A below-par efficiency from England noticed India seal a four-wicket win within the first one-day worldwide in Southampton.
Chasing 259 to win, India all-rounder Deepti Sharma’s unbeaten 62 noticed the vacationers attain their goal with 10 balls to spare.
The dismissals of Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh in fast succession, with 24 runs nonetheless wanted from 27 balls, gave England a glimmer of hope and the prospect of a tense finale however Amanjot Kaur held her nerve with 20 not out to see India to their second-highest profitable chase in ODIs.
Amid a sloppy fielding effort, England additionally paid the worth for failing to evaluate an lbw in opposition to Sharma when she was on 40.
It’s a essential sequence for England, who want to achieve confidence from their closing three matches within the format earlier than the autumn’s World Cup in India.
The positives included Sophia Dunkley’s well-paced 83 from 92 balls, and Alice Davidson-Richards made 53 as they rescued an innings that was teetering at 97-4.
Openers Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones each fell cheaply to younger seamer Kranti Goud, earlier than Nat Sciver-Brunt and Emma Lamb fell in consecutive Sneh Rana overs, having added 71 for the third wicket.
Dunkley and Davidson-Richards dropped anchor with a gradual and wise stand of 106, and regardless of scoring 36 from the ultimate three overs, it proved that England left it too late to speed up with 5 wickets nonetheless in hand.
The three-match sequence continues at Lord’s on Saturday.
