India capped off a profitable tour of England to clinch the ODI sequence 2-1 after securing a 13-run victory within the third and ultimate ODI at Riverside Floor in Durham on Tuesday.
India’s victory was constructed on a dominating first innings complete of 318, powered by a blistering 82-ball century from skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (102). The Indian captain took a very heavy toll on the English middle-overs bowling of Lauren Bell, Linsey Smith, and Lauren Filer.
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Her knock was ably supported by contributions all through the batting order. Smriti Mandhana and Harleen Deol (each 45) have been on the prime of the order, whereas Jemimah Rodrigues (50) scored a brisk half-century. Harmanpreet and Jemimah’s partnership was particularly harmful, with the pair including 110 from simply 77 balls.
Richa Ghosh (38) added a ultimate flourish to take India to its second-highest rating in opposition to England. Sophie Ecclestone was the decide of the English bowlers, taking a predictably miserly 1-28 from her allocation of ten overs.
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England was left requiring a document chase for victory, and it was additional set again when Kranti Goud eliminated openers Tammy Beaumont (2) and Amy Jones (4) cheaply.
Jones was dismissed by an unbelievable catch from Deepti Sharma, who dived full stretch to take a one-handed catch. The early dismissals set England again considerably because it limped to 22/2 from the primary ten overs.
Nevertheless, the English chase was given some hope by a battling partnership from captain Nat Sciver-Brunt (98) and Emma Lamb (68). The pair began slowly, however progressively elevated the scoring charge to placed on 162.
Nevertheless, when N. Shree Charani eliminated Lamb, the sport appeared to start wrapping up. Deepti Sharma then eliminated the English skipper agonisingly in need of her century to all however seal the consequence.
Sophia Dunkley (34), Charlie Dean (21), and Alice Davidson-Richards (44) all made helpful lower-order contributions to convey England inside touching distance of the goal, however Kranti Goud returned to take away the latter two, earlier than knocking over the tail to turn into the youngest Indian pacer to take a haul of 5 or extra wickets.