The third ODI between India and England was not a do or die game, but just a match of academic importance. Having clinched the ODI series clinically, Mithali Raj and co. were rather relaxed going into the third and the last encounter of the ODI series at Wankhede, Mumbai.
Winning the toss and electing to bat first, India did not get off to the best of starts as they lost their key opening bat Jemimah Rodrigues for a duck, courtesy Katherine Brunt. Coming in to bat on the very third ball of the innings, Mumbai player Punam Raut was determined to shoulder the responsibility. Smriti Mandhana, who has had a wonderful series so far, continued to score big. Mandhana (66) and Raut (56) stitched a solid partnership of 129 runs for the second wicket, before the southpaw fell prey to Brunt. After the dismissal of Smriti, the Indian batting collapsed like a pack of cards and in no time the hosts were dwindled down to 150-7, losing five wickets for just 21 runs. Lower down the order, Deepti Sharma (27 not out) and Shikha Pandey (26) consolidated the innings, and took India past 200-run mark. For the visitors, Katherine Brunt was the star performer with the ball as scalped 5-28 in her 10 overs.
What seemed to be an easy chase, looked remarkably difficult, as the English side kept losing wickets at regular intervals. At one point in time, the visitors were found wanting at 49-5, thanks to Jhulan Goswami's heroics with the ball. Goswami ran through the top order in no time, giving hope to her side to whitewash England. However, skipper Heather Knight (47) and Danielle Wyatt (56) had some other plans. Both these players batted with maturity and took the game away from the hosts. After the fall of Knight and Wyatt, India's hopes to clean sweep the series were ignited, but Georgia Elwiss (33 not out) alongwith Katherine Brunt (18) ensured that India do not make a comeback. The match went all the way to the 49th over, and the visitors chased down the target keeping in hand two wickets. For India, it was Jhulan Goswami (3-41) who was the pick of the bowlers, and she received good support from Shikha Pandey (2-34) and Poonam Yadav (2-41).
The two sides will meet next for a three match T20 series to be played at Guwahati from March 4.
Source: Cricbuzz
Winning the toss and electing to bat first, India did not get off to the best of starts as they lost their key opening bat Jemimah Rodrigues for a duck, courtesy Katherine Brunt. Coming in to bat on the very third ball of the innings, Mumbai player Punam Raut was determined to shoulder the responsibility. Smriti Mandhana, who has had a wonderful series so far, continued to score big. Mandhana (66) and Raut (56) stitched a solid partnership of 129 runs for the second wicket, before the southpaw fell prey to Brunt. After the dismissal of Smriti, the Indian batting collapsed like a pack of cards and in no time the hosts were dwindled down to 150-7, losing five wickets for just 21 runs. Lower down the order, Deepti Sharma (27 not out) and Shikha Pandey (26) consolidated the innings, and took India past 200-run mark. For the visitors, Katherine Brunt was the star performer with the ball as scalped 5-28 in her 10 overs.
What seemed to be an easy chase, looked remarkably difficult, as the English side kept losing wickets at regular intervals. At one point in time, the visitors were found wanting at 49-5, thanks to Jhulan Goswami's heroics with the ball. Goswami ran through the top order in no time, giving hope to her side to whitewash England. However, skipper Heather Knight (47) and Danielle Wyatt (56) had some other plans. Both these players batted with maturity and took the game away from the hosts. After the fall of Knight and Wyatt, India's hopes to clean sweep the series were ignited, but Georgia Elwiss (33 not out) alongwith Katherine Brunt (18) ensured that India do not make a comeback. The match went all the way to the 49th over, and the visitors chased down the target keeping in hand two wickets. For India, it was Jhulan Goswami (3-41) who was the pick of the bowlers, and she received good support from Shikha Pandey (2-34) and Poonam Yadav (2-41).
The two sides will meet next for a three match T20 series to be played at Guwahati from March 4.
Source: Cricbuzz
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