ICC Women's World Cup: India outplay England by 35 runs
Chasing a total of 282, England kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and reduced to only 246 in 47.3 overs.
Fran Wilson and England skipper Heather Knight showed some resilience and scored 81 and 46 respectively.
Indian bowlers were on the top of English batters throughout the game. Deepti Sharma picked up three wickets for 3/47 in 8.3 overs. Shikha Pandey took two wickets while Poonam Yadav clinched one.
Earlier losing the toss, India came out to bat and all the batters played decently to head their team to a respected total of 281/3 in 50 overs.
Both the openers scored half centuries. While Punam Raut scored 86, Smriti Mandhana was the top scorer for India with 90.
Mithali Raj too played well till the end with her 71 from 73, partnering Harmanpreet Kaur who remained unbeaten at 24.
The England skipper Heather Knight had the best bowling figure with 2/41 in seven overs.
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