Only 4 runs… Team India lost the won match, big blow to semi-final hopes

Team India lost the won match. (Photo- PTI)

The 20th match of the Women’s World Cup 2025 was played between the teams of India and England at Holkar Stadium in Indore. In this match, England women’s team defeated host India by 4 runs. In this match played at Holkar Stadium, Heather Knight from England’s side helped the team reach a big score with her brilliant century. At the same time, amazing batting was also seen from India’s side, but it remained 4 runs away from the target.

Heather Knight played a century innings

England won the toss and batted first and scored 288 runs at the loss of 8 wickets on the basis of Heather Knight’s century in this match. For England, Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones gave a strong start to the team. Both players added 73 runs for the first wicket. Tammy Beaumont scored 22 runs and Amy Jones scored 56 runs. Whereas, Heather Knight scored a brilliant century. In this match, Heather Knight played an inning of 109 runs in 91 balls, which included 15 fours and 1 six. Whereas, captain Nate Siver Brunt contributed 38 runs.

On the other hand, Deepti Sharma was the most successful bowler from India in this match. Deepti Sharma bowled 10 overs and took 4 wickets for 51 runs. At the same time, Shri Charani also took 2 wickets. However, no other bowler could achieve success.

Team India fell short by 4 runs

In reply to 289 runs, India’s start was nothing special. Team India lost 2 wickets for 42 runs only. But a wonderful partnership was seen between Smriti Mandhana and captain Harmanpreet Kaur. Both players added 125 runs for the third wicket. Harmanpreet Kaur played an inning of 70 runs in 70 balls. At the same time, Smriti Mandhana scored 88 runs in 94 balls, which included 8 fours. After this, Deepti Sharma also contributed 50 runs. But the innings faltered in the last overs and Team India could score only 284 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 50 overs. With this, India had to face its third defeat in the tournament.

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