Southampton, Jul 17 (PTI) Deepti Sharma confirmed monumental composure with an unbeaten half century that powered India to a cushty four-wicket victory within the opening girls’s ODI towards England right here.
The gown rehearsals for India’s 50-over World Cup began in earnest as a goal of 259 was chased with 10 balls to spare, courtesy Deepti’s unbeaten 62 off 64 balls with three boundaries and a six.
Her 90-run fifth wicket stand in 14.2 overs with Jemimah Rodrigues (48 off 54 balls) proved to be the match-winning one.
All-rounder Amanjot Kaur (20 off 14 balls) supplied the ending touches with some meaty blows because the goal was achieved with minimal fuss regardless of India being decreased to 124 for 4 after the autumn of skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s (17) wicket.
Deepti and Rodrigues took over and farmed the strike nicely as they stored the scoreboard ticking and likewise hit the occasional boundaries at any time when free deliveries had been supplied.
Deepti, whose slog over batting has all the time are available for lots of flak, was good in planning the chase.
The shot of the match definitely was her one-handed six off Lauren Bell over deep mid-wicket. She effortlessly picked a size ball from outdoors the off-stump and dispatched it over deep mid-wicket together with her backside hand coming off the deal with.
Indian captain Harmanpreet was very proud of Deepti’s efficiency and likewise praised Rodrigues, who missed out on a half-century by two runs.
“Pleased with the way in which we bowled. Actually proud of how we batted, particularly Deepti. Her innings was key. We thought we gave away additional 20-30 runs, it was a superb wicket to bat on. Fielding is one thing we’re engaged on, we missed two possibilities as we speak. We’ll attempt to do higher. Jemi is calm on the sector and credit score goes to Deepti for the way in which she batted.”
Earlier, younger seamer Kranti Goud impressed with two wickets upfront earlier than Sophia Dunkley’s unbeaten 92-ball 83 lifted England to a decent 258 for six right here on Wednesday.
Moreover Goud (2/55 in 9 overs), off-spinner Sneh Rana (2/31 in 10 overs) too picked up two wickets throughout a superb show after England opted to bat.
Alice Davidson Richards contributed 53 in 73 balls throughout a 106-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Dunkley, which shaped the nucleus of the England innings after they misplaced 4 wickets for 97 runs.
Dunkley struck 9 fours throughout her keep within the center.
