020-03-06 |title=Let's dance: Aussies book their date with destiny |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> It was the culmination of the [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]], the seventh of the tournament history since it started in [[2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2009]]. Australia won the match by 85 [[run (cricket)|runs]], securing their fifth T20 World Cup title. This was the first time that India had reached the final.
[[File:Alyssa Healy playing for the Sydney Sixers.jpg|thumb|right|[[Alyssa Healy]] was player of the match for her 75 runs & in this match she reached 2,000th run in WT20Is.]]
After winning the [[toss (cricket)|toss]], Australian captain [[Meg Lanning]] elected to bat first. Her side posted 184 runs for the loss of four [[wicket#Dismissal of a batsman|wickets]] from 20 [[over (cricket)|overs]]. [[Beth Mooney]] top scored for Australia with 78 [[not out]] with her opening partner [[Alyssa Healy]] setting up the innings with 75 from 39 [[delivery (cricket)|balls]]. [[Deepti Sharma]] took two wickets for India, while [[Poonam Yadav]] and [[Radha Yadav]] took one apiece. In reply, Australia found early wickets, restricting India to 4/30 after the six-over [[Powerplay (cricket)|powerplay]]. All-rounder Sharma showed some resistance to Australia's attack, managing 33 from 25; however, the final four wickets fell for 7 runs off 13 balls, with India all out in 19.1 overs for 99 runs. [[Megan Schutt]] led the Australian bowlers with four wickets, followed by [[Jess Jonassen]] with three.<ref name="SkySports"/> Healy was named the [[Player of the Match awards (cricket)|player of the match]], and Mooney was named player of the tournament.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2020/mar/08/india-v-australia-womens-twenty20-world-cup-final-live |title=Australia beat India by 85 runs to win Women's T20 World Cup final – as it happened |work=The Guardian |author=Adam Collins |access-date=9 March 2020 |date=8 March 2020}}</ref>

==Background==
{{main|2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup}}

The 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup started on 21 February and was hosted by [[Cricket Australia|Australia]]. The ten teams that qualified for the tournament were split into two pools and played each other once in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Jolly|title=Fans' guide to the 2020 Women's T20 World Cup|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/world-t20-fans-guide-how-to-watch-listen-stream-live-scores-tickets-cmon-aussie-support/2020-02-20|work=[[Cricket Australia|cricket.com.au]]|date=20 February 2020|access-date=1 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301043706/https://www.cricket.com.au/news/world-t20-fans-guide-how-to-watch-listen-stream-live-scores-tickets-cmon-aussie-support/2020-02-20|archive-date=1 March 2020}}</ref> Both semi-final matches were scheduled to be played at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] on 5 March 2020. [[India women's national cricket team|India]], who finished the first in Pool A, were the first to make the final with their match against [[England women's cricket team|England]] being abandoned due to rain.<ref>{{cite web|first=Amy|last=Lofthouse|title=Women's T20 World Cup: England out but India into final after washout|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/51748442|work=[[BBC Sport]]|date=5 March 2020|access-date=6 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305150909/https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/51748442|archive-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> A rain-affected second-semi final saw hosts [[Australia women's national cricket team|Australia]] narrowly defeat [[South Africa women's national cricket team|South Africa]] by five runs.<ref>{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Jolly|title=Aussies beat rain, Proteas to surge into Cup final|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/australia-south-africa-t20-world-cup-semi-final-scg-sydney-match-report-weather-highlights/2020-03-05|work=cricket.com.au|date=5 March 2020|access-date=6 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306101134/https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/australia-south-africa-t20-world-cup-semi-final-scg-sydney-match-report-weather-highlights/2020-03-05|archive-date=6 March 2020}}</ref>

This was Australia's sixth consecutive Women's T20 World Cup finals appearance, dating back to [[2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2010]]<ref>{{cite news|first=Andrew|last=McMurtry|title=T20 Women's World Cup 2020: Australia defeat South Africa by five runs, India-England washed out|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/sydney-weather-threatens-aussie-world-cup-defence-as-indiaengland-game-in-doubt/news-story/6a3c11dd9b608824344d0f94bdfb8f9f|work=[[news.com.au]]|agency=[[Australian Associated Press|AAP]]|date=5 March 2020|access-date=6 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306103012/https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/sydney-weather-threatens-aussie-world-cup-defence-as-indiaengland-game-in-doubt/news-story/6a3c11dd9b608824344d0f94bdfb8f9f|archive-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> and they were seeking to become the first host team to be crowned champions since England in [[2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2009]].

