It was a dominant show from England women in the first T20I of the three-match T20I series as they crushed India by 9 wickets to take a 1-0 lead. Sophia Dunkley scored an unbeaten 61 runs after Sarah Glenn took a four-fer with the ball to set up a sensational victory for the hosts.
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While India had a forgettable day in all three departments as they just failed to match the intensity of the game. England started the chase with some luck on their side as Dunkely survived a caught behind courtesy of a no-ball from Renuka Singh.
The 24-year-old didn’t stop after that and played a good counter-attacking knock to blow India away. Her 44-ball stay was laced with eight fours and a six. Alice Capsey remained unbeaten on 32 runs off 20 balls as she struck three fours and two sixes.
The only positive for India was Deepti Sharma’s batting who scored 29 runs off 24 balls to take India to a respectable total..
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Indian women's skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said in the post-match presentation, " I just feel we forcefully played. Not 100 percent conditions to play. The ground was too wet. So many chances to get injured. One of our players got also injured so we were one bowler short. I'm sure we'll bounce back.
These were some Interesting comments from Harmanpreet about the conditions not being 100 percent and the ground being too wet to play. She also said they "forcefully played" despite these conditions. India clearly not happy. Maybe we'll hear more about it later
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