Team India registers a historic Test win over England by 347 runs

The Harmanpreet Kaurled Indian womenrsquos team outclassed England in all departments to win the oneoff Test by a record margin of 347 runs at the DY Patil Stadium here on SaturdayThough it was a fourday Test England batted for just 63 overs across both innings which was the main cause of their defeat The visitors surrendered without showing any temperament479run targetThe hosts declared their second innings on their overnight score of 1866 giving England a target of 479 runs and bundled them out for just 131 even before lunch on Day ThreeAlso ReadJay Shah congratulates India Women following their historic Test win against ENGOnce again the bowling performance was led by offspinner Deepti Sharma 82324 She had a total of nine wickets in the game and contributed a vital 67 in the first innings The English batters succumbed to Indiarsquos spinners in the first innings However though they are used to swing bowling they failed to respond well to the Indian seamers and lost their top four batters early on Saturday morning Madhya Pradesh pacer Pooja Vastrakar 323 who came into the attack as first change was just unplayable after pacer Renuka Singh Thakur gave India their first break when she clean bowled opener Tammy Beaumont for 17Then in her very first over Vastrakar dismissed opener Sophia Dunkley 15 through substitute fielder Harleen Deol at gully Off the very next ball she disturbed Nat SciverBruntrsquos furniture for a duck through an incoming delivery In her third over Vastrakar sent back the most experienced cricketer in both teamsmdashEngland skipper Heather Knight 21mdashwho was playing her 12th Test through wicketkeeper Yastika Bhatia with a beautiful away going deliveryThe remaining six wickets went to spinners as the star performer of the first innings Deepti and leftarm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad claimed four and two wickets respectivelyFirst home win v EnglandThough the Indian womenrsquos team have defeated England twice in the longer format in England previously Saturdayrsquos Test triumph was Indiarsquos maiden win against them at home And the victory margin of 347 runs is the biggest in womenrsquos Test cricket Harmanpreet who led the Test team for the first time hailed head coach Amol Muzumdar for his timely inputs ldquoOur coach Muzumdar helped us a lot I had zero experience in leading the team in Tests I was trusting his decisionsmdashbe it sending Shubha Satheesh onedown in the first innings or whatever ideas he provided in bowling like the first 40 minutes were important today Saturday the idea was to put them in early and utilise the morning conditions His experience really helped us and it also gave me time to decide what was best for the teamldquoCredit goes to the bowlers Whatever fields they were given they bowled accordingly The job becomes easier when your bowlers bowl in the right spotsrdquo Harmanpreet said during the postmatch press conferenceTaking 20 wickets is a tough task in Test cricket but Indiarsquos bowlers did it inside three days Harmanpreet said that the teamrsquos bowling coach the former Tasmania pacer Troy Cooleyrsquos guidance played a vital role in the bowlersrsquo matchwinning contributionldquoWhenever we get an opportunity to work with him Cooley he always motivates us especially the bowlersmdashwhich areas to bowl and their lines and lengths The bowlers also trust him and his decisions They are able to execute the plans he makes for them You need a person you can trust especially a coach and they trust his ideas and plansrdquo she remarkedBrief scoresIndia 428 amp 1866d H Kaur 44 S Verma 33 C Dean 468 S Ecclestone 276 beat England 136 amp 131 all out H Knight 21 D Sharma 432 P Vastrakar 323 R Gayakwad 220