ENG-W vs IND-W 2nd ODI: India’s men’s cricket team had to face defeat in the Test match against England at Lord’s last week, while now the Indian women’s team has also suffered defeat in the ODI match on the same ground. In the second match of the three-match ODI series, England defeated India by 8 wickets and took the series to the deciding match. In the rain-affected match, Team India batted first and scored 143/8 in the stipulated 29 overs, in response, England easily achieved the target of 115 in 24 overs by scoring 116/2.
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Team India scored a challenging score with the help of Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma
ODI: After losing the toss and coming to bat first, the Indian team had a bad start and Pratika Rawal was out after scoring 3 runs in the second over. Harleen Deol also got out after scoring 16 runs. After this, there was a flurry of wickets and wickets fell one after the other. During this, captain Harmanpreet Kaur (7), Jemima Rodrigues (3) and Richa Ghosh (2) were out.
Smriti Mandhana batted well but got out after scoring 42 runs in 51 balls before completing her half-century. Arundhati Reddy contributed 14 runs. Deepti Sharma played an unbeaten innings of 30 runs in 34 balls. In this way, the Indian team was successful in reaching the challenging score. Sophie Ecclestone took the maximum three wickets for England.
Top order gave England an easy win
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Chasing the target, England got a good start. The pair of Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont shared a 54-run partnership for the first wicket. This pair was broken by Sneh Rana and Beaumont had to go to the pavilion on a personal score of 34. Captain Nat Seward-Brunt was also out after scoring 21 runs. However, Jones kept the front and along with Sophia Dunkley (9*) led her team to victory. Jones scored 46 runs in 57 balls, which included five fours.
Let us tell you that the third and decisive match of the three-match ODI series will be played on 22 July at Chester-le-Street. Whichever team wins this match, the series will also be in its name.
