2nd T20I: India women suffer sixth straight defeat as England take an unassailable 2-0 lead
Cricket | March 07, 2019 14:28 ISTChasing a target of 112, England managed to reach the target with five balls to spare.
Chasing a target of 112, England managed to reach the target with five balls to spare.
The player won the cricketer of the year award for Women at ICC awards and she has said that it had a huge impact on her.
India have been doing well in the 50-over format but they have plenty to ponder about in the shortest form, having lost their previous series in New Zealand 0-3.
Mithali rued the missed opportunity to not only complete a 3-0 series whitewash against a quality side like England, but also lose out on crucial two points in the ICC Women's Championship.
India had thrashed reigning World Champions England by 66 runs in the opening ODI and then followed it up with a dominating seven-wicket win in the second game.
India outclassed world champions England by 66 runs in the series opener on Friday.
In the women's 50-over World Cup, the Indian team made the final where they lost to England, generating a huge amount of interest in the country.
After a mini-collapse, the innings was resurrected by a 54-run stand between Mithali (44) and wicketkeeper Tania (25) for the sixth wicket.
India women couldn't have asked for a better start to the series, defeating the current world champions England by 66 runs in the opener at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday.
Batting first, India folded for 202 in 49.4 overs but they returned to dismiss England for 136 to make a winning start to the series.
The Indian women's team begins its three-ODI series against England at home on Friday in the absence of star player Harmanpreet Kaur, who has been ruled out of the series due to an ankle injury.
Opener Smriti Mandhana, who amassed 196 runs including a hundred and a 90 in New Zealand, will be a key player with the bat for the Indian women's team.
Smriti Mandhana is leading the pack with 774 rating points ahead of Australia pair of Ellyse Perry and Meg Lanning.
Kalpana, who made her ODI debut at home against New Zealand in 2015, will be the second wicketkeeper in the squad apart from Taniya Bhatia.
The Indian board also announced the President's XI squad that will play a warm-up game ahead of the series on February 18.
Chasing 160, India were going strong at 102 for 1 but Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues' dismissal proved fatal for the visitors who collapsed to 136 all out.
While India's three-match T20 series against New Zealand starts in Wellington on Wednesday, it is still not clear whether Mithali will be a part of the playing XI.
After defeating New Zealand 2-1 in the three-match ODI series, the Indian women's team will now focus on the shortest format of the game under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur. Veteran Mithali Raj feels that it is the spinners who can control the ga
Mithali made her ODI debut against England in Milton Keynes in January 1999 and on Friday became the first woman to compete in 200 matches in the 50-over format.
A solid knock was expected from Mithali on her 200th ODI but she ended up with nine off 28 balls.
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