India defeated England 3–2 in the T20 series. The final match of the series was played in Birmingham on Saturday, in which the England team won by 5 wickets on the final ball. In this match, the Indian women’s team scored 167 runs while playing first, in response, England ensured their victory by 5 wickets on the last ball of the match. Shefali Verma played a stormy innings of 75 runs for India in the match, but it could not work for India.

For the Indian team, Shefali Verma completed the fifty in just 23 balls. He hit 75 runs in 41 balls in his innings. No other batsman could play a big innings for the Indian team. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur only 15 runs while Richa Ghosh contributed 24 runs. In this way, Team India reached 167 runs in a struggle.

England won on the last ball

Chasing the target, England had added 101 runs in just 10.4 overs by Sophie Dunkli and Daniel Wayt Hodge. Dankli scored 46 runs and Hodge scored 56 runs. After that, the English team continued to lose wickets at intervals, meanwhile captain Tammy Buomont scored 30 runs in 20 balls. Alam was that England had to score 14 runs to win in the last 2 overs.

8 runs came in the 19th over, which led to the English team scoring only 6 runs in the last 6 balls. The thrill of the match increased when Arundhati Reddy dismissed 2 England batsmen off the first 3 balls. On the fourth ball, the England batsmen ran 3 runs, while the score level was scored on the fifth ball. The result of the match rested on the last ball, on which Sophie Eklestone ran a run and ensured his team’s victory.

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England Team Fined for Slow Over Rate: England team has been fined heavy. The case is related to the T20 match played last Saturday, in which the Indian team defeated England by 97 runs. In this match, captain Smriti Mandhana scored an innings of 112 runs for the Indian women’s team. The fine has been imposed on the England team due to a slow-over rate. Let us tell you that by winning the first T20 match played in Nottingham, the Indian team has gone ahead 1-0 in the series.

The ICC issued a statement stating that the penal of the match referrals found that the England team had thrown 2 overs by the scheduled time. This fine has been imposed under Article 2.22 in the ICC Rules. Under this article, cases related to over-rate are contained. If the bowling team is unable to throw the entire over within the stipulated time, then the players have to pay 5 percent of the match fees for each over thrown after the scheduled time. In this way, the England team has been fined 10 percent in the first T20 match.

The four umpires of the match had put up a case of slow-over rate. England captain Nat Cyver Brant accepted the allegations, due to which there was no need for any action.

Team India’s bumper win

In this match played in Nottingham, the Indian team got an invitation to bat first. Stormy opener Shefali Verma could not do anything special in this match, which was dismissed for 20 runs. But captain Smriti Mandhana played a rage of 112 runs, during which she also scored the second fastest century for India in women’s T20 cricket. He had completed a century in 51 balls. Apart from him, Harleen Deol also scored 43 runs. In response, the entire team of England was reduced to just 113 runs. Captain Nate could not play any big innings other than Syre Brant.

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