2023-12-06 19:50:11
Mumbai. India failed miserably in all departments of the game and suffered a crushing 38-run defeat against England in the first T20I of the three-match series here on Wednesday.
After electing to bowl, India produced a poor fielding and bowling performance, barring Renuka Singh’s 3/27, as England scored 197 for 6 and then managed 158 for 6 in 20 overs, losing the match. And lost 1-0. England lead in the series.
Only Shafali Verma (52 off 42 balls) could score big in the Indian run chase. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur (26) and Richa Ghosh (21) failed to convert their starts as India failed to mount a serious challenge for the big target.
India needed 74 runs from the last five overs and it proved too much for the home team.
Left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone was England’s best bowler, taking 3 for 15, which also included Shafali, Harmanpreet and Kanika Ahuja.
Shafali fought a lone battle of sorts, scoring 52 off 42 balls with nine fours, but she kept missing partners until her innings ended, with the right-handed batsman registering her seventh half-century in this format. Did.
Chasing the target, India suffered early setbacks when Smriti Mandhana (6) was clean bowled by Nat Sciver-Brunt in the third over and Freya Kemp hit a four on her first ball, which led to Jemimah Rodrigues (4) getting caught on the sixth ball. ) was caught behind the wicket.
But despite losing two key batsmen, India were at 53/2 in the powerplay and looked set to chase a big target until England’s spinners came into the field.
Having recovered from injury, there were no signs of struggling for the stingy Ecclestone, who clean bowled India skipper Harmanpreet (26 off 21 balls, 3×4, 1×6) when his partnership with Shafali The audience started feeling threatened.
Harmanpreet was also looking in her element but Ecclestone stopped her attack and forced the Indian captain to leave the field in the 11th over. Harmanpreet added 41 runs for the third wicket.
Richa Ghosh (21) and Shafali gave a ray of hope to India with a quick partnership of 40 runs in 26 balls for the fourth wicket, but Glenn broke their partnership and pushed the hosts back again.
The asking rate continued to be out of India’s reach and the fate of the game was decided long before the final ball.
England also did not make big mistakes on the field like India in the first half, the visiting team’s fielding was on top in the deep and their players made the most of the opportunities that came their way.
Richa was caught out at long-on off Glenn in the 15th over and the fall of Shafali’s wicket in the 17th over meant that India’s hopes were almost over.
Earlier, thanks to half-centuries from Danny Wyatt (75) and Natalie Sciver-Brunt (77), England women scored 197 runs for six wickets after an initial wobble.
Wyatt and Sciver-Brunt put on a record 138-run stand for the third wicket for England, which was also their first century partnership against India in T20Is after being asked to bat first.
Indian fast bowler Renuka Singh Thakur (4-0-27-3) was the pick of the bowlers, dismissing Sophie Dunkley (1) and Alice Capsey (0) twice in succession in the very first over.
But England dominated the remainder of the first innings with a counter-attack from Wyatt and Sciver-Brunt.
The hosts appeared to lose momentum soon after the early successes and failed to take the lead, with poor bowling and fielding being the culprit.
Wyatt, who took the responsibility of recovery after the initial setback, scored 75 runs in 47 balls with the help of eight fours and two sixes and registered his third half-century against India in this format.
They also got a lease of life when Pooja Vastrakar was caught at long on by Shreyanka Patil (2/44).
Sciver-Brunt, on the other hand, hit powerful hits – especially sweep shots – on both sides with the help of 13 fours to score 77 runs off just 53 balls for his fifth T20I half-century against India.
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