Shafali Verma also proved her mettle in red-ball cricket with a brilliant knock.
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Featuring in her maiden red-ball match, Shafali provided the visitors with a brilliant start as she added 167 runs for the opening wicket with Smriti Mandhana (78). In particular, Shafali dominated the partnership, completing her fifty in 83 deliveries.
The 17-year-old continued her brilliance after the half-century and was looking set for a hundred, but she lost her concentration and skied one to deep mid-off while being on 96. Kate Cross dismissed Shafali and her 152-ball knock was studded with 13 fours and 2 sixes.
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England fought back strongly with five wickets in the final hour after a big opening partnership for India. The likes of Punam Raut (2), Shikha Pandey (0) and Mithali Raj (2) were dismissed cheaply as the tourists finished the second day on 187/5 in reply to England’s first innings total of 396/9 (declared).