The Indian women’s team created history by defeating England by 270 runs in the first women’s Test match at Lord’s. Kranti Gaur took 7 wickets and Yastika Bhatia scored a brilliant century. Know the full story of the match records, scores and victories.
The Indian women’s team performed such a feat at Lord’s, the most prestigious ground of cricket, which will be remembered for years. Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, Team India created history by defeating England by 270 runs. The special thing was that this was the first women’s Test match in the 142-year history of Lord’s and India also became the first team to win it. While chasing the difficult target of 457 runs in the fourth innings, the entire England team was reduced to just 186 runs.
First innings lead becomes the biggest foundation of victory
The Indian team was all out for 285 runs in the first innings, but the bowlers made a brilliant comeback and restricted England to just 170 runs. After getting a significant lead of 115 runs, India declared the innings by scoring 341 runs in the second innings and set a huge target of 457 runs for England.
The host team had a very bad start while chasing the target. On the third day itself, his five wickets had fallen for only 59 runs. Amy Jones and Sophie Ecclestone definitely struggled by scoring half-centuries, but the entire team collapsed for 186 runs in front of the Indian bowlers.
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Kranti Gaur and Yastika Bhatia became the biggest heroes of victory
Young fast bowler Kranti Gaur and wicketkeeper batsman Yastika Bhatia had important contributions in India’s historic victory. Kranti Gaur became the first ‘fifer’ in women’s Test history at Lord’s by taking five wickets in the first innings. He took a total of seven wickets in the entire match.
Whereas, in the second innings, Yastika Bhatia played a brilliant inning of 113 runs. This was the first century of his international career. It also became the first century in a women’s test match played at Lord’s. Experienced spinner Sneh Rana also played an important role in the victory by taking six wickets in the entire match.
142 years of wait is over, India created a new history
The first Test match at Lord’s was played between men’s teams in the year 1884. After 142 years, for the first time a women’s test match was held here and India registered its name in the record book by winning it.
This victory is also considered special because the Indian men’s team was disappointed in the T20 series on this England tour. In such a situation, the Indian women’s team performed brilliantly and registered a historic victory and told the world that Indian women’s cricket has now entered a new era. This victory is not just a story of one match, but also of the confidence and growing stature of Indian women’s cricket.