New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur broke the Australian monopoly in the ICC Women's World Cup knockouts with a record-breaking 167-run stand against Australia in the all-important semifinal on Thursday at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Given a mammoth target of 339 runs, the Indians lost openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma early.

Joining hands in the 10th over, Harmanpreet and Jemimah revived India out of the hole with a partnership of a lifetime. Not trying to many things, both Harmanpreet and Jemimah played sensibly, finding the gaps and kept rotating the strike. In the process, the stand between Harmanpreet and Jemimah was the sixth 150-plus partnership in the knockouts of the tournament's history...