England Women’s cricket team defeated India by 7 wickets in the series decider to claim the 3-match T20I series by 2-1 at the County Ground in Bristol. Here in this article, we have discussed on Indian Women vs England Women, 3rd T20I Match Highlights.
India, whose victory in Derby had forced a tie-breaking match, came back from being 35 for 5 at the midway point to set a target of 123.
But a target of just over 120 was not enough to claim the series and England chased down it with 10 balls to spare.
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Invited to bat, Even after Jones missed a stumping opportunity to get rid of Shafali Verma on the second delivery of the innings, Wong removed the opener with a knuckle ball that swung in, hit the batter in the foot, and rebounded onto the leg stump.
India’s vice-captain and dependable opener also failed to add runs on board and departed for 9.
Sabbineni Meghana, who had reached 50 at Derby, was soon out for a duck when Danni Wyatt produced a spectacular diving catch off Freya Davies. Dayalan Hemalatha then left the field quickly.
Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain of India, was the next out after being clean bowled by Glenn, as India slumped to 35 for 5.
The all-rounder Deepti Sharma showed some temperament to stay on crease and add some valuable runs to drive her side to a respectable total. However, Sharma when at 24 was stumped by Jones.
In order to push India closer to a century, Richa Ghosh initiated an attack with three consecutive goals off Wong.
After failing to sweep Ecclestone in the penultimate over, Ghosh (33), who had India up to 103 for eight, was eventually stopped when he was trapped lbw. Pooja Vastrakar added some finishing touches to the Indian innings as she remained unbeaten on 19 off 11 and Radha Yadav was five not out to help India reach 122 for 8 in 20 overs.
Chasing a target of 123, England openers started the campaign on a blistering note as both added 70 for the first wicket in 9.4 overs before Sophia Dunkley missed her well-deserved half century by a single run on the fifth ball of tenth over.
Soon after Dunkley, Wyatt to walked back to pavilion that put England in pressure, but the teenager Alice Capsey with her unbeaten knock of 38 off just 24 soaked the whole pressure to drive England over the line in the penultimate over.
South East Stars batter Capsey, though, steadied the ship alongside Bryony Smith to see England over the line in the penultimate over.
