Twitter Reactions: Indian bowlers restrict England for 228 to set up the final perfectly

In the entire tournament so far, India’s campaign in each match had at least one player rising to the occasion as and when the situation demanded. Though the Indian bowlers did not get their first wicket as quickly as they would have wished, they were quick to make a comeback and chipped in with regular wickets.

After Poonam Yadav took Tammy Beaumont’s wicket, the English women found it difficult to post a match winning partnership. Taylor and Sciver did initiate a recovery and started to rebuild, however, it lasted only as long as Jhulan Goswami decided to showcase a stellar bowling performance in her second spell. She concluded with figures of 3/22 taking the big wickets of Taylor, Sciver and Wilson.

In her second spell, she was on a hat-trick after a dominating spell that brought the team back into the contest. Sciver remained the highest scorer with 51 runs and only Taylor came close to it with 45. There were some questions raised on the hesitation of the English team to use the DRS and it was only made worse as the tail could not make up for it in the death overs.

Despite a few misfields, wrong lengths and Shikha Pandey being targetted by the batters early on, the fielding imrovised and Deepti Sharma was one of those who displayed incredible athleticism. With hold on the game after Wilson’s wicket, it was easy to tame the tail and restricting the opponents to a target of  of 228/7 in 50 overs.

Though it is not a par score on an unusual Lord’s pitch, the Indian batters have been in inspired form and only excellent bowling from England can create chances of a victory for Heather Knight & Co. What will follow may be a life changing chase for the Indian women and cricket in general.

Here is how Twitter reacted to India’s bowling performance in the first innings:

FYI India didn't have a fielding coach until just before the #WWC17. Astonishing how much improvement has been made in such a short time

— Francis Kelly (@_Franciskelly) July 23, 2017

Yeeaahhhh!!! Keeping it straight and simple. Super, Jhulan!!! #IndvsEng #WWC17Final

— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 23, 2017

i so want to hear the audio of the stump mic on harman's end for that missed runout 🙂 #WWC17Final

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) July 23, 2017

Indians have been going gaga over the wrong Goswami all these years

— Hassan Cheema (@mediagag) July 23, 2017

Sub 250 target and a Smriti-esque start will be good. This is one game we could use a Mandhana flying start.

— Navin Rajaram (@navinrajaram) July 23, 2017

Jhulan ne Jhula daala.
Wonderful fightback from India.#WWCFinal2017

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 23, 2017

That straight slap was Sciver asking the ball to behave.

— Alagappan V (@IndianMourinho) July 23, 2017

India can't afford to relax though. Finish the job, Gunn is a crucial batter for England lower down the order.

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) July 23, 2017

Jhulan goswami with her last over in World Cup history

— Snehal Pradhan (@SnehalPradhan) July 23, 2017

DEEPTI SHARMA, I'M IN AWE! What an athlete! #WWC17Final

— Manya ? (@CSKian716) July 23, 2017