Medium pacer Renuka Singh’s fifer and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana’s fine
half-century went in vain as India lost to England by 11 runs to suffer
their first defeat in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup on Saturday. Renuka
Singh registered her best bowling figures (5/15) to help India restrict
England to 151 for seven after Harmanpreet Kaur opted to bowl.Renuka did the early damage, picking up the first three wickets to
peg England back and then returned to take two more towards the fag end of
the innings.In the chase, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana led the charge with a 41-ball
52, which was studded with seven boundaries and a six, while Richa Ghosh
remained unbeaten on 47 off 34 balls as India fell short by 11 runs,
managing 140 for 5 in their 20 overs
half-century went in vain as India lost to England by 11 runs to suffer
their first defeat in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup on Saturday. Renuka
Singh registered her best bowling figures (5/15) to help India restrict
England to 151 for seven after Harmanpreet Kaur opted to bowl.Renuka did the early damage, picking up the first three wickets to
peg England back and then returned to take two more towards the fag end of
the innings.In the chase, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana led the charge with a 41-ball
52, which was studded with seven boundaries and a six, while Richa Ghosh
remained unbeaten on 47 off 34 balls as India fell short by 11 runs,
managing 140 for 5 in their 20 overs
