India Radha Yadav (Photo George Wood/Getty Images) Radha Yadav withdrew a spectacular catch of diving to release Amy Jones in the final, but it wasn’t enough when England in Birmingham was not enough with India’s five goals in the nail bites. Despite the defeat of India, she claimed that the five-match series 3-2, which meant their first victory of the T20i series against England. She was chasing 168, England sailed with the opening of Sophia Dunkley (46) and Danielle Wyatt-Hodge (56) by adding 101 runs for just 10.4 overs. India bounced back with fast goals and with six running needs from the last over, the drama developed. Pacer Arundhati Reddy bowed to Tammy Beaumont with a clever slower ball, and then Amy Jones released another ball when Radha Yadav plunged forward from a short fine leg to finish the brilliant low catch. India sensed a late reversal with England, which needed five out of three balls. But Sophie Ecclestone and Paige Scholfield kept their nerves to lead England home in the end delivery. Previously, India published 167 for 7 after the blazing 75 out of 41 balls from Shafali Verma. She hit 13 four and six and reached her fifty at only 23 missed-the-hung joints the fastest Indian woman in the T20is. Posts Harmanpreet Kaur (15), Richa Ghosh (24) and Radha Yadav (14) helped India to set a competitive sum. India may have lost the last game, but the victory of the series was historical. Both teams are now preparing for a series of three ODI matches starting with July in Southampton.
