INDIA W vs ENGLAND W: The Indian women’s cricket team secured a victory against England by 347 runs in the lone Test match held at the Dubai Stadium in Mumbai. With this win, Team India made history by defeating England for the first time in a Test match on home soil. This marks the third victory for the Indian women’s team against England. Previously, they won in Taunton in 2006 and at Wormsley in 2014, where they also achieved the biggest win in the history of women’s Test cricket. Prior to this, Sri Lanka’s women’s team defeated Pakistan by 309 runs in 1998, while New Zealand secured a victory by 188 runs against South Africa in 1972.
INDIA W vs ENGLAND W: Pooja and Deepti gave excellent performance in the second innings of England
INDIA W vs ENGLAND W: In the second innings, the first blow to England came in the form of Tammy Beaumont, who scored 17 runs off 26 balls before getting out. Renuka Singh dismissed her clean bowled. Sophia Dunkley was out for 15 runs; she was sent packing by Pooja Vastrakar with an exceptional delivery.
After Dunkley, Pooja claimed the wicket of Natalie Sciver as well. Natalie’s stumps were shattered. Following her, captain Heather Knight also fell. Heather (21 runs) was caught by Yastika Bhatia off Pooja Vastrakar’s bowling. Danielle Wyatt returned with 12 runs as a left-handed batter. Sneh Rana took the catch off Deepti Sharma’s ball.
Deepti Sharma struck England for the sixth time, sending Amy Jones back to the pavilion. Jones managed to save five runs before being caught by Shafali Verma. Subsequently, Sophie Ecclestone also departed, scoring only 10 runs. Rajeshwari Gayakwad clean bowled Ecclestone. Deepti Sharma bowled out Kate Cross (16 runs) and Lauren Winfield-Hill (00). Gayakwad included Lauren Bell’s (eight runs) wicket in Jemimah Rodrigues’ catch, concluding England’s innings.
Indian team’s second innings
INDIA W vs ENGLAND W: Speaking of India’s second innings, captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored the most with 44 runs. She had the opportunity to keep going, but she decided to declare the innings. Shafali Verma scored 33, and Jemimah Rodrigues played an innings of 27 runs. Smriti Mandhana contributed 26, while Deepti Sharma added 20 runs. Pooja Vastrakar remained unbeaten on 17 runs, Yastika Bhatia scored nine, and Sneh Rana didn’t open her account. For England, Charlie Dean claimed four wickets, while Sophie Ecclestone took two.
Indian team’s first innings
INDIA W vs ENGLAND W: During India’s innings, four centuries were established, igniting a volcanic performance. Debutant Shubha Srivastava scored the highest with 69 runs. Meanwhile, Jemimah Rodrigues played an innings of 68 runs, and Deepti Sharma contributed 67 runs. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 49 runs. Additionally, Smriti Mandhana made 17 runs, Shafali Verma contributed 19 runs, Sneh Rana scored 30 runs, and Pooja Vastrakar made 10 runs.
On the second day, India began their play with a lead of 410 runs with seven wickets in hand. Today, Deepti was the first batter out. Bell caught her off Ecclestone’s delivery. In her innings of 67 runs, she managed to add 10 runs and a six. Her dismissal marked the end of India’s innings. Renuka Singh returned without scoring, and Rajeshwari Gayakwad didn’t open her account.For the England team, Lauren Bell and Sophie Ecclestone took three wickets each and bowled brilliantly. Meanwhile, Kate Cross, Natalie Sciver, and Charlie Dean claimed one wicket each.
England team’s first innings
INDIA W vs ENGLAND W: England didn’t have a strong start in their first innings. Both Sophia Dunkley and captain Heather Knight were dismissed after scoring 11 runs each. Dunkley was bowled by Renuka Singh, while Heather fell lbw to Pooja Vastrakar. Following their dismissal, Tammy Beaumont and Natalie Sciver added 51 runs for the third wicket. Beaumont left the crease with 10 runs remaining in her innings.
Deepthi Sharma then took the catch to dismiss Danielle Wyatt for 19 runs. Deepthi struck twice in the 30th over of England’s innings, catching Amy Jones off Shafali Verma’s bowling on the fourth ball. Jones scored 12 runs. Finally, Sophie Ecclestone was bowled on the last ball without opening her account.
Later, Sneh Rana took the wicket of Seaver Brunt. Seaver Brunt scored 59 runs in 70 balls in his innings and hit 10 fours. Rana also dismissed Charlie Dean who did not score any runs. Deepti Sharma dismissed Kate Cross (1) and Lauren Winfield-Hill (5) and reduced England’s innings to 136 runs. For India, Deepti Sharma took five wickets for seven runs at the end of the wicket, while Sneh Rana took two wickets. Renuka and Pooja took one wicket each.
