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Despite Deepti Sharma's noteworthy all-round performance, Australia secured a comfortable six-wicket victory against India in the second women's T20, leveling the three-match series. India faced difficulties as their top-order batters failed to capitalize on promising starts, leading to a modest total of 130/8.

In response, Australia chased down the target comfortably with 9 balls to spare.

With 15 needed to win off 12 balls, Phoebe Litchfield (18 not out off 12 balls, 3x4s) struck two fours in first three balls of the penultimate over from Shreyanka Patil to dash India's hopes.

Even India captain Harmanpreet Kaur also pointed out the boundaries as a reason for defeat in the post-match press conference which led to severe criticism on social media.

"[While Bowling] we were getting those opportunities and taking wickets in the middle, that's a positive. If Shreyanaka was on target in the 19th over, things would have been different but these close games help to identify areas to improve," Harmanpreet said.

"We have played these games a lot of time but this time we have a few new faces, this young side is looking very positive and I'm sure they will keep improving."

As soon as the commments went public, here is how cricket fans and experts reacted on social media.

Both teams will be eager to secure a victory in the upcoming decider to claim the series triumph.