ENG-W vs IND-W 2025, 4th T20I: Radha Yadav, openers help India seal series in Manchester

Radha Yadav was the star of the fourth T20I for India, as her terrific bowling spell helped India restrict England to a modest total of 126/7 at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester. This was after Tammy Beaumont won the toss and opted to bat first in what was a do-or-die game for the home side.

Shree Charani gave India the first breakthrough after Harmanpreet Kaur brought her into the attack in the third over. The 20-year-old got the better of Danielle Wyatt-Hodge. Sophia Dunkley found it difficult to rotate strike, and she was dismissed in the final over of the powerplay after scoring 22 runs off 19 balls.

Alice Capsey and Beaumont joined forces, and they tried to up the ante as far as the scoring rate was concerned. However, they only managed to add 35 runs off 30 balls. Both of them were dismissed in consecutive overs in the middle phase of the innings.

Both of them failed to convert their starts into substantial scores. Amy Jones, Paige Scholfield, and Charlie Dean couldn't make the most of their time in the middle. Issy Wong and Sophie Ecclestone added 25 runs off the last 18 balls of the innings to take the hosts over the 120-run mark. Radha took two wickets and gave away just 15 runs in her four-over spell. Charani also bagged a couple of wickets, conceding 30 runs in four overs.

England were in desperate need of wickets with the new ball but Indian openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma had other ideas. They took the attack to the English bowlers and added 56 runs in seven overs before Dean dismissed Verma for a 19-ball 31. Mandhana tried to play the anchor's role, but was dismissed by Sophie Ecclestone after scoring 32 runs off 31 deliveries.

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Jemimah Rodrigues forged a watchful 48-run partnership with captain Harmanpreet Kaur off 42 balls to take India on the brink of a famous series win. However, England delayed the inevitable by picking up the wickets of Harmanpreet and Amanjot Kaur in consecutive overs. Rodrigues took the winning run in the last ball of the 17th over as India got home with three overs and six wickets to spare.

The Women in Blue bagged the series with a match remaining. Rodrigues remained unbeaten on 24 off 22 balls, with Richa Ghosh (7*) for company.