By Admin 
The Indian women’s cricket team defeated England by 4 wickets in the first ODI. England won the toss and decided to bat first. After a bad start, Sophia Dunkli played a brilliant innings of 83 runs and took the score to 258. Chasing the target, Team India did not start well, but India won by the amazing innings of middle order batsmen Jemima Rodriguez (48) and Deepti Sharma (62*).
Chasing the target of 259 runs, Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal shared a 48 -run partnership for the first wicket, as Mandhana (28), Team India received his first blow. After this, the copy returned to the pavilion after scoring 36 runs. The pressure on Team India was increased due to the cheap dismissal of Harleen Deol (27) and Harmanpreet Kaur (17).
Deepti Sharma became the player of the match
After falling 4 wickets for 124 runs, Team India had increased, but then Deepti Sharma shared a 90 -run partnership with Jemima Rodriguez for the fifth wicket. Jemima scored 48 runs in 54 balls with the help of 5 fours. After this, the fifth shock as Richa Ghosh (10) was on a score of 229.
Deepti Sharma scored an unbeaten 62 in 64 balls with the help of 1 six and 3 fours, in the end Amanjot Kaur scored 20 runs in 14 balls and India won by 4 wickets with 10 balls remaining. India has taken a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series.
A cracker of a chase from #Teamindia To win the Odie Series Opener by 4 Wickets!
Scorecard ▶ ️ https://t.co/kzoiquebwp#ENGVIND pic.twitter.com/e1i3igw0r7
– Bcci Women (@BcciWomen) July 16, 2025
Earlier, after winning the toss, the 4 wickets of the England team, batting first, fell on 97 runs, then it seemed that England would reach only by 160-170. But middle order batsmen Sophia Dunkli (83) and Ellis Davidson-Richards (53) played half-century innings and brought England to a score of 258.
Sneh Rana and Kranti Gaur took 2-2 wickets for India. Amanjot Kaur and Nallapurdedi Mr. Charani got 1-1 wickets. Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, Team India has taken a 1-0 lead in the series, by winning the second ODI, India would like to take an unbeatable lead on the series. The second ODI will be played on 19 July.