India Women vs England Women ODI collection: Dominant India appears to seal collection towards England

India received the opener at Southampton by 4 wickets, and a victory at Lord’s will give the guests an unassailable 2-0 lead within the three-match rubber. This would prolong their string of wins within the format in current occasions, together with the tri-series triumph involving Sri Lanka and South Africa in May.

The video games towards England carry added significance as they function important preparation for the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup, which India will host later this yr.

With a number of gamers delivering standout performances, competitors for spots within the World Cup squad is heating up, however this drawback of loads is a contented headache for India coach Amol Muzumdar and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.

The administration has a number of choices to select from for sure roles. The depth and bench energy of the staff has by no means been this good.

In the absence of pacers Renuka Singh Thakur and Pooja Vastrakar attributable to injures, the aspect most popular Kranti Goud over the marginally extra skilled Arundhati Reddy. The 21-year-old newcomer confirmed her mettle with two massive wickets within the opener whereas sharing the brand new ball with Amanjot Kaur, who can also be a rookie.

Pratika Rawal has emerged as the popular alternative for Smriti Mandhana’s associate on the prime of the order whereas Shafali Verma additionally stays in rivalry after her kind within the T20 Internationals, the Women’s Premier League (WPL), and home cricket.

Harleen Deol can also be in good nick and within the occasion Shafali returns to the enjoying XI in close to future, Rawal could possibly be pushed all the way down to the quantity three slot.

However, in that case, it will likely be tough to accommodate Deol within the line-up that additionally includes Harmanpreet, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma and Richa Ghosh.

Even the spin division has loads of depth with the likes of left-arm spinner N Shree Charani becoming a member of the likes of Deepti, Sneha Rana and Radha Yadav.

Charani was named Player of the Series within the previous T20I collection for topping the wickets tally with 10 scalps.

Coming off her Rishabh Pant-like one-handed six throughout a match-winning half-century within the first ODI, senior all-rounder Deepti would be the cynosure of all eyes on Saturday.

Having ticked virtually all of the bins on the tour throughout which they received their maiden T20I collection on these shores, victory within the ODI rubber would additional enhance India’s preparations and morale forward of the worldwide showpiece, which begins on September 30.

As far as England are involved, they might want to pull up their socks and discover a method to begin successful matches.

The end result within the opener was India’s fifth consecutive ODI victory on English soil.

Teams (from):

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Tejal Hasabnis, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Sree Charani, Shuchi Upadhyay, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare.

England squad: Nat Sciver-Brunt (c), Em Arlott, Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Alice Davidson-Richards, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Amy Jones, Emma Lamb, Linsey Smith.

Match begins at 3:30pm IST.