In November 2019, it was announced that [[Katy Perry]] would perform both before and after the match.<ref>{{cite web|title=Katy Perry set to 'Roar' at ICC Women's T20 World Cup final on International Women's Day|url=https://www.t20worldcup.com/media-releases/1493959|work=International Cricket Council|date=12 November 2019|access-date=8 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307235100/https://www.t20worldcup.com/media-releases/1493959|archive-date=7 March 2020}}</ref> Perry performed two songs before the match, "[[Roar (song)|Roar]]" and "[[Firework (song)|Firework]]".<ref>{{cite web|first=Andrew|last=McGlashan|title=A celebration for Australia, a celebration for the women's game|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28864452/a-celebration-australia-celebration-women-game|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=8 March 2020|access-date=8 March 2020}}</ref>

==Roads to the final==

===Route to the final===
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.t20worldcup.com/fixtures/women |access-date=9 March 2020 |title=T20 World Cup Fixtures |work=International Cricket Council |archive-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113103210/https://www.t20worldcup.com/fixtures/women |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| style="width:100%;text-align:center"
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#9cf"
!colspan=2 style="width:1*"|{{crw|AUS}}
!Round
!colspan=2 style="width:1*"|{{crw|IND}}
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#c1e0ff"
|Opponent
|Result
|[[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#Group stage|Group stage]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|{{crw|IND}}
|[[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#1st match|India Women won by 17 runs]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 1
|{{crw|AUS}}
|[[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#1st match|India Women won by 17 runs]]
|-
|{{crw|SRI}}
|[[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#5th match|Australia Women won by 5 wickets]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 2
|{{crw|BAN}}
|[[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#6th match|India Women won by 18 runs]]
|-
|{{crw|BAN}}
|[[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#10th match|Australia Women won by 86 runs]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 3
|{{crw|NZL}}
|[[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#9th match|India Women won by 3 runs]]
|-
|{{crw|NZL}}
|[[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#18th match|Australia Women won by 4 runs]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 4
|{{crw|SRI}}
|[[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#14th match|India Women won by 7 wickets]]
|-
|colspan="2" style="align:center"|'''[[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#Group A|Group A]] 2nd Place'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! {{Abbr|Pos|Position}} || Team || {{Abbr|P|Played}} || {{Abbr|W|Won}} || {{Abbr|L|Lost}} || {{Abbr|T|Tied}} || {{Abbr|NR|No Result}} || {{Abbr|Pts|Points}} || {{Abbr|[[Net run rate|NRR]]|Net run rate}} || Qualification
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| '''2''' || '''{{cr|AUS}}''' || 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 ||0 || 6 || +0.971 || Advance to [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#Knockout stage|semi-finals]]
|}
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Final group standings
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|'''[[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#Group A|Group A]] 1st Place'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! {{Abbr|Pos|Position}} || Team || {{Abbr|P|Played}} || {{Abbr|W|Won}} || {{Abbr|L|Lost}} || {{Abbr|T|Tied}} || {{Abbr|NR|No Result}} || {{Abbr|Pts|Points}} || {{Abbr|[[Net run rate|NRR]]|Net run rate}} || Qualification
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| '''1''' || '''{{cr|IND}}''' || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 8 || +0.979 || Advance to [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#Knockout stage|semi-finals]]
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|}
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#c1e0ff"
|Opponent
|Result
|[[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#Knockout stage|Knockout stage]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|{{crw|RSA}}
|[[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#Semi-final 2|Australia Women won by 5 runs]] ([[Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method|DLS method]])
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Semifinals
|{{cr|ENG}}
|[[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup#Semi-final 1|Match abandoned, India Women advance to final]]
|}

===Group stage===
On 21 February, [[India]]n women's team beat defending champions [[Australia]] by 17 runs in the first match of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup played at the Sydney ground. Batting first, Indian team scored 132 runs in the loss of four wickets in 20 overs. The team of Australia could score 115 runs in 19.5 overs. For the host team, [[Alyssa Healy]] scored an innings of 51 runs with the help of six fours and a six off 35 balls. India Leg-spinner [[Poonam Yadav]] took four wickets for 19 runs in four overs.<ref>{{cite news |title=india beat Australia by 17 runs: Women's T20 World Cup opener – as it | url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2020/feb/21/australia-v-india-womens-twenty20-world-cup-opener-live|website=the guardian| date=21 February 2020| last1=Collins| first1=Adam}}</ref>

