Indian girls’s cricket crew is on the heels of an impressive win within the one-off Test in opposition to England in Navi Mumbai having taken an enormous 478-run lead on the stumps on Day 2 on Friday, December 15. Deepti Sharma was the star of the day for India with a five-wicket haul as England capitulated from 108/3 to 136 all out. Deepti registered her first-ever five-wicket haul and the quickest one in girls’s Test historical past as she wanted simply 5.3 overs to notch up figures of 5/7 as India received an enormous 292-run lead.
The day began with Indian batters including 18 runs to the in a single day rating of 410. Deepti Sharma grew to become the fourth batter to get out in her 60s for India as the hosts posted a difficult complete on the board after profitable the toss. England and Sophia Dunkley had to face the wrath of Renuka Singh Thakur once more as the pacer received her maiden Test wicket in simply her second over.
Pooja Vastrakar trapped English captain Heather Knight LBW to go away the guests reeling. Tammy Beaumont and Nat Sciver-Brunt stitched a 51-run stand and have been trying actually good earlier than a direct throw from Pooja caught the previous brief. Sciver-Brunt just like the T20Is continued her merry run and smashed a half-century.
Danni Wyatt resisted for a bit earlier than Deepti and Sneh Rana ran by the English line-up. They fell like a pack of playing cards dropping 7 wickets for 28 runs.
India surprisingly did not implement a follow-on and determined to bat once more. Expectedly each Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma gave a quick begin. The duo stitched a fast 50-run stand and when it appeared like they may take India to safer shores, England spinners struck. Sophie Ecclestone first dismissed Mandhana earlier than Charlie Dean removed Verma.
Ecclestone not lengthy earlier than additionally despatched Yastika Bhatia again as India have been abruptly three wickets down. Jemimah Rodrigues and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur like the primary innings stitched one other wise partnership earlier than Dean struck once more.
Harmanpreet held one finish as India continued to lose wickets to Dean from the opposite finish. England off-spinner at the moment has 4 wickets to her identify and would need to get a fifer earlier than India declare within the morning session on Day 3 with Harmanpreet trying to smash her maiden Test fifty.
