'Aus were not sharp enough' India had immense self belief: Jemimah

India No 3 felt her previous chasing experiences against Australia helped

- Haridev Pushparaj

India's star of the semifinal Jemimah Rodrigues stated she and the team felt they had it in them to chase down the record target set by Australia in the last-four clash of the Women's World Cup at the DY Patil Stadium, on Thursday.

Australia skipper Alyssa Healy felt her team wasn't sharp enough on the big day and expressed her disappointment at the team's stunning defeat to India in the ICC Women's World Cup semifinal on Thursday.

Healy seemed distraught and made it known at the post-match presser.

"I think just disappointed with the loss. We were not sharp enough in all three departments in the semifinal and the game slipped away. Not taking anything away from the great performance from India but there's an element of having let ourselves down," she added.

The Australian opener was forthright in her assessment of the mistakes the WC favourites made in the fivewicket loss.

"We did really well to get a score like that after winning the toss and batting first. We could have been a bit better and done more. But we're playing on tracks where these kind of scores can be chased and teams are doing more often these days. I think it's amazing from the context of the game. We feel we had a bit more to do and we didn't capitalize much on the opportunities," she added.

"It feels a bit un-Australian to be not so clinical as we normally are considering how well we have played at this World Cup."

Healy revealed the dropped catches definitely had a huge bearing on the final outcome of the game.