Captain Mithali Raj scored an unbeaten 75 off 86 balls to power Indian women's cricket team to a four-wicket win over England in the third and final ODI here on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mithali, who became the top run-getter in women's international cricket, hit eight boundaries and kept calm as she took her team over the line despite the rest of the batters disappointing again.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Smriti Mandhana (49 off 57 balls) and Sneh Rana (24 off 22 balls), who added 50 runs for the fifth wicket with Mithali, were the other main scorers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, Indian women bowled out England for 219 in the allotted 47 overs -- reduced due to rains.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
England, who were put into bat, were cruising along at 151\/3 in the 34th over with contributions from Heather Knight (46 off 71 balls), Natalie Sciver (49 off 59 balls) and Lauren Winfield Hill (36 off 52 balls).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, quick wickets towards the end of the innings pushed England women to the back-foot.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Off-spinner Deepti Sharma was the most successful of the bowlers, picking three wickets for 47 runs while Jhulan Goswami (1\/31), Shikha Pandey (1\/42), Poonam Yadav (1\/43), Sneh Rana (1\/31) and Harmanpreet Kaur (1\/24) picked a wicket apiece.
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Brief scores: England women 219 all out in 47 overs (N Sciver 49, H Knight 46, LW Hill 36, S Dunkley 28, D Sharma 3\/47) vs Indian women 220\/6 in 46.3 overs (Mithali Raj 75 not out, Smriti Mandhana 49, Sneh Rana 24, Sophie Ecclestone 2\/36) <\/strong> What A Win For India Women!!
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\r\nWin By Four Wickets In The 3rd ODI Against England!!
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\r\n.#ENGWvINDW<\/a> #englandcricket<\/a> #indiancricket<\/a> #teamindia<\/a> #IndiawomensCricket<\/a> #mithaliraj<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/HqPI9qkYru<\/a><\/p>\r\n— CRICKETNMORE (@cricketnmore) July 3, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n