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ENGW vs INDW | 1st T20I: England go 1-0 up after rain plays spoilsport

England women’s team went 1-0 in the three-match T20I series against India in Northampton after beating the visitors by 18 runs (DLS method).

Chasing 178, India were 54/3 in 8.4 overs when rain played spoilsport and England were eventually declared winners as the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side was 18 runs behind.

The visiting team had a disappointing start to the chase after they lost Shafali Verma for a two-ball duck but Smriti Mandhana and Harleen Deol steadied the ship for the team.

The two batters put 44 runs on the board before Mandhana departed for 29 off 17. India then lost skipper Kaur after she just managed to score 1 run off two deliveries. Deol remained unbeaten at 17 off 24.

Earlier, England rode on an exceptional knock from Sciver after she scored a 27-ball 55 while Jones chipped in with 43 off just 27 balls to take their team to a total of 177/7 in 20 overs.

India did show some resistance at the end of the innings after Shikha Pandey scalped three wickets in the penultimate overs, courtesy some fine work in the field from Harmanpreet, Harleen and Rich Ghosh.

Pandey eventually returned with figures of 3/22 in 4 overs.

India captain Harmanpreet admitted that losing wickets at regular intervals cost them the match but also hailed Shikha Pandey for her efforts.

“We were batting according to DLS, unfortunately we kept losing wickets. We knew there'd be rain after 8:30 PM. We couldn't make it due to back-to-back wickets. We fielded really well, there's a lot of improvement in our fielding. Shikha did really well in the bowling department. We need to think of the boundaries we're are giving in between overs. If we can work on that, we can stop any team. Every game is important for us, today was unfortunate because of rain. Still two more games left for us to prove ourselves,” she said.

England skipper Heather Knight expressed delight on the win. “We still got a series to win. Really pleased with how things went today. Nat was outstanding in the middle overs and so was Amy Jones. A brilliant partnership and we were clinical with the ball. Very pleasing,” she said.

The two teams will now meet each other in the second T20I in Hove.

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