England seal series 2-0 after India suffer stunning batting collapse

Indian batting looked clueless and out of depth to be dismissed for their thirdlowest total as England notched up a fourwicket loss in the second womens T20I to take an unassailable 20 lead in the threematch series here on SaturdayOn a day uncapped Indian cricketers won fat paycheques in the Womens Premier League WPL auction Shafali Verma 0 Smriti Mandhana 10 skipper Harmanpreet Kaur 9 Deepti Sharma 0 cut a sorry figure as India were shot out for 80 in 162 oversAlso ReadIND vs SA T20Is Players with most wicketsIn reply England cantered home in 112 overs to take an unassailable 20 lead in the threematch series The final T20I is slated for Sunday In defence of their paltry 80 India had a horror start with a wayward Renuka Singh leaking eight runs in four wide deliveriesSophia Dunkley then took the attack on inexperienced Bengal seamer Titas Sidhu with two boundaries as England raced to 17 runs in the first two oversRenuka returned to take two wickets Sophia 9 and Danni Wyatt 0 but with no scoreboard pressure Alice Capsey 25 21b and Nat SciverBrunt 16 13b seized the momentum with their counterattacking display to take them past 50run mark inside seven oversAlso ReadIND vs SA T20Is Players to score most runsBut the duo failed to take the team home as India managed to take two wickets with seven runs neededDeepti Sharma took two in as many deliveries as Amy Jones and Freya Kemp but it didnt matter as Sophie Ecclestone 9 clinched the series with a fourTheir match aggregate of 162 runs was also the lowest involving the two teamsFor India Jemimah Rodrigues was the lone bright spot with a 33ball 30 and was one of the two batters to get into doubledigit scores in a bizarre display by the Indian battersThat all their topfour batters got out LBW showed their lack of application on a battingfriendly wicket at the Wankhede stadiumThis was Indias third lowest total in womens T20I behind 62 vs Australia 2011 and 70 vs South Africa 2019Batting at No 3 Jemimah saw wickets falling around her as she had no option but to accelerateShe looked in fine touch hitting backtoback boundaries with some crisp sweep shots but only to be dismissed in the same over with Sarah Glenn trapping her LBWIt was a clinical display by England as all their six bowlers returned with at least one wicket Charlie Dean 40162 Lauren Bell 30182 Sophie Ecclestone 320132 and Sarah Glenn 31132 bagged two wickets eachEcclestone who took a stunning lefthanded return catch to dismiss Richa Ghosh 4 gave the final blow when she pushed one through Saika Ishaques defence to bring curtains on the Indian innings This was the thirdlowest target set by India against EnglandOpting to bowl Heather Knight straightway started off with spin as Charlotte Dean inflicted a double blow in successive overs 2042 to give England a perfect startThe offspinner fired a straighter one in and Shafali looked to work it towards leg but completely missed and was trapped in front to be dismissed for a twoball duckGoing with a change of ends Dean this time dismissed Smriti Mandhana 10 LBW after being hit on her back pad Harmanpreet looked to attack and paddled away SciverBrunt for successive fours but the England seamer had the last laugh and had the Indian skipper plumb with a delivery that jagged back inSophie then pulled off an absolute blinder of a return catch to dismiss Richa Ghosh for four as India found themselves in deep trouble with half of their side back in pavilion for 37Oneup in the threematch series England need a win to seal the series India lost by 38 runs in the first T20IThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever