Mithali credits openers for providing solid stand

They also ticked a few boxes along the way like a big opening stand courtesy Smriti Mandhana and Punam Raut and the middle-order capitalised on it. They then got early breakthroughs and though there were a few fielding lapses, the four run outs kept.

India were the first to use the DRS and successfully so in women’s cricket and when the England middle-order threatened to take the game away, the Mithali Raj-led team held their nerve to pull off a convincing win. We still have six more games.

What Happened

As a captain, I would have been happy (happier if) whatever the opportunities had come in our way in terms of catches and stumping we would have taken. Maybe the match would not have looked closer in the middle overs from the.

• The India Women’s team put up a solid team effort to beat hosts England in their first game of the ICC Women’s World Cup, 2017.

• Half of the innings was played by the openers, so that was a great opening stand and we look forward for the similar opening partnerships for the coming games.

• They just played on the merit of the ball and kept going till 25 overs so.

Key Details

At least you are hitting the wickets when needed. Since we have a fielding coach and we can improve; we can give more time to that department.

• Earlier, although they lost the toss, Mandhana – Raut duo got India off to a solid 144-run start.

• “DRS is a good addition to the game because if you see most of the dismissals were very close, even the run outs were by few inches so it makes sense to have a.

• I was at covers so I went with their decision.

Why It Matters

The bowler and the ‘keeper were very confident.

• The run outs of Katherine Brunt followed by Fran Wilson by a quick Deepti Sharma and an alert Ekta Bisht to end the 62-run partnership which was cruising at over eight runs per over.

What Reports Say

Coverage of the story so far points to:

• Continued reporting by BCCI as more details emerge