Match Details
India Women put into bat first by Amy Jones lost Shafali Verma for 8 to Kate Cross. Smriti Mandhana and Yastika Bhatia brought India back on track with a 54-run stand before Bhatia fell to Charlie Dean for 26 runs. Mandhana fell for 40 when the score was 99. But from thereon, it was the Harmanpreet Kaur show. The skipper of India played a majestic knock of 143* off 111 balls to power India to a huge total. Harleen Deol supported her with a brilliant 58 as he put on 113 runs for the fourth wicket. Pooja Vastrakar contributed with 18 while Deepti Sharma remained unbeaten with 15. 25 extras also contributed to the total of 333-5. This was Kaur’s 5th ODI ton and her second against England as India reached their highest total against England. Kaur got her last 43 runs in just 11 balls.
Charlie Dean was the pick of the bowlers with 1-39. A wicket
apiece for the other bowlers used by England, but they all went the distance including
Sophie Ecclestone. India scored 62 runs in the last three overs and that really
broke the heart of England. So, India wins this by 88 runs to win the series 2-0 with a game to spare.
Stick around for the post-match presentation ceremony that comes your way soon.