England ran out India captain Harmanpreet Kaur in weird circumstances on the opening day of their one-off ladies’s Check – however they might not cease the hosts piling up 410 for seven in Mumbai.
It was India’s first Check match on dwelling soil since 2014 however they settled in to their job after selecting to bat, with Satheeth Shubha (69), Jemima Rodrigues (68), Yastika Bhatia (66) and Deepti Sharma (60no) all making half-centuries.
Kaur thought she had additionally reached the landmark for the primary time however was stunned to seek out herself given out for 49 after elevating her bat to acknowledge the applause of her team-mates.
She had prodded a supply to cowl and scampered by way of for what she believed to be her fiftieth run after Danni Wyatt’s return throw hit the stumps and ricocheted away from wicketkeeper Amy Jones.
The TV umpire subsequently reviewed the replays and located Kaur, who had been in no strain in any way to make her floor, had unintentionally lodged her bat simply in entrance of the crease line and was brief by an inch because the bails have been lifted.
It could not have been misplaced on England that the bowler on the time was Charlie Dean, sufferer of a controversial ‘Mankad’ run out on the non-striker’s finish underneath Kaur’s captaincy at Lord’s in 2022.
England could already discover victory a troublesome ask with India’s highest ever dwelling whole and wholesome run fee of 4.36 carving out a robust place.
This summer time’s ladies’s Ashes collection included a five-day Check, permitting sufficient time for the sport to achieve its pure conclusion, however the reversion to the standard, unloved 4 days means a draw could also be the very best lifelike outcome for Heather Knight’s vacationers.
England had began the day effectively, Lauren Bell bowling Smriti Mandhana by way of an inside edge and Kate Cross cleansing up Shafali Verma inside the primary 9 overs. Bell returned to dismiss Rodrigues’ spectacular knock by attacking the stumps once more and completed with figures of two for 64.
Sophie Ecclestone, the world’s primary white-ball spinner, struggled to claim herself as she mustered one for 85 in 22 overs and there was one wicket apiece for Dean and Nat Sciver-Brunt, who landed a late blow to take away Sneh Rana within the closing minutes.
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