Jay Shah congratulates India Women following their historic Test win against ENG

Following India Womens historic 347run win against England Women the Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI Secretary Jay Shah congratulated Harmanpreet Kaurs sideShah took to his official X formerly Twitter account and called it an epic win He added that it was a team performance that saw collective effortThe BCCI secretary also wished the Women in Blue for their upcoming fixturesAlso ReadRavi Shastris take on Pakistans lead pacer Shaheen Shah AfridiCongratulations TeamIndia What an epic win in the Test match against England A true team performance that saw collective effort I recall conversations with ImHarmanpreet and mandhana_smriti on the value of the truest format for a cricketer and to see the team do well is heartening More strength to the Women in Blue Shah wrote on XCongratulations TeamIndia What an epic win in the Test match against England A true team performance that saw collective effort I recall conversations with ImHarmanpreet and mandhana_smriti on the value of the truest format for a cricketer and to see the team do wellhellip pictwittercomDjdtZVw7PWmdash Jay Shah JayShah December 16 2023Recapping the match after winning the toss India decided to bat first The batters chipped in with useful contributions on Day 1 helping the team put 428 on the scoreboard in the first inningsWhile none of the Indian batters could score a century in their only innings they were involved in a few century partnerships eventually helping them clinch a landmark winShubha Satheesh 69 runs from 76 balls Jemimah Rodrigues 68 runs from 99 balls Yastika Bhatia 66 runs from 88 balls and Deepti Sharma 67 runs from 113 balls were the standout batters for India in their only inningsAlso ReadMitchell Marsh declines the role of Test opening batsman for AustraliaLauren Bell and Sophie Ecclestone were the pick of the bowlers for England with both bagging three wickets eachThe Englishwomen did not look comfortable in their first inning in the face of some disciplined and skillful bowling by the Indian bowlersDeepti Sharma led the Indian attack with a fivewicket haul helping the hosts take a massive 292run leadNat SciverBrunt 59 runs from 70 balls was the only standout batter for England in their first inning None else could make an impression in the face of sustained pressure from the Indian bowlersApart from Deepti who starred with a fivefor Sneh Rana also picked up two wickets Opening bowlers Renuka Singh and Pooja Vastrakar also picked up a wicket eachBefore the start of Indias second inning skipper Harmanpreet Kaur had the option of enforcing the followon but she added she chose to add a few handy runs instead on Day 2The hosts eventually set the visitors an imposing target of 479 for victoryIn Indias second inning Harmanpreet Kaur 44 runs from 67 balls and Rodrigues 27 runs from 29 balls made some crucial runs to help India set a steep target for the visitorsCharlie Dean prevailed in the second inning as she bagged four wickets in her 19over spell Ecclestone picked up two wicketsHowever England failed to improve on their firstinnings effort with pacer Pooja Vastrakar scalping three wicketsDeepti came up with the goods again picking up four wickets to help the hosts skittle out the visitors for 131 in 273 oversIn Englands second inning no batter could play a promising inning Skipper Heather Knight 21 runs from 20 balls scored the most runs among other battersApart from Vastrakar and Deepti Rajeshwari Gayakwad also picked up two wickets for the hostsDeepti was named the Player of the Match for her brilliant allround performance She scored 87 runs and took 9 wickets in the matchThis 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