London: England needed 17 runs to win with one wicket remaining and plenty of overs remaining. It must have felt they still had a shot at winning.
She kept her cool when she realized Charlie Dean was backing a little too far and stopped her delivery stride. The bails were flicked and Deepti kept her cool. India’s whitewash came after Charlie was mankaded. The act by Deepti, following the win, did not go down well with a few, who took to social media and started debating. England was trolled by former India opener Virender Sehwag over this. A couple of pictures were posted by Sehwag accused the English of being poor losers. In the first picture, the English national flag was displayed along with the message “Invent a Game, Forget Its Rules”. In the second image, rule No. 41.16.1 was explained.
As for the women’s ODI series, India won for the first time by 16 runs against England on Saturday.
A paltry 169 proved enough for India when they batted in the first innings.
In veteran seamer Jhulan Goswami’s farewell match, India was bundled out in 45.4 overs at Lord’s.
As a result, opener Smriti Mandhana scored exactly 50 runs in 79 deliveries, while all-rounder Deepti Sharma made an unbeaten 68 off 106 balls.