On 24 February, Indian team winning campaign continues in the Women's T20 World Cup. Indian team defeated [[Bangladesh women's national cricket team|Bangladesh]] by 18 runs in their second match. With this win, they was reached the top in Group A. Bangladesh captain [[Salma Khatun]] won the toss & chose bowling for her team. Batting first, India scored 142 in the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing the target, Bangladesh were able to score 124 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. [[Shafali Verma]] was adjudged Player of the Match. For India, [[Poonam Yadav]] took 3 wickets for 18 runs. Apart from her, [[Arundhati Reddy]] took 2 for 33, [[Shikha Pandey]] 2 for 14 and [[Rajeshwari Gayakwad]] took one wicket for 25 runs.<ref>{{cite web |title=ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 Match 6| url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/match/10998#overview|website=icc-cricket}}</ref>

On 27 February, Team India had reached the semi-finals of the World Cup after defeating [[New Zealand women's national cricket team|New Zealand]] by 3 runs. With this, Team India reached the semi-finals of the World Cup for the fourth time. Earlier, India had reached to the semi-finals in 2009, 2010 and 2018. Chasing the target of 134 runs, the Kiwi team was able to score 130 runs in the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. For India opener [[Shafali Verma]] scored a blistering 46 runs, her outstanding performance of 16-year-old Shefali won the Player of the Match award for the second time in a row. Indian team scored 133 runs in 20 overs after losing the toss against New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news |title=India vs New Zealand ICC Women's T20 World Cup Highlights: India Qualify For Semis With Win vs New Zealand| url=https://sports.ndtv.com/womens-t20-world-cup/ind-vs-nz-live-score-cricket-match-updates-2186348|newspaper=Ndtvsports.com}}</ref>

==Match==

===Match officials===
On 6 March 2020, the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC) named New Zealand's [[Kim Cotton]] and Pakistan's [[Ahsan Raza]] as the [[umpire (cricket)|on-field umpires]], with West Indian [[Gregory Brathwaite]] as the [[third umpire]], Zimbabwe's [[Langton Rusere]] as the [[fourth umpire|reserve umpire]], and [[Chris Broad (cricketer)|Chris Broad]] of England named as [[match referee]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kim Cotton, Ahsan Raza umpires for India-Australia Women's T20 World Cup final|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/sports/kim-cotton-ahsan-raza-umpires-india-australia-womens-t20-world-cup-final-1502863318.html|newspaper=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]|date=6 March 2020|access-date=6 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306105053/https://www.thestatesman.com/sports/kim-cotton-ahsan-raza-umpires-india-australia-womens-t20-world-cup-final-1502863318.html|archive-date=6 March 2020}}</ref>

===Teams===
Both teams were unchanged from their previous matches in the tournament.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/toss-and-teams-australia-india-2020-t20-world-cup-final-mcg-broadcast-final-xi-how-to-watch-scores/2020-03-08 |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=9 March 2020 |date=8 March 2020 |title=Aussies unchanged, bat first in World Cup final |author=Laura Jolly}}</ref>

===Australia innings===
The opening pairing of [[Alyssa Healy]] and [[Beth Mooney]] put on a century partnership of 115 runs before Healy was dismissed for 75. Both opening batters were dropped early in the innings. Indian youngster [[Shafali Verma]] dropped [[Alyssa Healy]] in the very first over of Australia's innings. [[Deepti Sharma]] struck in the 17th over, taking the wickets of skipper [[Meg Lanning]] for 16 and [[Ashleigh Gardner]] for 2. [[Rachael Haynes]] could only manage four runs before being dismissed in the 18th over. Mooney and [[Nicola Carey]] remained not out, moving Australia's total to 184 for 4.<ref name="SkySports"/> Mooney top-scored the innings with 78 runs, and with an overall World Cup total of 259 runs, she set the record for the most runs scored in a Women's T20 World Cup.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28864142/the-healy-mooney-show-australia-march-title |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=9 March 2020 |access-date=9 March 2020 |title=The Healy and Mooney show in Australia's march to the title |author=Bharath Seervi}}</ref>

