In the first match of the three-match T20I series, England defeated the Indian women's team by 18 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis rule (DLS). During England's innings, Indian women's fielder Harleen Deol caught everyone's heart by catching Amy Jones on the boundary line. On the last ball of the 19th over of England's innings, wicketkeeper Amy Jones hit a big shot off Shikha Pandey.
Harleen, who was fielding on the boundary, dived to catch this catch, but she lost her balance and she went out of the boundary line, during which she took the catch by throwing the ball inside the boundary and diving again. This video went viral on social media. After which someone is comparing her with Ravindra Jadeja, while someone is calling her a superwoman.
India's master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has called it the Catch of the Year. He said that I have not seen a better catch than this. At the same time, former West Indies cricketer Darren Sammy also praised Harleen's catch. Former Australia captain Lisa Sthalekar said that this is the best catch of this series so far.
Batting first, in the rain-affected match, the English team scored 177 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Chasing a mammoth target of 178 runs, the Indian team scored 54 runs in 8.4 overs for the loss of three wickets when the rain came and the match was interrupted and England was declared winners under the DLS.
Chasing the target of 178 runs, Team India had a very poor start. Shefali Verma got out without opening the account. After this, Smriti Mandhana also made 29 runs off 17 balls and was caught by Natalie Schiver.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur also got out after scoring 1 run. Harleen remained not out on 17 runs off 24 balls. The match was called off in 8.4 overs due to rain. Till that time the Indian team could only score 54 runs for 3 wickets.
Natalie Sciver and Amy Jones played a firefight for the team. Shiver scored 55 off 27 balls, while Jones scored 43 runs.
