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The captain of the Indian women’s team, Harmanpreet Kaur, suffered an ankle injury after her left boot got stuck into the ground at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai during the first innings. At the halfway stage of the third and final T20I of the series, India has restricted England to a score of 126 in their allotted 20 overs.
For the unversed, Heather Knight, the captain of England, won the toss and chose to bat first under tough batting conditions after they had secured an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. But, in the third T20I, Renuka Thakur castled Maia Bouicher on her first ball of the innings to give India the perfect start in the first over.
The Indian bowlers, including the likes of Renuka Thakur, Saika Ishaque, Amanjot Kaur, and Shreyanka Patil kept on picking regular wickets, reducing England to 76-8 in the 15th over of the innings. But, just an over later, Harmanpreet Kaur, who was running towards the ball to pick it up, had her left boot stuck into the ground in an innocuous moment before stumbling down to clutch at her left ankle.
Watch Harmanpreet Kaur injure her ankle here:
While the Indian captain was attended by the support staff on the other side of the boundary rope at the Wankhede Stadium, the play resumed on the field with England struggling. But then, Heather Knight took control of her team’s fortunes, scoring a gritty fifty, which included three fours and three sixes, to give them a fighting chance in the third and final T20I.
