Smriti Mandhana scored an unbeaten 79 as India sealed a comfortable eight-wicket win over England on Tuesday. With the series on the line, the Women in Blue put in an all-round performance with Sneh Rana also recording a three-wicket haul. The series is now level at 1-1 and Harmanpreet Kaur and Co will play the decider in Bristol on Thursday.
Chasing 143 to win, Mandhana and Shafali Verma got India off to a flying start with a 50-run partnership in the powerplay. With dew around, England struggled to grip the ball and were wayward with their lengths with the Indian openers cashing in handsomely in a stunning partnership. Verma was dismissed off the final ball of the powerplay with Sophie Ecclestone taking a fine return catch.
Despite Shafali’s fall, Mandhana continued in her attacking ways, picking up boundaries at will all through the ground. Dayalan Hemalatha stuck around for a bit before being cleaned up by a Freya Davies delivery. Her disappointing run in the series continues.
Harmanpreet Kaur then joined forces with her vice-captain as the duo motored along with no threat whatsoever. Mandhana played out a sequence of 15 straight singles before finding the fence to reach her 17th half-century in T20Is. It was her sixth vs England, joint-most by a player alongside Meg Lanning.
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