Delhi: The Indian team is on the field today in the 20th match of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025. Team India is facing England women’s cricket team. After winning the toss, England decided to bat first. This match is being played at Holkar Stadium in Indore.

England has collected 7 points in 4 matches so far and if they win this match, they will secure their place in the semi-finals. At the same time, India has 4 points in 4 matches. The Indian team has faced defeat in the last two matches after winning two consecutive matches.

England’s batting

Batting first, the English team scored 288 runs after losing 8 wickets in 50 overs, thanks to a brilliant century by Heather Knight. Now Team India needs 289 runs in the stipulated overs to win this match.

Facing 91 balls, Heather played an innings of 109 runs, in which she hit 15 fours and 1 six.

England made a good start in this match, where they scored 211 runs after losing 2 wickets. Openers Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones made a strong partnership of 73 runs for the first wicket. Beaumont was out on the bowling of Deepti Sharma after scoring 22 runs, while Jones became the victim of Deepti Sharma after scoring 56 runs. After this, captain Nate Siver-Brunt and Heather Knight made a partnership of 113 runs for the third wicket.

In England’s second innings, Tammy Beaumont was out after scoring 22 runs, Nate Siver-Brunt was out after scoring 38 runs and Amy Jones was out after scoring 56 runs. Sophia Dunkley scored 15, Emma Lamb 11, Alice Capsey 2 and Sophie Eccleston 3. Charlie Dean remained not out after scoring 19 runs. For India, Deepti Sharma took 4 wickets and Shri Charani took 2 wickets. Two batsmen were also run out in this match.

The England team had created a strong position in the match by scoring 211 runs for 2 wickets in 38.4 overs, but after that the Indian bowlers made a comeback.

Playing XI:

India: Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaur, Renuka Singh, Shri Charani.

England: Amy Jones (wk), Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight, Nate Seaver-Brunt (c), Sophia Dunkley, Emma Lamb, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophie Eccleston, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell.