Missed the night century, Sneh Rana made India comeback

Captain Heather Knight (95) missed her century by just five runs but off-spinner Sneh Rana pulled back a wicket in the final session on the first day of India’s one-off Test against England after a gap of seven years on Wednesday. . England lost their six wickets for 269 runs at the end of the day’s play.

Batting first after winning the toss, four of England’s top-order batsmen did well but the Indian bowlers bounced back in the match taking four wickets in a span of 21 runs. Opener Lauren Enfield Hill scored 35 runs in 63 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes and Tammy Beaumont scored 44 runs in 144 balls with six fours.

Captain Heather Knight played one end and scored 95 runs in 175 balls with the help of nine fours. He was leg-before by off-spinner Deepti Sharma as the fifth batsman. Heather’s wicket fell on the score of 244. Heather had earlier shared a 90-run partnership for the third wicket with Natalie Shiver. Natalie Shiver was also leg-beaded by Deepti Sharma. Shiver scored 42 runs in 75 balls with the help of six fours.

Sneh Rana showed wicketkeeper Amy Allen Jones the way to the pavilion for just one run. England lost their fourth wicket at the score of 236. Rana tugged to Jones. As England’s score reached 244 runs, Heather got lbw off Deepti’s brilliant ball. England’s score had reached 251 that Sneh Rana got Georgia Elvis caught by Deepti Sharma. Georgia scored five runs.

England’s next two batsmen, Sophia Dinkley and Katherine Brunt, then played cautiously to secure the remaining 10.4 overs of the day. At stumps, Sofia was at the crease after scoring 12 runs in 47 balls and Brunt scoring seven runs in 30 balls.
For India, Sneh Rana took three wickets for 77 runs in 29 overs and Deepti Sharma took two wickets for 50 runs in 18 overs and Pooja Vastrakar took the wicket of opener Winfield Hill for 43 runs in 12 overs, while Sneh Rana took Beaumont as his own. hunted.