ENG W VS IND W | Harmanpreet Kaur shines in India’s victory

After winning the toss and opting to bowl first the indian team got off to a perfect start by dismissing the 26 years old Amy jones on the fifth ball of the very first over by Gayakwad. Danielle Wyatt (4), Natalie Sciver (20), Fran Wilson (7) all got off to a start but none went on to convert as India pegged England with wickets at regular intervals. Rajeshwari Gayakwad (2/19), Shikha Pandey (2/33) and Deepti Sharma (2/30) were the main assassins with the ball for India, but a steady partnership between Heather Knight (67 off 44) and Beaumont (37 off 24) took England to a total score of 147.

Chasing 148, Indian Women got off to a flyer in the second over thanks to Smriti Mandana (15 off 10) who hit 3 fours to Brunt, but Natalie Sciver sent the opener in the 4th over of the inning, after which Jemimah Rodrigues (26 off 20) and Shafal Verma (30 off 25) kept the inning going until Knight got Shafali in the 8th over and Brunt got Rodrigues in the 11th over. Following that, the skipper kept the scoreboard ticking while a couple of wickets kept falling at other end and went on to chase down the total with 3 balls to spare alongside Deepti Sharma (12).