IND W vs ENG W / England women's team gave a crushing defeat to India in the second T20

Vikrant Shekhawat : Dec 09, 2023, 10:35 PM
IND W vs ENG W: England women's team won the second T20 match played against Indian women's team at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai by 4 wickets. With this, the England team has achieved an unassailable 2-0 lead in this three-match T20 series. The Indian women's team came out to bat first in this match but scored only 80 runs in 16.2 overs. The England team achieved this target in 11.2 overs at the loss of 6 wickets. This is Team India's third consecutive T20 series at home in which they have faced defeat. India had to face defeat in the T20 series played at home against South Africa and Australia.

England bowlers maintained pressure from the beginning

In the second T20 match, England won the toss and decided to bowl first, after which the Indian team, who came to bat, did not have a good start at all in this match. Team India lost its first wicket in the form of Shefali Verma on the score of zero. By the score of 29, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma had also returned to the pavilion. In the first 6 overs, the Indian team's score could reach only 33 runs. Jemimah Rodrigues continued to score runs by managing one end, but the process of falling wickets continued from the other end. Team India was limited to 80 runs in 16.2 overs in this match. In this match, only two players from India were successful in touching double figures in which Jemima scored 30 runs while Smriti scored 10 runs. In bowling for England, Charlotte Dean, Lauren Bell, Sophie Ecclestone and Sarah Glenn took 2 wickets each. Apart from this, Natalie Siver and Freya Brunt also took 1-1 wicket.

England lost early wickets early, Ellis Capsey took over the innings

Chasing the target of 81 runs, the England team had lost the wickets of both its opening batsmen by the score of 19, who were sent to the pavilion by Renuka Singh. From here, England had almost ensured victory by taking their score to 49 runs in the first 6 overs. However, on the score of 61, the team got its third blow in the form of Natalie Siever, while on the score of 68, Alice Capsey also returned to the pavilion after scoring 25 runs. Despite this, Sophie returned by playing an unbeaten inning of 9 runs and helping the team win the match by 4 wickets. For India, in this match, Renuka Singh and Deepti Sharma took 2-2 wickets with the ball while Saika Ishaq and Pooja Vastrakar took 1-1 wicket. Now the last match of the series between the two teams will be played on December 10 at Wankhede Stadium.

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