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**India Women Crush England in First T20, Mandhana Smashes Century**
**Nottingham, UK –** The Indian women’s cricket team started their five-match T20 series against England with a resounding victory, demolishing the home side by 97 runs in the first match on Saturday. This marks England’s biggest defeat in women’s T20Is in terms of runs.
Smriti Mandhana’s explosive century (112 off 62 balls) propelled India to a formidable total of 210/5 at Trent Bridge. In response, England collapsed to 113 all out in just 14.5 overs, unable to cope with India’s dominant performance.
Young leg-spinner Shree Charani shone on her T20I debut, claiming four wickets for just 12 runs in 3.5 overs. England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt was the only batter to offer significant resistance, scoring 66 off 42 balls.
England’s chase got off to a disastrous start, losing openers Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt-Hodge cheaply. After a brief partnership between Sciver-Brunt and Tammy Beaumont (10), wickets fell at regular intervals, with seven English players failing to reach double figures.
For India, Deepti Sharma and Radha Yadav took two wickets each, while Amanjot Kaur and Arundhati Reddy chipped in with one apiece.
Earlier, after losing the toss, India got off to a flying start thanks to Mandhana and Shafali Verma (20), who forged a 77-run opening partnership. Mandhana continued her aggressive approach, reaching her maiden T20I century in just 51 balls, becoming the first Indian woman to score centuries in all three formats of international cricket.
The second T20 of the series will be played in Bristol on July 2nd. Mandhana was named Player of the Match for her outstanding performance.
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