What's Unwanted Record List: Smriti Mandhana suffers rare milestone, creates unwanted record to become first...

India women vs England: India women's skipper Smriti Mandhana had a disappointing outing in the first T20I of the four-game series against England at Chelmsford on Thursday on May 28. The star left-handed opener was removed on a golden duck, off Lauren Bell's bowling on the first delivery of India's innings. Mandhana had to walk out and Charlie Dean completed a great catch.

Smriti Mandhana creates unwanted record

Notably, Mandhana's first ball duck also resulted in an unwanted record. The 29-year-old batter became the first Indian female cricketer to get out on the first ball of a T20I innings. The rare feat added an unfortunate chapter to an otherwise illustrious career. Overall, it was Smriti Mandhana's sixth duck in her T20I career.

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Coming back to the game, England skipper Charlotte Dean won the toss and invited India to bat first. Lauren Bell removed Mandhana and Shafali in the first over. However, Yastika Bhatia and Jemimah Rodrigues stitched a solid partnership in the first six overs. At the end of powerplay, India were 73/2.

Despite getting a flying start, Yastika Bhatia faced a slum in her innings, as she scored 54 off 40 before getting run-out by Tilly Corteen-Coleman. Meanwhile, Jemimah Rodrigues also played a key role with scoring 69 off 40 balls with the help of 10 fours and one six, at a strike rate of 172.50. Charlie Dean got Jemimah out caught and bowled. Star all-rounder Deepti Sharma played a quick-fire cameo of 22 runs off just 13 balls, hitting four boundaries before getting out on Bell's bowling. At the end of the first innings, India posted 188/7.

Comfortable win for India W

In response, Sophia Dunkley tried to attack early. She smashed a couple of boundaries in the first over and smashed Kranti Gaud for a six in the second over. Kranti had her revenge soon by getting Sophia mid-off. The opener was removed for a 10-ball 16. In her second over, the youngster got the wicket of Alice Capsey as well.

England were struggling at 43/2 after powerplay overs. Nandni was expensive in her first two overs, conceding 23 runs from two overs. Amy Jones dealt in boundaries while Heather Knight tried to play herself in. Amy reached her half-century from 32 balls in the 11th over.

England were 100/2 after 13 overs. Shree Charani provided the breakthrough with Heather's wicket. She scored 21 runs from 24 balls. Nandni was brought back into the attack to bowl the 16th over. The debutant struck off consecutive deliveries, getting the better of Amy and Danielle Gibson. May departed after scoring 67 runs from 48 deliveries. In the last four overs, England needed 69 runs. Arundhati Reddy, Deepti and Kranti got one wicket each in the slog overs as England managed to post 150/8, losing the match by 38 runs.