Delhi: The Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 is going to start from September 30. India and Sri Lanka will jointly host this mega tournament. Before this, all the teams are coming down in warm -up matches. Meanwhile, on 25 September, the Indian women’s cricket team faced England, where Team India suffered a crushing defeat by 153 runs.

England’s strong batting

Batting first, the England women’s team performed brilliantly and scored 340 runs losing 9 wickets in the scheduled 50 overs. Team captain Nate Cyver Brant hit a brilliant century. He played a smash of 120 runs off 104 balls. At the same time, Emma Lamb also hit 84 runs in 60 balls. Kranti Gaur shone in bowling from India. He took 3 important wickets for 31 runs in 5 overs.

Indian batsmen flop shows

Chasing the target of 341 runs, the Indian team was reduced to 187 runs in just 34 overs. Opener Uma Chhetri scored 45 off 50 balls, while Jemima Rodrigues scored 66 runs off 68 balls. Richa Ghosh added 21 runs off 23 balls, but the rest of the batter failed to play a big innings.

England bowling

The England bowlers did not give the Indian batsmen a chance to freeze. Liny Smith and Sophie Allestone took 2–2 wickets. The absence of captain Harmanpreet Kaur and opener Smriti Mandhana in this match was also heavy for India.

Now Sri Lanka will have the first match

After the defeat in the warm -up match, the focus of the Indian team is now on the first match of the World Cup. India will play its first group match against Sri Lanka on 30 September.