{"id":239406,"date":"2025-10-25T07:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T07:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/239406\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T07:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T07:40:10","slug":"cricket-australia-says-two-womens-world-cup-members-were-touched-inappropriately-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/239406\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Australia says two Women’s World Cup members were ‘touched inappropriately’ in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two members of Australia’s women’s cricket team have been “touched inappropriately” in India, Cricket Australia (CA) has said.<\/p>\n

The players were reportedly walking back to a cafe in Indore on Thursday, the morning after Australia defeated England by six wickets in the Women’s Cricket World Cup.<\/p>\n

CA said the duo were harassed by a person on a motorcycle, and the team had alerted police.<\/p>\n

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“CA can confirm two members of the Australian Women’s team were approached and touched inappropriately by a motorcyclist while walking to a cafe in Indore,” CA’s statement read.<\/p>\n

“The matter was reported by team security to police who are handling the matter.”<\/p>\n

Indian news outlet, The Times Of India<\/a>, reported that a suspect had been identified by local police.<\/p>\n

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