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Team India won its historic one-off Women’s Test against hosts England at the iconic Lord’s in London. Playing the first-ever Women’s Test match in the history of the prestigious stadium, India Women bowlers bundled out England for just 186 while defending 457 on Day 4.
The outcome marked India’s third-ever Women’s Test series victory in England, and the team’s first in 12 years after winning their 2014 one-off affair in Wormsley.
As one can expect, India’s historic result at Lord’s sparked a wave of congratulatory messages from fans on social media, considering the ‘Women in Blue’ just became the first side in history to win a Test match at the iconic venue.
Fans react as Harmanpreet Kaur and co. conquer Lord’s
A legion of Indian cricket fans took to X to congratulate the Harmanpreet Kaur-led India Women’s team for defeating England at Lord’s. Becoming the first side every to win a Test match at the iconic venue, several fans hailed collective team effort from Indian players.
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Some fans also took this opportunity to troll India men’s captain Shreyas Iyer, considering the ‘Men in Blue’ recently suffered a 0-4 drubbing in the T20I series in England. Here is a look at some of the fans reacting to India Women’s historic victory over hosts England in London.
Smriti Mandhana, Kranti Gaud and Yastika Bhatia set up big Indian win
As it happened, India Women batted first and charted 285 in the opening day of the first-ever women’s Test match to be played at Lord’s. Smriti Mandhana top-scored in the innings with her regal 83, while captain Harmanpreet Kaur and all-rounder Deepti Sharma also punched out half-centuries in the middle order.
Indian fast bowler Kranti Gaud later snared sensational figures of 5-37 to bundle out England for just 170. Gaud also became the first ever bowler to pick up a five-fer at Lord’s in a women’s Test match, and her spell handed the visitors a strong 115-run lead.
Smriti Mandhana struck her second fifty of the match, and number three Yastika Bhatia made 113 off 158 balls as India declared at 341-7 on Day 3 to set up a 457-run target for the hosts.
On the final day, Sneh Rana picked up four wickets as England folded up for just 186 to hand India Women a huge 270-run victory before lunch.
What is the significance of India Women’s one-off Test win
As mentioned earlier, the match was the first-ever Women’s Test to be hosted by the iconic Lord’s in London, thus making India Women’s team the first side to win a Test at the ‘Home of Cricket’.
The outcome might also bring some respite to dejected Indian cricket fans, especially after twin whitewashes in Ireland and England by the India men’s team. Under the leadership of new captain Shreyas Iyer, the ‘Men in Blue’ recently lost their five-match T20I rubber by a 0-4 margin in England.
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