2nd Women’s T20I: England Seal Series After India Suffer Batting Collapse | Cricket News

Indian batting appeared clueless and out of depth to be dismissed for his or her third lowest whole as England notched up a four-wicket loss within the second girls’s T20I to take an unassailable 2-0 lead within the three-match collection in Mumbai on Saturday. On a day uncapped Indian cricketers received fats pay-cheques within the Women’s Premier League (WPL) public sale, Shafali Verma (0), Smriti Mandhana (10), skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (9), Deepti Sharma (0) reduce a sorry determine as India had been shot out for 80 in 16.2 overs.

In reply, England cantered residence in 11.2 overs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead within the three-match collection.

The remaining T20I is slated on Sunday.

In defence of their paltry 80, India had a horror begin with a wayward Renuka Singh leaking eight runs in 4 vast deliveries.

Sophia Dunkley then took the assault on inexperienced Bengal seamer Titas Sidhu with two boundaries as England raced to 17 runs in first two overs.

Renuka returned to take two wickets — Sophia (9) and Danni Wyatt (0) — however with no scoreboard stress Alice Capsey (25; 21b) and Nat Sciver-Brunt (16; 13b) seized the momentum with their counter-attacking show to take them previous 50-run mark inside seven overs.

But the duo did not take the staff residence as India managed to take two wickets with seven runs wanted.

Deepti sharma took two in as many deliveries — Amy Jones and Freya Kemp — but it surely did not matter as Sophie Ecclestone (9) clinched the collection with a 4.

Their match mixture of 162 runs was additionally the bottom involving the 2 groups.

For India, Jemimah Rodrigues was the lone shiny spot with a 33-ball 30, and one of many two batters to get into double digit scores, in a weird show by the Indian batters.

That all their top-four batters acquired out LBW confirmed their lack of utility on a batting-friendly wicket on the Wankhede stadium.

This was India’s third lowest whole in girls’s T20I behind 62 (vs Australia, 2011) and 70 (vs South Africa, 2019).

Batting at No 3, Jemimah noticed wickets falling round her as she had no choice however to speed up.

She appeared in advantageous contact, hitting back-to-back boundaries with some crisp sweep pictures however solely to be dismissed in the identical over with Sarah Glenn trapping her LBW.

It was a medical show by England as all their six bowlers returned with a minimum of one wicket.

Charlie Dean (4-0-16-2), Lauren Bell (3-0-18-2), Sophie Ecclestone (3.2-0-13-2) and Sarah Glenn (3-1-13-2) bagged two wickets every.

Ecclestone, who took a shocking left-handed return catch to dismiss Richa Ghosh (4), gave the ultimate blow when she pushed one by Saika Ishaque’s defence to convey curtains on Indian innings.

This was the third lowest goal set by India towards England.

Opting to bowl, Heather Knight straightway began off with spin as Charlotte Dean inflicted a double blow in successive overs (2-0-4-2) to offer England an ideal begin.

The off-spinner fired a straighter one in and Shafali appeared to work it in direction of leg however utterly missed and was trapped in entrance to be dismissed for a two-ball duck.

Going with a change of ends, Dean this time dismissed Smriti Mandhana (10) LBW after being hit on her again pad.

Harmanpreet appeared to assault and paddled away Sciver-Brunt for successive fours however the England seamer had the final chortle and had the Indian skipper plumb with a supply that jagged again in.

Sophie then pulled off an absolute blinder of a return catch to dismiss Richa Ghosh for 4 as India discovered themselves in serious trouble with half of their facet again in pavillion for 37.

One-up within the three-match collection, England want a win to seal the collection.

India misplaced by 38 runs within the first T20I.