IND W Vs ENG W: Indian women’s team created history at Lord’s, defeated England by 270 runs in the historic test.

IND W Vs ENG W Lords Test Match Report: The Indian women’s cricket team performed brilliantly at the historic ground of Lord’s and defeated England by 270 runs in the first women’s Test match. With this victory, the Indian team became the first team to win the Women’s Test at Lord’s. This victory is considered to be one of the most memorable successes in the history of Indian women’s cricket.

India scored 285 runs in the first innings

In the match, England won the toss and chose to bowl first. Smriti Mandhana played a brilliant inning of 83 runs for India. Apart from them, Deepti Sharma (57), Harmanpreet Kaur (58) and Jemimah Rodrigues (35) also batted brilliantly. India scored 285 runs in the first innings. For England, Sophie Ecclestone took maximum 3 wickets, while Lauren Filler, Izzy Wong and Mady Villiers got two wickets each.

Kranti Gaur’s lethal bowling

England, who came to bat in the first innings, had a very bad start and the team had lost 4 wickets for 47 runs. After this, Nate Sciver-Brunt (44) and Amy Jones (52) tried to handle the innings, but could not last long against the Indian bowlers.

Kranti Gaur bowled brilliantly and took the first five-wicket haul (5/37) of her Test career. Sayali Satghare and Sneh Rana took two wickets each and reduced England to 170 runs. India had a lead of 115 runs on the basis of first innings.

Yastika Bhatia scored a century in the second innings

India batted brilliantly in the second innings also. Smriti Mandhana scored 70 runs, while Shefali Verma contributed 33 runs. After this, Yastika Bhatia scored a brilliant century and scored 113 runs. Richa Ghosh batted fast and scored unbeaten 50 runs in 52 balls.

India declared the innings at 341 runs for 7 wickets and set a huge target of 457 runs for England. Sophie Ecclestone was the most successful bowler for England in the second innings also. He took 5 wickets.

India finished the match on the fourth day

Chasing the target of 457 runs, the England team remained under constant pressure. On the last day, Sneh Rana gave a big success to India by taking the wicket of Amy Jones (54). After this, Deepti Sharma took two consecutive wickets, while Kranti Gaur and Sayali Satghare also took two wickets each. Sophie Ecclestone definitely scored a half-century, but she could not save the team from defeat. The entire England team was bundled out for 186 runs and India registered a historic win by 270 runs.

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With this victory, the Indian women’s team registered its name on the Honors Board of Lord’s. Thanks to Yastika Bhatia’s century and Kranti Gaur’s five wickets, the names of both the players also got included in the Lord’s Pronouns Board.