India faced England in their fifth league match of the ongoing ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 on Sunday (October 19) in Indore but suffered a heartbreaking defeat by four runs. India could only manage to score 284/6 in 50 overs in response to the 288 runs posted by the Nat Sciver-Brunt-led side. Opener Smriti Mandhana top-scored for the Women in Blue in the 289-run chase by hammering 88 runs from 94 balls, and captain Harmanpreet Kaur added 70 runs from as many balls to India’s total. All-rounder Deepti Sharma also scored 50 runs from 57 balls, but India still failed to chase down the record total.

After India suffered another defeat in the ongoing eight-team tournament, which has now also put their chances of qualification for the semifinals in danger, Mandhana attended the post-match pr

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