Ashish Ranjan
INDw vs ENGw Women’s T20 World Cup: Saturday’s victory by runs over India in the Women’s T20 World Cup prolonged England’s dominance over India.
This was England’s sixth victory over India in the history of the competition, and Renuka Singh and Smriti Mandhana’s heroics were in vain. India won the toss and opted to field first on the given day.
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INDw vs ENGw Highlights
On the day that Harmanpreet Kaur acknowledged that India’s bowling was a worry, it was Renuka who bowled an outstanding spell.
Richa Ghoss took a blinder to dismiss Danni Wyatt off the third delivery of the very first over bowled by the India fast bowler. Renuka first castled Alice Capsey in her second over and then claimed the scalp of Dunkley in her third over as India appeared in control of the situation.
Then, Nat Sciver-Brut and Heather Knight formed a crucial combination to drive the England side to safety. Knight was dismissed by Shikha Pandey for 28 runs in the eleventh over, but England had already scored 80 runs at that point.
Sciver-Brunt persevered and hit a well-executed fifty, but Deepti Sharma took her wicket with England at 120-5 after 16.5 overs. Amy Jones struck 40 off 27 balls to provide some late impetus before Renuka returned in the last over to complete her five-wicket haul with the wickets of Jones and Katherine Sciver-Brunt, bringing the English batting to a close at 152 for seven wickets in 20 overs.
In the third over, Mandhana gave India a great start by hitting four boundaries off Katherine Sciver-Brunt. But Lauren bell then dismissed the dangerous Shafali Verma for eight in the fourth over to put the brakes on the scoring.
Sarah Glenn sent Jemimah Rodrigues back to the pavilion for a score of 13 from 16 deliveries after she had already been dismissed. Sophie Eccelstone then got the important wicket of Harmanpreet as England were solidly in control with India at 62 for three after 10.2 overs.
Mandhana then received assistance from Ghosh, and the two helped India surpass the 100-run mark. The opener scored 52 runs off 41 balls before Glenn halted her innings.
Ghosh appeared to be the lone warrior for India in the end, but she did not receive sufficient help from the other end as the Indian innings ended with 140 runs, five wickets, and 20 overs remaining.
