Capsey, Knight`s stunning half-centuries help England seal series by 2-1

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In the third T20I match against the Indian women`s team, the England women`s team emerged victorious by six wickets at the County Ground in Taunton. With this, the Charlie Dean-led women have clinched the three-match T20I series by 2-1.

IND W vs ENG W 3rd T20I: Match summary

Having put to bat first, Team India posted a total of 180 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs. Opening batswoman Smriti Mandhana scored eight runs in nine balls, including a boundary. Fellow opening batswoman Shafali Verma scored 11 runs in six balls, including two boundaries.

Yastika Bhatia accumulated 32 runs off 18 balls, with the help of seven boundaries. Facing 19 balls, Jemimah Rodrigues also scored 29 runs, including four boundaries. Deepti Sharma also played a knock of 32 runs in 24 balls, which included three boundaries.

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur garnered an unbeaten 56 runs in 40 balls, laced with seven boundaries. Wicketkeeper-batsman Richa Ghosh also scored six runs in four balls.

England`s Lauren Bell returned with the figures of two wickets for 36 runs in four overs. Linsey Smith and Charlie Dean also chipped in with one wicket each. Sophie Ecclestone and Dani Gibson went wicketless in the third T20I match against the “Women in Blue”.

Later in the second essay of the game, England scored 184 runs for the loss of four wickets in 18.3 overs.

Opening batswoman Sophie Dunkley departed after scoring 16 runs in 13 balls, including three boundaries. Fellow opening batswoman Danni Wyatt-Hodge managed to score just five runs in five balls, including a boundary.

Wicketkeeper-batswoman Amy Jones was dismissed for two runs in six balls. Alice Capsey delivered a stunning knock of 82 runs, which came in 43 balls, with the help of nine boundaries and three maximums.

Heather Knight smashed an unbeaten 70 runs off 42 balls. During her knock, she smashed 10 boundaries. Shouldering her was Freya Kemp, who scored an unbeaten two runs in two balls.

Team India`s Arundhati Reddy and Kranti Gaud bagged two wickets each. Completing their quotas of four overs each, Reddy and Gaud conceded 31 and 40 runs, respectively. Nandani Sharma, Shree Charani, Deepti Sharma, and Shafali Verma went wicketless in the third T20I match against England.

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