Smriti Mandhana has taken the blame for India 's batting collapse against England on Sunday night at their women's World Cup match in Indore, where they went from needing a-run-a-ball 57 with seven wickets in hand to a four-run defeat.

Chasing 289 for a win, Mandhana was dismissed for 88 off 94 balls in the 42nd over, and from there they slipped to 262 for 6 by the 47th and just couldn't get the final impetus with left-arm spinners Sophie Ecclestone and Linsey Smith bowling six of the last nine overs.

"We could have done better with our shot selection," a subdued-looking Mandhana said at the press conference. "It started from me, so I will take it on myself that the shot selection should have been better. We just needed six runs per over. Maybe we should have taken the game deeper.

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