===India innings===
Pursuing a tremendous total of 185 runs, [[India national cricket team|India]] got off to a bad start and lost four wickets inside the [[Powerplay (cricket)|powerplay]] overs.<ref>{{cite news |work=ICC |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1640711 |title=Australia lift fifth T20 World Cup title |date=8 March 2020 |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> India would never recuperate from the early blows and were bowled out for 99 runs in 19.1 overs.<ref name="SkySports">{{cite news |url=https://www.skysports.com/live-scores/cricket/india-women-v-australia-women/33487 |access-date=9 March 2020 |date=8 March 2020 |work=Sky Sports |title=Australia canter to fifth T20 World Cup title after thrashing India}}</ref>

===Match details===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = [[International Women's Day|8 March 2020]]
| time= 18:00
| daynight = Yes
| team1 = {{crw-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{crw|IND}}
| score1 = 184/4 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Beth Mooney]] 78[[not out|*]] (54)
| wickets1 = [[Deepti Sharma]] 2/38 (4 overs)
| score2 = 99 (19.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Deepti Sharma]] 33 (35)
| wickets2 = [[Megan Schutt]] 4/18 (3.1 overs)
| result = Australia Women won by 85 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1173070.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Kim Cotton]] (NZ) and [[Ahsan Raza]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Alyssa Healy]] (Aus)
| toss = Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Alyssa Healy]] (Aus) scored her 2,000th run in WT20Is.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crictracker.com/icc-womens-t20-world-cup-2020-final-australia-vs-india-australias-record-win-alyssa-healys-record-knock-a-rare-innings-of-10-catches-and-more-stats/ |title=ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020, Final: Australia vs India – Australia's record win, Alyssa Healy's record knock, A rare innings of 10 catches and more stats |work=CricTracker |date=8 March 2020 |access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref>
* [[Richa Ghosh]] (Ind) replaced [[Taniya Bhatia]] as a [[Substitute (cricket)#Concussion substitute|concussion substitute]] after 10.1 overs of India's innings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8634/commentary/1173070/australia-women-vs-india-women-final-icc-womens-t20-world-cup-2019-20 |work=ESPNcricinfo |title=Final (N), ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Melbourne, Mar 8 2020 - Full Commentary |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
}}

