The Indian women’s cricket team was unable to find their rhythm with the bat or the ball, and as a result, they were unable to compete with the powerful English side, which resulted in a nine-wicket loss in the opening Twenty20 International encounter.
The Indian women’s cricket team was unable to find their rhythm with the bat or the ball, and as a result, they were unable to compete with the powerful English side, which resulted in a nine-wicket loss in the opening Twenty20 International encounter.
After being given the opportunity to bat by England’s captain Amy Jones, the Indian batters were unable to overcome leg-spinner Sarah Glenn’s four-for and were consequently limited to a paltry 132 for seven in the 20 overs that were allotted to them at Riverside Ground on Saturday night.
Glenn concluded with outstanding numbers of 4/23 after bowling her full quota of four overs and continually presented the Indian hitters with challenges throughout the match.
Even though India had a dismal night on the field due to the damp circumstances, Sophia Dunkley was able to complete the chase in just 13 overs with a score of 61 off of just 44 balls thanks to some good luck on her side.
Deepti Sharma, an all-rounder for the tourists, got the team’s highest run with a 24 off of 29 balls, and Smriti Mandhana, an opener, scored the team’s second-best run with a 23.
During this time, the team’s skipper, Harmanpreet Kaur, smashed her way to 20 runs off of 16 balls before being bowled by Glenn.
That very well described up India’s batting performance, as not a single one of them was able to make a significant contribution.
Richa Ghosh, the wicketkeeper for the opposing team, too got a start but was bowled by Freya Davies, a medium-pacer, after racing to 16 in 12 balls.
The significant blows After hitting 14 runs off 13 balls and being caught by Bryony Smith off the bowling of Glenn, Shafali Verma handed up her wicket, which brought India’s score to 47 for two in the seventh over.
In spite of the fact that they were scoring runs at a decent clip, India continued to lose wickets at regular intervals, which provided England with an advantage in the first of the three Twenty20 Internationals.
When Ghosh was dismissed in the 12th over, India’s score stood at 83 for four. However, they were only able to score 49 runs throughout the course of the next several overs.
While attempting to chase 133, England got off to a blazing start, with both Dunkley and her opening partner Danielle Wyatt (24 off 16 balls) getting rapid runs to put up 60 in only 6.2 overs. This allowed England to reach their target in a relatively short amount of time.
First, Dunkely avoided being caught behind thanks to a no-ball from Renuka Singh, but then Shafali dropped what should have been an easy catch at mid-off when the batter was on 15. Once more, Renuka was the bowler with the bad luck.
Additionally, there were a few thick edges in amongst all of the thinner ones.
After receiving the reprieves, Dunkley went on to register her greatest score in the format while sharing a stand of 74 runs for the second wicket with Alice Capsey, who remained not out on a breezy 32 off only 20 balls. Dunkley’s performance was the highest she had ever achieved in this format.
Dunkley recorded eight fours and one six during her time in the middle, when she did not suffer a loss.
India Women’s Team: 132/7 in 20 Overs (Deepti Sharma not out 29, Smriti Mandhana 23; Sarah Glenn 4/23) Brief Scores 134-1 after 13 overs for the England Women’s team (Sophia Dunkley not out 61, Alice Capsey not out 32).
