England beat India by four wickets in ICC Women's World Cup 2022

Mount Maunganui: Skipper Heather Knight scored a brilliant fifty as England registered a crucial four-wicket win against India in the ongoing Women's World Cup at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. Chasing 135 runs for victory, openers Tammy Beaumont and Danielle Wyatt were dismissed early for 1 run each while Natalie Sciver, Amy Jones also departed after playing small cameos. 

Meghna Singh was the pick of the Indian bowlers with three wickets. Earlier, batting first, India were bundled out for 134 run in 36.2 overs as England bowlers rose to the occasion brilliantly in a important tie for them in the ongoing Women's World Cup at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. Spinner Charlotte Dean was the pick of the bowlers as she claimed 4 wickets while pacer Anya Shrubsole took two to rattle the Indian batting. Sophie



Ecclestone and Kate Cross claimed one wicket each. 

For India, only Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh and Jhulan Goswami provided resistance against a tight England bowling attack. After being put into bat first by England skipper Heather Knight, India lost half their side inside the first 17 overs of play. India lost two early wickets of Yastika Bhatia and captain Mithali Raj to Shrubsole followed by an unfortunate run-out of Deepti Sharma as she departed to a brilliant throw from Kate for a duck. 

Spinner Charlotte then jolted the batting side with two wickets in a single over as she dismissed Harmanpreet Kaur and Sneh Rana within a span of three balls. Smriti Mandhana also departed for 35 runs while Pooja Vastrakar fell as well as India bundled out soon