The last and decisive match of the three -match T20 International series played between the Indian women’s team and the England women’s team was extremely exciting. The England women’s team defeated the Indian women’s team by 4 wickets and captured the series 2–1. Even though Indian spinner Deepti Sharma made history with 5 wickets including a hat -trick, performing her career best, but she could not make her team cross the threshold of victory.
In this decisive match played at the stadium in Guwahati, the Indian women’s team won the toss and decided to bat first. Despite the initial tremors, the Indian team scored a respectable score. Captain Smriti Mandhana played a brilliant innings of 43 runs, while Jemima Rodrigues contributed significantly and Shefali Verma contributed significantly. Thanks to these innings, the Indian team could score 126 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 7 wickets. For England, Charlie Dean took 4 wickets while bowling brilliantly, while Sara Glenn took 2 wickets.
England started strong to chase a target of 127 runs. His batsmen scored fast and put India in trouble. At one time it seemed that England would easily achieve the target. But then the magic of Indian spinner Deepti Sharma who came on the field. Deepti tried his best to change the attitude of the match on his own with his wonderful bowling.
Deepti Sharma completed a great hat -trick, taking three wickets on three consecutive balls, which put England batsmen in a hurry. His extraordinary spell (5 wickets only 13 runs) killed the match again and England’s big wickets continued to fall. England’s score, which was 2 wickets for 89 runs at one time, reached 95 for 6 wickets by the 12th over after seeing Deepti’s havoc.
But in the end, England’s Sophia Dunkle showed restraint and determination. He scored an unbeaten 52 -run innings and won his team in 18.2 overs while batting patiently and best. England won the T20 series with this victory. Sophia Dunkley was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for her decisive innings.
The match was definitely defeated for the Indian team, but Deepti Sharma’s incredible performance won the hearts of fans and proved how much talent is present in Indian women’s cricket.
