A good 24-run victory for India Women over England Women at County Ground in Bristol on Tuesday (July 1, 2025), fueled by half-centuries from Amanjot Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues, in addition to excellent bowling from Shree Charani, has handed India a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series.
India’s dominant win comes after their record-breaking 97-run triumph in the primary T20I at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Saturday (June 28, 2025).
Electing to bat first after successful the toss, India misplaced three fast wickets earlier than half-centuries by Jemimah Rodrigues and Amanjot Kaur guided them to 181/4. In response, the house group may solely handle 157/7 in their allotted 20 overs.
India’s innings began on a disastrous word as Shafali Verma was caught in no lady’s land whereas making an attempt to step as much as Lauren Filer in the second over of the match. A shock bouncer caught her gloves and looped up for wicketkeeper Amy Jones because the Indian opener walked again with simply three runs to her identify.
Smriti Mandhana, centurion and India’s match winner from the primary match, was quickly to comply with, this time for only a run-a-ball 13, after Lauren Bell pulled off an excellent catch at mid-on after the Indian talisman mistimed her shot. Bell added to the injury in the very subsequent over as she had Indian T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur, returning to the line-up after lacking the primary recreation with a head damage, caught out for only one to have India reeling at 31/3. Jemimah Rodrigues and Amanjot Kaur, nevertheless, joined as much as get India out of the pickle because the duo added 93 runs for the fourth wicket earlier than Jemimah departed for 63 in Bell’s fifteenth over. Amanjot noticed the innings via and remained unbeaten on 63 off simply 40 balls because the 24-year-old registered her maiden T20I half-century in simply her ninth look.
Richa Ghosh additionally contributed with a useful 20-ball 32 in the direction of the top. England’s chase did not get off to the perfect of begins as a horrible mix-up between openers Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt-Hodge noticed the previous being run out off the ultimate supply of the primary over. Hodge adopted her accomplice again to the dugout on the very subsequent ball as she hit Deepti Sharma straight to Harmanpreet, who had stationed herself at mid-off. England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt tried to lead the house group’s counterattack as she hit Shree Charani for 3 boundaries in the third over, however Amanjot, following her excellent displaying with the bat, struck with the ball too.
It was Harmanpreet once more at mid-on with the catch as England discovered themselves at 17/3.Just like India did, England, too, mounted a restoration with their fourth wicket stand as Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones placed on 70 collectively earlier than the previous was run out for 54. India made good use of the opening as Shree Charani despatched again each Jones (32) and Alice Capsey (5) in the fifteenth over to cut back the house aspect to 110/6. The double blow punched the wind out of the English chase.
The third match of the England vs India 2025 ladies’s T20 series shall be performed at The Oval on Friday. The Women in Blue at the moment are only one victory away from successful their first-ever multi-game bilateral T20 series in opposition to the English.
Interestingly, the Oval was additionally the venue the place the Indian males’s group recorded their first-ever Test series win in opposition to England.
Brief Scores: India Women 181/4 in 20 overs (Amanjot Kaur 63*, Jemimah Rodrigues 63; Lauren Bell 2/17) vs England Women 157/7 in 20 overs (Tammy Beaumont 54, Sophie Ecclestone 35; Shree Charani 2/28).