{{hidden begin
|title=Final scorecard
|titlestyle=background:lightblue;
}}
* '''Toss''': Australia won the toss and elected to bat first.
* '''Result''': Australia won by 85 runs.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 60%;"
|+ Australia batting innings
|-
! scope="col" | [[Batting (cricket)|Batsman]]
! scope="col" | [[Dismissal (cricket)|Method of dismissal]]
! scope="col" | [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! scope="col" | [[Delivery (cricket)|Balls]]
! scope="col" | [[Strike rate#Batting strike rate|Strike rate]]
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Alyssa Healy]] {{dagger}}
| style=" text-align: left;" | c [[Veda Krishnamurthy|Krishnamurthy]] b [[Radha Yadav|Yadav]] || 75 || 39|| 192.31
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Beth Mooney]]
| style=" text-align: left;" | not out || 78 || 54 || 144.44
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Meg Lanning]] *
| style=" text-align: left;" |c [[Shikha Pandey|Pandey]] b [[Deepti Sharma|Sharma]] || 16 ||15 || 106.67
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Ashleigh Gardner]]
| style=" text-align: left;" |st [[Taniya Bhatia|Bhatia]] b [[Deepti Sharma|Sharma]]|| 2 || 3||66.67
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Rachael Haynes]]
| style=" text-align: left;" | b [[Poonam Yadav|Yadav]]|| 4|| 5 || 80.00
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Nicola Carey]]
| style=" text-align: left;" | not out || 5 || 5||100.00
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Sophie Molineux]]
| style=" text-align: left;" | did not bat|| || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Jess Jonassen]]
| style=" text-align: left;" | did not bat || || ||
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Georgia Wareham]]
| style=" text-align: left;" | did not bat || || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Delissa Kimmince]]
| style=" text-align: left;" | did not bat || || ||
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Megan Schutt]]
| style=" text-align: left;" | did not bat || || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | Extras
| style=" text-align: left;" | (1 [[Bye (cricket)|bye]], 1 No Ball, 2 [[Wide (cricket)|wides]]) || 4 || colspan="2" |
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | '''Totals'''
| style=" text-align: left;" | (20 overs)||'''184''' || colspan="2" |
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 60%;"
|+ India bowling
|-
! scope="col" width="25%" | [[Bowling (cricket)|Bowler]]
! scope="col" | [[Over (cricket)|Overs]]
! scope="col" | [[Over (cricket)|Maidens]]
! scope="col" | [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! scope="col" | [[Wicket]]s
! scope="col" | [[Economy rate (cricket)|Economy]]
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Deepti Sharma]]
| 4 ||0 || 38|| 2|| 9.50
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Shikha Pandey]]
|4 || 0|| 52|| 0|| 13.00
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Rajeshwari Gayakwad]]
| 4 || 0|| 29|| 0|| 7.25
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Poonam Yadav]]
| 4 || 0|| 30|| 1|| 7.50
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Radha Yadav]]
| 4|| 0|| 34||1 || 8.50
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 60%;"
|+ India batting innings
|-
! scope="col" | [[Batting (cricket)|Batsman]]
! scope="col" | [[Dismissal (cricket)|Method of dismissal]]
! scope="col" | [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! scope="col" | [[Delivery (cricket)|Balls]]
! scope="col" | [[Strike rate#Batting strike rate|Strike rate]]
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Shafali Verma]]
| style=" text-align: left;" |c Healy b Schutt || 2|| 3 || 66.67
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Smriti Mandhana]]
| style=" text-align: left;" |c [[Nicola Carey|Carey]] b Molineux || 11 ||8 || 137.50
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Taniya Bhatia]] {{dagger}}
| style=" text-align: left;" | Retired Hurt || 2|| 4|| 50.00
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Jemimah Rodrigues]]
| style=" text-align: left;" | c [[Nicola Carey|Carey]] b Jonassen || 0|| 2 || 0.00
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Harmanpreet Kaur]] *
| style=" text-align: left;" | c Gardner b Jonassen || 4 || 7|| 57.14
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Deepti Sharma]]
| style=" text-align: left;" |c Mooney b [[Nicola Carey|Carey]] || 33|| 35 || 94.29
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Veda Krishnamurthy]]
| style=" text-align: left;" |c Jonassen b [[Delissa Kimmince|Kimmince]] ||19 ||24 || 79.17
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Richa Ghosh]]
| style=" text-align: left;" |c [[Nicola Carey|Carey]] b Schutt || 18||18 || 100.00
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Shikha Pandey]]
| style=" text-align: left;" |c Mooney b Schutt || 1 ||4 || 25.00
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Radha Yadav]]
| style=" text-align: left;" |c Mooney b Jonassen || 1|| 2|| 50.00
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Poonam Yadav]]
| style=" text-align: left;" |c Gardner b Schutt || 1 || 5 || 20.00
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Rajeshwari Gayakwad]]
| style=" text-align: left;" | not out || 1 || 3|| 33.33
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | Extras
| style=" text-align: left;" | (0 [[Bye (cricket)|bye]], 0 No Ball, 0 [[Wide (cricket)|wides]]) || 0|| colspan="2" |
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | '''Totals'''
| style=" text-align: left;" | (19.1 overs)||'''99''' || colspan="2" |
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 60%;"
|+ Australia bowling
|-
! scope="col" width="25%" | [[Bowling (cricket)|Bowler]]
! scope="col" | [[Over (cricket)|Overs]]
! scope="col" | [[Over (cricket)|Maidens]]
! scope="col" | [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! scope="col" | [[Wicket]]s
! scope="col" | [[Economy rate (cricket)|Economy]]
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Megan Schutt]]
| 3.1|| 0||18 || 4|| 5.68
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Jess Jonassen]]
|4 || 0||20 ||3 || 5.00
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Sophie Molineux]]
| 4|| 0|| 21|| 1|| 5.25
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Delissa Kimmince]]
|4 || 0|| 17|| 1|| 4.25
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Nicola Carey]]
|4 || 0|| 22|| 1|| 5.75
|}
'''Key'''
* <nowiki>*</nowiki> – [[Captain (cricket)|Captain]]
* {{dagger}} – [[Wicket-keeper]]
* c ''Fielder'' – Indicates that the batsman was dismissed by a catch by the named [[Fielding (cricket)|fielder]]
* b ''Bowler'' – Indicates which [[Bowling (cricket)|bowler]] gains credit for the dismissal
* lbw – Indicates the batsman was dismissed [[leg before wicket]]
{{Hidden end}}

