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The ever-reliable Heather Knight stamped her authorization with a splendid period earlier India, led by off-spinner Deepti Sharma, stormed backmost successful sensational manner to restrict England to 288 for 8 successful their Women's World Cup lucifer successful Indore connected Sunday (October 19, 2025).
Playing her 300th planetary game, Knight's (109) sweeping prowess was connected afloat show arsenic she laced her 91-ball innings with 15 boundaries and a six to get her 3rd ODI period and highest-ever people successful WODIs.
For India, the dependable Deepti was the basal retired bowler with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur relying connected her seasoned off-spinner whenever India were successful hunt of a breakthrough. She ended with figures of 4/51, her best-ever successful an ODI World Cup game.
Ironically, the skipper chose to clasp backmost Deepti up until the 16th over. Deepti brought up her 150th scalp by bamboozling Tammy Beaumont (22) earlier accounting for half-centurion Amy Jones (56).
She besides helped trigger a mini batting illness astatine the fag extremity of the innings, getting escaped of Emma Lamb (11) and Alice Capsey (2).
Former skipper Knight rotated onslaught brilliantly and stitched a 113-run basal disconnected 106 deliveries with skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt (38) that did a batch of harm to India. The duo recovered boundaries with ease, mounting England up for a coagulated total.
This was aft openers Jones (56 disconnected 68 balls) and Beaumont successfully navigated the archetypal 10 overs for the archetypal clip this tournament, stitching a 77-run opening stand.
But erstwhile left-arm spinner Sree Charani (2/68) had Sciver-Brunt retired against the tally of play with Harmanpreet plucking the shot implicit her caput with a well-timed leap, the England batting crumbled nether pressure.
To adhd to their woes, Knight was tally retired acknowledgment to Sneh Rana's close propulsion successful the 45th over.
From determination connected India were each implicit England, whose mediate bid frailties were exposed erstwhile again arsenic they mislaid 5 wickets successful the past 10 overs.
