Northampton/IBNS: England Women defeated India Women by 18 runs as per DLS method in rain-interrupted first T20 match here on Friday.
Winning the toss, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur had elected to bowl first.
Batting first, England scored 177/7 in 20 overs.
While N Sciver scored 55 runs for England, Shikha Pandey clinched three wickets for India.
In reply, India scored 54/3 in 8.4 overs when rain stopped the play.
India fell short of the revised target of 18 runs.
Smriti Mandhana was the top scorer for India with his 29-run knock.
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