the Indian women’s cricket team They beat England by five wickets in the third round of the three-match T20 series played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Head to Women’s T20 cricket In the match, India had already conceded the three-match series to England, who had won the first two matches at the same venue. But the win helped India salvage some pride.
Bowling first after losing the toss, Indian spinners Shreyanka Patel and Saika Isaac ran through the England middle order, but a battling half-century by England skipper Heather Knight helped the visitors to a fighting total of 126. Smriti Mandhana He led India’s successful chase with a knock of 48.
Pacer Renuka Singh She gave India the start they wanted, rattling the stumps of Maya Bouchier with the third ball off the first ball. Renuka came back to remove Sophia Dunkley in her second over as the English opener played a sweep straight into the hands of Shreyanka Patel at back point.
Indian pacer Saika Isaac then picked out the in-form Alice Kapsi for just seven to reduce the visitors to 26/3. Knight and Amy Jones put up a 41-run partnership to steady the ship but Ishaque, playing her first T20I, broke the partnership in the 12th over, removing Jones from the crease.
The off-spinner stopped Daniel Gibson on the next ball as England found themselves reeling at 67/5. Ishaque’s spin partner Shreyanka was also in on the action and three quick wickets by the off-spinner left England looking down the barrel at 76/8.
However, Heather Knight (52 off 42) combined with Charlie Dean (16) to put on 50 for the ninth wicket and took England to a very respectable total of 126, before Amanpreet Kaur cleaned up Knight and Mahika Gaur with the final two balls of the innings.
Chasing a tough target, India lost Shafali Verma early as Freya Kemp hit the stumps of the Indian opener when she was batting for just a six. However, Smriti Mandanna and Jemima Rodriguez He put on 57 for the second wicket to put the Indian women’s cricket team in a comfortable position.
The partnership was finally broken when Charlie Dean caught Rodrigues leg before wicket. Deepti Sharma then joined Mandhana and took India to 94th over before bowling Jones off Kemp.
When Mandhana stopped two years before her half-century, India had 15 births left to go from 18 births. Richa Ghosh’s dismissal on the first ball of the penultimate ball and the slowly increasing run rate required seemed to set India up for a nervous finish, but Amanjot Kaur scored 10 off just four to take India across the finish line with a knock in hand.
Indian T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur is unbeaten in six matches at the other end.
India Women vs England Women 3rd T20 Brief Scores: England-W 126/10 in 20 overs (Heather Knight 52; Shreyanka Patel 3/19, Saika Isaac 3/22) lost to India-W 127/5 in 19 overs (Smriti Mandhana 48; Freya Kemp 2/24, Sophie ) Ecclestone 2/40) with five wickets.