INDW Vs ENGW, Women’s World Cup 2022: India Bowled Out For 134 After Batting Collapse

India were bundled out for 134 run in 36.2 overs as England bowlers rose to the occasion brilliantly in a important tie for them in the ongoing Women’s World Cup at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.

Spinner Charlotte Dean was the pick of the bowlers as she claimed 4 wickets while pacer Anya Shrubsole took two to rattle the Indian batting. Sophie Ecclestone and Kate Cross claimed one wicket each. For India, only Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh and Jhulan Goswami provided resistance against a tight England bowling attack.

After being put into bat first by England skipper Heather Knight, India lost half their side inside the first 17 overs of play. India lost two early wickets of Yastika Bhatia and captain Mithali Raj to Shrubsole followed by an unfortunate run-out of Deepti Sharma as she departed to a brilliant throw from Kate for a duck. Spinner Charlotte then jolted the batting side with two wickets in a single over as she dismissed Harmanpreet Kaur and Sneh Rana within a span of three balls. Smriti Mandhana also departed for 35 runs while Pooja Vastrakar fell as well as India bundled out soon.

Mithali Raj at the toss, “Mithali Raj: We would have batted first given it’s a dry pitch. We are unchanged. We would like to be consistent and that has benefitted the team. With the sort of experience and exposure of being finalists in the T20 World Cup and with a lot of them playing in the Big Bash League as well, it helps in such situations.”

Heather Knight at the toss, “We’re going to have a bowl. It’s a fresh pitch and although it is dry, we want to keep them to a low total. We’re playing the same team. Today feels like the day where it would click. A lot of fight from the girls. There is always pressure, we are still in it 100%.”

India Playing XI: Smriti Mandhana, Yastika Bhatia, Mithali Raj (c), Deepti Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Pooja Vastrakar, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

England Playing XI: Danielle Wyatt, Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight (c), Natalie Sciver, Amy Ellen Jones (wk), Sophia Dunkley, Katherine Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross, Charlotte Dean, Anya Shrubsole