England suffered a chastening pre-T20 World Cup defeat as they had been utterly outplayed by India in a 38-run defeat in Chelmsford.
Chasing 189 to win, England stuttered to 150-8 as questions stay round their batting line-up earlier than the event begins in June.
Openers Alice Capsey and Sophia Dunkley fell cheaply earlier than Amy Jones made a fluent 67 from 48 balls, however the run-rate climbed uncontrolled as they collapsed from 120-3.
The returns of Danni Wyatt-Hodge from maternity go away and Nat Sciver-Brunt from harm can’t come quickly sufficient for England’s stuttering prime order.
Extras additionally proved an enormous distinction, with England making a gift of 21 in comparison with India’s three.
Lauren Bell gave England the proper begin with two wickets within the first over, together with star batter Smriti Mandhana from the primary ball of the innings earlier than Shafali Verma fell for 2.
However Jemimah Rodrigues and Yastika Bhatia remained unflustered, taking 27 from the second over bowled by Issy Wong to kickstart their counter-attacking third-wicket stand of 126.
England’s requirements within the area slipped once more after they had been below stress, however stand-in skipper Charlie Dean led an encouraging fightback by eradicating each set batters within the 14th over.
Bhatia was run out for 54 and Rodrigues was caught and bowled for 69 as India slipped from 133-2 to 148-6, together with debutant Tilly Corteen-Coleman’s first T20 wicket as Richa Ghosh was fantastically caught by Wong.
However Deepti Sharma, so typically a thorn in England’s facet, struck 4 boundaries in her 22 from 13 balls on the dying to make sure India’s center overs brilliance was not in useless as they completed on 188-7.
The three-match collection continues at Bristol on Saturday, the place Wyatt-Hodge is in rivalry to function for the primary time this summer time.
