The Indian team had to face disappointment in the T20 World Cup 2026 and before that in the T20 series in England. But when it came to Test cricket, the Indian women’s team gave a strong performance and left the hosts England breathless. That too in the historic Lord’s Stadium, where the women’s test match has been organized for the first time. In this only Test match between the women’s teams of India and England, Team India played strongly for 3 consecutive days and gave England an impossible target of 457 runs to win.
The Indian team appeared dominant from the first day of this women’s test match, which started on July 10. On the first day, the batsmen showed their strength and on the second day, the magic of the bowlers was seen. Then the third day also remained in the name of the batsmen. Especially wicketkeeper-batsman Yastika Bhatia created history on the third day. Yastika, playing only her fourth Test match, scored a historic century in India’s second innings, on the basis of which Team India made a big score in the second innings.
On the third day, the Indian team, which set out to pursue its second innings with a score of 154 runs, scored a lot of runs and finally declared after scoring 341 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. During this, Yastika played a brilliant inning of 113 runs, while Richa Ghosh came later and plundered runs quickly and played an unbeaten inning of 50 runs in just 52 balls. Apart from them, Smriti Mandhana missed a century in this innings too and was out after scoring 70 runs.
On the basis of these innings, Team India achieved a lead of 456 runs over England and set a very difficult target for the host team. Let us tell you that the Indian team had scored 285 runs in the first innings. In response, on the basis of Kranti Gaur’s lethal bowling, India took a lead of 115 runs by bowling out England’s first innings for just 170 runs. Kranti took 5 wickets in the innings and became the first woman bowler to do so in the Lord’s Test.
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