ENG-W vs IND-W, ODIs, 2022: Harmanpreet stamps mark on India’s 1st ODI series win in Eng in 23 years
India Women tour of England 2022: Harmanpreet Kaur's 143 off 111 in second ODI hand over India first ODI series win in England in 23 years. India Women lead three-match ODI series against England Women by 2-0.
The last time when India Women won a bilateral One Day International (ODI) series in England, the year was 1999 and it was their maiden win there. Since then, India have played five bilateral ODI series and a one-off one-dayer against England in the latter’s home conditions, but they were never able to beat the opposition.
In the ongoing three-match ODI series against England Women, during the second game at the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, when England’s Charlotte Dean was stumped against a loopy off-break delivery from Dayalan Hemalatha, emotions ran at high pitch amongst India’s players and the crowd; India Women had just locked their second ODI series win in England.
In 2002, a young girl from Nadia in Bengal named Jhulan Goswami made her debut in international cricket and after around 21 years of an illustrious career, Goswami is set to bid adieu to international cricket in the third ODI of the ongoing series at Lord’s in London.
India Women began ODI series in rocking style
Before the ODI leg, both the sides met each other in a three-match T20I series where England while playing some good cricket succeeded in clinching the series by a 2-1 margin. India won the second T20I game by eight wickets at the County Ground in Derby and that too was possible because of a superlative 53-ball 79 run knock from opener Smriti Mandhana that was arranged with 13 boundaries.
Unlike the T20I series, India began the ODI series on a high note as they comprehensively blew away England in the first game by seven wickets with almost 40 balls to spare, and again the left-handed India opener Mandhana coloured the evening with 91 runs in just 99 balls with 10 boundaries and one maximum. The best part of her innings was that she tried to play the shots more on her front foot rather than relying on the back foot.
“I would like to dedicate this medal to Jhulu di (Jhulan Goswami),” Mandhana expressed at the end of the first ODI. “This entire series, we will be playing to dedicate it to Jhulu di.”
England looked clueless in front of India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur in 2nd ODI
There is a unique connection between England’s grounds and splendid knocks from current India captain Harmanpreet Kaur. It will be hard for anyone to erase her magical innings of 171* against Australia from just 115 deliveries, with 20 boundaries and seven maximums, during the second semifinal of ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 at the County Ground in Derby.