Twitter Reactions: England stumble in small chase but clinch series
England women defeated India women by four wickets in the second T20I and clinched the series.
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The second T20I of the ongoing series between India and England women saw the visitors register a dominant victory at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday, December 9. After winning the first T20I, England looked to clinch the series, and the side did just that.
The clash began with India coming in to bat first after losing the toss. The Women in Blue began their innings with Shafali Varma and Smriti Mandhana coming out to bat. However, both openers were sent back to the pavilion early as Varma went out for a duck and Mandhana amassed just 10 runs.
Jemimah Rodrigues did play a resilient knock, scoring 30 runs in 33 deliveries, but the rest of the batting order could not amount to much. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur scored nine runs while Richa Ghosh and Pooja Vastrakar were also dismissed cheaply as the Indian women managed to score just 80 on the board.
As for England, Charlie Dean, Lauren Bell, Sophie Ecclestone, and Sarah Glenn took two wickets each while Nat Sciver-Brunt and Freya Kemp struck once each.
England clinch series with four-wicket win
Aiming to chase down a reasonable target of 81 runs in the second innings, England found themselves in trouble as openers Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt were dismissed for nine and zero, respectively. However, Alice Capsey and Nat Sciver-Brunt played resilient knocks and propelled the visitors to a win. Capsey scored 25 runs in 21 deliveries, while Sciver-Brunt scoring 16 runs in 13 balls.
England did lose some wickets towards the end of their chase, but eventually managed to get to the target in 11.2 overs and won the game by four wickets. Renuka Singh and Deepti Sharma were the highest wicket-takers, taking two wickets each. Saika Ishaque and Pooja Vastrakar struck once each as well.
Let us have a look at how Twitter reacted to the second T20I between India and England:
The fact that Harmanpreet's captaincy and a potential change isn't being discussed shows how less women's cricket in India is being followed. People either don't watch, or don't care. #INDvsENG https://t.co/3LWAViRhzv
— Saieesh Mayya (@MayyaSaieesh) December 9, 2023
Mumbai loves cricket. 🎯
— Lucifer 45 (@AayanSharma45) December 9, 2023
Incredible crowd for the Women's T20 between India vs England. #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/cQjXenhfr8
India Women's Team Performance in the last 3 Home T20i series :-
— Jay. (@Jay_Cricket18) December 9, 2023
Lost to England 2-0*.
Lost to Australia 4-1.
Lost to South Africa 2-1. pic.twitter.com/jEF7H6PuFI
Will Women's cricket in India ever move out of Mumbai (Maharashtra)?#WPL2024
— Abhishek (@abhishekr2502) December 9, 2023
The quality of batting from both teams in this India v England women's match is absolutely diabolical. Why has women's cricket regressed so dramatically in the last 10 years while football and rugby are so good?
— Oliver Brett (@Oliver___Brett) December 9, 2023
Bad performance by Team India. It seems like an easy win for the English Women's team here.
— Cricket Chronicle 🏏🏏 (@cricchronicle1) December 9, 2023
Wanted to see some performances from the Indian side but disappointed 😔
Good to see a full crowd in Wankadee stadium Mumbai in a women's match between England and India but management needs to put proper arrangement in place for spectators. #INDvsENGLiveMatchToday #womenscricket @BCCI pic.twitter.com/kYzsokbG4T
— RJ Speaks ( میر اخلاق ) (@TherapyCricket) December 9, 2023
We are supporting @wplt20 to see Indian women team to get OUT on 77?? What kind of cricket we are playing?? @BCCIWomen @ImHarmanpreet @mandhana_smriti Now what's the point of fighting to win he last game?? #INDWvENGW
— mayur chaudhary 🇮🇳 (@mayuchaudhary) December 9, 2023
Superb Performance from England Women to WIN the T20 Series in India👏 #INDvENG #INDWvENGW Right it is over to the Men to Win their ODI series in West Indies Later on! Come on @englandcricket 🏏🏴 #WIvENG
— BCFC1875 (@YouBearsssssss) December 9, 2023
We are 2-0 up with one more game to go 🤩🏏#INDWvENGW pic.twitter.com/1xMuC6I3mm
— :( (@cric_insane) December 9, 2023
Why wouldn't you start with the spinners upfront along with Renuka Singh
— Naman🏏🥰 (@NamanShah2607) December 9, 2023
Poor captaincy from Kaur#INDWvENGW
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