The Indian Women’s Cricket Team registered the biggest-ever win in Women’s Test cricket with a resounding win over England on 3rd morning of a one-off encounter played at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai on 16th December 2023.
Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur declared the overnight score of 186 for 6 setting a daunting target of 479 runs to England. Renuka Singh and Sneha Rana began their duties for the Indian team against Tammy Beaumont and Sophia Dunkley. England’s openers looked in decent touch with lovely strokes.
Renuka Singh produced a stunning delivery to dismiss Beaumont getting the early breakthrough for the Indian team. Pooja Vastkar was at her best getting wickets of Sophia Dunkley with a sharp catch by Harleen Deol and then shattering the stumps of Nat Sciver Brunt to leave the England team on the backfoot.
Heather Knight and Dani Wyatt showed some resistance against disciplined Indian bowling. Pooja Vastkar dismissed Knight with a lovely delivery caught by Yastika Bhatia to leave the England team in deep trouble. Knight and Wyatt added 31 runs for the 4th wicket.
Deepti Sharma got rid of Wyatt with a good low catch by Sneha Rana to leave the England team in tatters. The off-spinner then dismissed Amy Jones as Shafali Varma took a simple catch. Rajeshwari Gayakwad troubled Sophie Ecclestone before shattering her stumps to bring the Indian team to cusp of the history.
Deepti Sharma then dismissed Kate Cross and Lauren Flier quickly. Charlie Dean looked impressive with her strokes with the attacking field set by Kaur. Rajeshwari Gakywad got rid of Lauren Bell with a simple catch by Rodrigues to bowl out England for 131 in 27.3 overs.
It was a dominating display by the Indian women’s team with all-round performances right from the word go. Indian team posted 428 runs in the first innings thanks to half-centuries by Shubha Satheesh, Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, and Yastika Bhatia which helped the Indian team to post a big score.
Deepti Sharma created havoc with 5 for 7 in 5.3 overs to trigger a collapse bowling out England women for 136. The Indian team decided not to enforce the follow-on. Smriti Mandhana and Varma provided a solid start putting on 61 runs for the opening wicket before they lost a flurry of wickets. Harmanpreet Kaur and Vastrkar steadied the ship before the Indian team ended the day 2 on 186 for 6.
For her all-round performances, Deepti Sharma was named the player of the match award. It was an impressive performance by the Indian women’s team.
A resounding triumph for @BCCIWomen! To beat England by 347 runs within 3 days is a special achievement. @Deepti_Sharma06 had a Test to remember with her 9 wickets and a half-century with the bat. Renuka Singh and @Vastrakarp25 provided the crucial breakthroughs when required and… pic.twitter.com/Kq2dsECjSI
— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03) December 16, 2023
347 run win isn't just a win, it's a thrashing!! Congratulations and well played @BCCIWomen 👏🏾 And Deepti Sharma, what a Star! Bowled just 13.3 overs in the game and picked up 9 wickets 🙌🏽 #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/X81QGEzGVP
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) December 16, 2023
Indian women have created history. An innings defeat to England. Wow 🤩
9 wickets for Deepti…along with the 67 valuable runs. Meet your Player of The Match for this historic Test 🙌👌— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 16, 2023
347 RUNS
That's the biggest margin of runs win for the Indian Women's Cricket Team. 🇮🇳💙🫡
Well done girls, You have made us all proud. 🙌🙌🥹#INDvENG #INDWvENGW #INDWvsENGW #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/91EpG3xpHP
— Saabir Zafar (@Saabir_Saabu01) December 16, 2023
10 wickets in a session and India defeated England by a huge margin of 347 runs.
Outstanding performance by Deepti Sharma in both innings: 39 Runs – 9 Wickets#INDWvENGW #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/WEAiIKutai
— Ishan Joshi (@ishanjoshii) December 16, 2023
Look at the smile on Indian women's face
This win should be celebrated more
Biggest win in women's cricket history #INDWvENGW #VijayDiwas pic.twitter.com/wZm2uHrDxG
— 🚩🇮🇳 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐇 𝟏𝟖 ❤️ (@Kohli_Goat_) December 16, 2023
“I jokingly call her Ben Stokes of the Team”
Coach Amol Muzumdar on Deepti Sharma #INDWvENGW pic.twitter.com/xnyqfD2jnO
— Gaurav Nandan Tripathi 🜃 (@Cric_Beyond_Ent) December 16, 2023
India women's team beat eng w team in test match by 347 tuns 1st win for new coach amol Mazumder
Deepti Sharma
9 wickets haul and 60 odd runs
#INDvsENG #indwvengw pic.twitter.com/UGrEEcBljp— Somnath Chakraborty (@Somnath44333169) December 16, 2023
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