IND-W vs ENG-W: England clinches sequence after four-wicket win in second T20I

With the weekend turnout exceeding everybody’s expectations, the safety personnel needed to shut the gates of the Wankhede Stadium halfway by the primary innings. It appeared as if India had shut itself down even earlier than the group poured in on Saturday night.

A medical show by England mixed with a lacklustre batting show meant India was bowled out for a paltry 80, its third-lowest whole in WT20Is. Despite a stutter in the direction of the tip, England overhauled the goal with 4 wickets and 52 balls to spare and sealed the three-match sequence.

It turned out to be a night to overlook for Harmanpreet Kaur’s gang ever for the reason that coin landed in favour of Heather Knight. After inserting India, Knight tactfully began the sport with offspinner Charlie Dean.

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While Dean had maybe been handed the ball to bother left-hander Smriti Mandhana, she did the trick off the second ball by spinning one into Shafali Verma. The aggressive opener stayed on the backfoot and misinterpret the road to be lbw.

In the fourth over, with Smriti on strike, Dean was reintroduced from the Garware Pavilion finish, and the transfer labored once more. Smriti performed on the backfoot and missed one which skidded into her to be trapped in entrance of the wicket.

When Harmanpreet Singh couldn’t negotiate Nat Sciver-Brunt’s inswinger and Deepti Sharma nicked Lauren Bell to the keeper within the final two overs of the Powerplay, at 29/4, India was in deep slumber.

Sophie Ecclestone, the artful left-arm spinner, then took a shocking return catch, lunging to her left to dismiss Richa Ghosh, within the subsequent over. Jemimah Rodrigues was pressured to look at the grand collapse from the opposite finish. That she and Mandhana had been the one two double-digit scores in India’s innings meant India folded up nicely earlier than the allotted 20 overs.

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Despite Renuka Thakur’s swing accounting for each the England openers within the third over, a 42-run partnership for the third wicket between Alice Capsey and Sciver-Brunt shut the door on India.

Substitute Amanjot’s Kaur gorgeous catch at covers to dismiss Capsey adopted by Deepti’s two wickets off successive balls gave India a purpose to smile in the direction of the tip earlier than Ecclestone accomplished the formalities with a mistimed 4 behind the wickets off Shreyanka Patil.