Former England captain Michael Vaughan praised the Indian women’s team for their batting performance against England on Wednesday but could not stop himself from taking a dig at the men’s team in the process.
“The Indian women’s team are putting in an excellent display today… Good to see at least 1 Indian cricket team can play in English conditions,” Vaughan tweeted, possibly referring to the men’s team’s performance against New Zealand at the Ageas Bowl in the World Test Championship (WTC) final.
India were all out for 217 and 170 in their two innings with none of the players managing to reach a half-century. They went on to lose the match by eight wickets.
The Indian womens team are putting in an excellent display today Good to see at least 1 Indian cricket team can play in English conditions
Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) June 30, 2021
The Indian women’s team made a strong start to the second ODI with openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma putting up a partnership of 56 runs. Captain Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur then put up a partnership of 68 but there was little contribution from the rest. Kate Cross took five wickets as India folded for 221.
Sophia Dunkley, who made her ODI debut in the first match, led England’s chase by scoring an unbeaten 73. She shared an unbeaten 92-run stand for the sixth wicket which took England to victory.
The men’s team face England in a five-match Test series starting on August 4.
