Womens World T20 England beat India in nail biting fini

DHARAMSALA: England women survived a dreadful bowling attack from India to emerge victorious at a slow, spinning pitch of the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in the Women’s World Twenty20 Group B 11th match on Tuesday.Chasing an easy target of 91, England cruised to a two-wicket win, after losing eight wickets, with an over to spare.Left-arm bowler Ekta Bisht bowled remarkably well to bring back India into the game but England’s late-order batters managed to escape a total collapse.Bisht grabbed four wickets for 21 and pace bowler Harmanpreet Kaur claimed two for 22.Only three English batters could get into the double figures. They were Tammy Beaumont (20), Natalie Sciver (19) and Sarah Taylor (16).Earlier, England Women restricted India Women to 90 runs for eight wickets after their captain Charlotte Edwards won the toss and bowled first.Off-spinner Heather Knight took the new ball and tied India into knots at a slow, spinning pitch as she captured three wickets for 15 runs while medium-pacers Anya Shrubsole and Sciver claimed two for 12 and one for seven, respectively.For India, Harmanpreet Kaur top scored with 26 and captain Mithali Raj made 20 while three more batters got into the double figures.After the match ended, Knight was declared the Player of the Match.