Deepti Sharma confirmed huge composure with an unbeaten half-century that powered India to a snug four-wicket victory within the opening ladies’s ODI in opposition to England.
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) offered the ending touches with some meaty blows because the goal was achieved with minimal fuss regardless of India being lowered to 124 for 4 after the autumn of skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s (17) wicket.
Deepti and Rodrigues took over and farmed the strike properly as they saved the scoreboard ticking and in addition hit the occasional boundaries each time unfastened deliveries had been offered.
Deepti, whose slog over batting has at all times are available in 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 pleased with Deepti’s efficiency and in addition praised Rodrigues, who missed out on a half-century by two runs.
“Happy with the way we bowled. Really happy with how we batted, especially Deepti. Her innings was key. We thought we gave away extra 20-30 runs, it was a good wicket to bat on. Fielding is something we are working on, we missed two chances today. We will try to do better. Jemi is calm on the field and credit goes to Deepti for the way 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.
Besides Goud (2/55 in 9 overs), off-spinner Sneh Rana (2/31 in 10 overs) too picked up two wickets throughout a high quality 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 fashioned the nucleus of the England innings after they misplaced 4 wickets for 97 runs.
Dunkley struck 9 fours throughout her keep within the center.
