Minnu Mani’s India ‘A’ beat England ‘A’ by three runs in a thrilling first women’s T20 match at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday. Though it was a combined effort, the India ‘A’ bowlers made the difference with their disciplined bowling. The visitors were chasing 134-7 and required 13 runs to win off the last over bowled by off-spinner Shreyanka Patil (2-26), but managed just nine and lost a couple of wickets too.

Patil, 21, gave the visitors an early breakthrough when she clean bowled opener Grace Scrivens (7) in the second over of the innings. Then, left-arm spinner Mannat Kashyap (1-21) dismissed Mady Villiers (20, 4x4) through mid-off fielder Prakashika Naik.