IND-W vs ENG-W: Indian women avoid whitewash with consolation win in 3rd T20I
England won the three-match series 2-1. England made 126 all out and India replied with 127 for 5.
New Delhi: The Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian women’s cricket team defeated Heather Knight’s England women’s team in the third and final T20I of the series at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on December 10. The Women in Blue managed to avoid a whitewash, but the England squad managed to win the three-match series 2-1.
India’s Shreyanka Patil was named Player of the Match for her astonishing bowling spell. Meanwhile, England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt won the Player of the Series for her stellar performance in the T20I series against India.
Smriti Mandhana scored a crisp run-a-ball 48 but that was enough to earn India a consolation five-wicket win against England in the third and final Women’s T20 International here on Sunday.
England won the three-match series 2-1. England made 126 all out and India replied with 127 for 5.
Captain Heather Knight’s 52 first made England a modest 126 with spinners – left-arm orthodox Saika Ishaque and off-break specialist Shreyanka Patil scalping three wickets each.
For India, Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues (29 off 33 balls) added 57 for the second wicket. Mandhana hit five fours and two sixes.
Captain Heather Knight made a brave 52 but England could only manage a modest 126 in the third and final T20I against India. England opted to bat and lost their first three wickets for 26 runs by the sixth over before Knight took control.
Only three other England batters could reach double figures: opener Sophia Dunkley (11), Amy Jones (25) and Charlie Dean (16 not out).
Short scores: England: 126 all out in 20 overs (Heather Knight 52; Shreyanka Patil 3 for 19, Saika Ishaque 3 for 22).
India women 130/5 in 19 overs (Smriti Mandhana 48, Jemimah Rodrigues 29, Amanjot Kaur 13 not out).