India women defeated England women in the first ODI of the three-match series in Southampton on July 16 and went 1-0 up in the series. This comes as a big achievement after India had won the T20I series 2-1 earlier.

England had batted first after winning the toss and posted 258/6 in 50 overs. Sophia Dunkley made 83 and Alice Davidson-Richards made 53, while captain Nat Sciver-Brunt made 41 runs. Kranti Goud and Sneh Rana picked 2 wickets each.

India’s chase was a clinical one, as everyone contributed, right from Pratika Rawal (36), Smriti Mandhana (28), and Harleen Deol (27). But it was the partnership between Jemimah Rodrigues (48) and Deepti Sharma (62*) that took India past the finishing line.

India made 262/6, with Amanjot Kaur smashing 20* in 14 balls to end the match on a high.

Pratika Rawal, the Indian opener, provided the best start to her team with 36 in 51 balls with 3 fours. However, she was clean bowled by Sophie Ecclestone, and that’s when she decided to do something that cost her a reprimand from the ICC.

Rawal, while walking away after her dismissal, shoulder-barged Ecclestone on her way out, looking disgusted at the way she was dismissed.

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And now, Rawal has been found guilty of a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct and has been fined 10 percent of match fees.

Due to two distinct occurrences that occurred in a short amount of time, the Indian opener received a penalty. She made avoidable physical contact with spinner Lauren Filer in the 18th over while taking a single, and she made similar contact with bowler Sophie Ecclestone on her way back to the dressing room after being dismissed in the following over.

Furthermore, Rawal's disciplinary record now has one demerit point applied to it because it was the first offense in 24 months.

Not only Rawal, but the England women’s team was also penalized by the ICC for a slow over-rate. They were fined 5% of their match fees after being found one over short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.

In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined five percent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.

Rawal and England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt accepted their respective sanctions imposed by match referee Sarah Bartlett, so there was no need for a formal hearing.

(ICC inputs)