DY Patil Stadium: India Women declared their second innings closed at the overnight score of 186/6, leaving England Women a target of 479 to chase in two days in the four-day one-off Test being played at the DY Patil Stadium here on Saturday.
The Indians declared their second innings with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur remaining not out on 44 off 67 balls and Pooja Vastrakar on 17 of4 41 balls. The duo had raised 53 runs for the unfinished seventh-wicket partnership that helped India recover from 133/6.
With skipper Harmanpreet Kaur batting on 44 overnight, it was expected that she would be allowed to achieve her maiden half-century. But India thinktank, it appears, thought it would be more useful to let the bowlers use the early morning assistance in the pitch to cause some damage in England's second innings.