==Attendance record==
[[File:2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup champions.jpg|thumb|[[Australian women's cricket team]] celebrating after receiving the trophy]]
The match was played on [[International Women's Day]] and the attendance was 86,174. This set several records including the largest for a women's cricket match, breaking the estimated 50–60,000 who witnessed the [[1997 Women's Cricket World Cup#Final|1997 Cricket World Cup final]] at [[Eden Gardens]]; the largest for a men's or women's [[ICC T20 World Cup]] final, exceeding the 66,000 that attended the [[2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final|2016 ICC Men's World Twenty20 Final]] at [[Eden Gardens]];<ref>{{cite web|title=VIDEO World T20 Final 2016: Highlights, Score; West Indies Beat England In Sensational Final Over|url=https://www.ibtimes.com/video-world-t20-final-2016-highlights-score-west-indies-beat-england-sensational-2347591|work=IBT|date=4 March 2016|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> the largest for a women's sporting event in Australia, surpassing the 53,034 at the [[Adelaide Oval]] for the [[2019 AFL Women's Grand Final]]; and the largest for a final of the Women's T20 World Cup, eclipsing the 12,717 in attendance for the [[2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20#Final|2009 decider]] at [[Lord's]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Huge MCG crowd turns up for World T20 final but anger at 'disgusting' TV decision|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/08/huge-mcg-crowd-turns-up-for-world-t20-final-but-anger-at-disgusting-tv-decision|newspaper=[[Guardian Australia]]|date=8 March 2020|access-date=8 March 2020}}</ref> Organisers had hoped to beat the attendance of the [[women's association football]] [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final]] of 90,185,<ref>{{cite web|title=ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final: Fan info|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1636869|work=International Cricket Council|date=6 March 2020|access-date=6 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306111338/https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1636869|archive-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> but failed. The largest women's sport attendance was 110,000 at the [[1971 Women's World Cup|1971 women's football World Cup]] final in [[Mexico]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Bill |title=Mexico 1971: When women's football hit the big time |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46149887 |access-date=22 June 2020 |work=BBC News |date=7 December 2018}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
Following the tournament, Australia's [[Beth Mooney]] became the new number-one ranked cricketer for batting in the [[ICC Women's Rankings]] in WT20I cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1642138 |title=Mooney tops MRF Tyres Women's T20I Batting Rankings |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> India's [[Shafali Verma]] had previously been ranked at the top, when India reached the semi-finals of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28833120/shafali-verma-sophie-ecclestone-top-t20i-rankings |title=Shafali Verma, Sophie Ecclestone top T20I rankings |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> However, after only scoring two runs in the final, Verma dropped down to third place, with [[Suzie Bates]] of New Zealand retaining second spot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28870023/beth-mooney-new-world-no.-1-t20i-batter-shafali-verma-drops-third |title=Beth Mooney new World No. 1 T20I batter; Shafali Verma drops to third |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> A selection panel named its team of the tournament, with five Australians in the squad ([[Alyssa Healy|Healy]], Mooney, [[Meg Lanning|Lanning]], [[Jess Jonassen|Jonassen]] and [[Megan Schutt|Schutt]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/team-of-the-tournament-t20-world-cup-2020-lanning-healy-mooney-schutt-jonassen-laura-jolly/2020-03-09 |title=Our T20 World Cup team of the tournament |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> India's [[Poonam Yadav]] made the final XI, with Shafali Verma named as 12th woman<ref name="ToT">{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1642140 |title=Meg Lanning captains WT20WC Team of the Tournament |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> The rest of the squad had four players from England ([[Natalie Sciver|Sciver]], [[Heather Knight (cricketer)|Knight]], [[Sophie Ecclestone|Ecclestone]] and [[Anya Shrubsole|Shrubsole]]) and one from South Africa ([[Laura Wolvaardt|Wolvaardt]]).<ref name="ToT"/>

==References==

===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

===Further reading===
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* {{cite journal|last1=Nicholson|first1=Raf|title=Girls at the G|journal=[[The Cricket Monthly]]|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=18 February 2020|url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1216673/girls-at-the-g|access-date=3 July 2020}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
* [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/8634/season/2020/icc-womens-t20-world-cup Series home at ESPNcricinfo]

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