Twitter Reactions: Danielle Wyatt steers England to T20I series victory

There was hope after India women managed to beat England women in the second T20I to remain in the hunt for the third and final T20I, but those hopes were dashed by England opener Danielle Wyatt as she scored an unbeaten 89 to help England win the match comfortably by eight wickets in Chelmsford.

The diminutive right-hand batter had questions mark over her place in the England squad but Wyatt answered those questions by playing a flawless knock, which came off just 56 balls. She was perfectly supported well by talismanic all-rounder Natalie Sciver who scored 42 as well as picked up one wicket.

The T20I series win has ensured England pocket the multi-format series as well with 10 points as compared to India’s six points. The visitors were a much-improved side in the shortest format, but in the end, England were too good in all the departments of the game.

Smriti Mandhana shines, but that wasn’t enough

Earlier in the day, India’s T20I vice-captain Smriti Mandhana helped India post a competitive total of 153. The southpaw was at her very best and dominated the innings by playing brilliant innings of 70 runs. She lost Shafali Verma early but found good support from skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (36), who finally got some much-needed runs under her belt.

England’s premier spinner Sophie Ecclestone showed her class by picking three wickets. She broke the spine of India’s innings by picking vital wickets of Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana, and Richa Ghosh and enabled India to not post a total in excess of 180.

Earlier with the ball in hand, Sciver picked the crucial wicket of Kaur for 36 and allowed England to make a strong comeback with the ball in hand. And later with the bat in hand, she formed a crucial 102-run stand with Wyatt to help England win the match and series with eight balls to spare. From Ravi Ashwin to Dinesh Karthik, there were many eyeballs witnessing the contest and they came up with some interesting tweets.

Here’s how Twitter reacted to England Women’s T20I series win

89* from just 56 balls 🔥

A special knock from @Danni_Wyatt!#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/a0MR7IWNNJ

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 14, 2021

Effortless.

Scorecard & Videos: https://t.co/Q97j8GLh8Z#ENGvIND | @Danni_Wyatt pic.twitter.com/Vf3w6KUi73

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 14, 2021

So… fair to say Danni Wyatt has played herself back into form in T20Is against her favourite opponents! #ENGvIND

— ZENIA D'CUNHA (@ZENIADCUNHA) July 14, 2021

A series-winning knock from @Danni_Wyatt 🔥#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/GAYVsv5uZp

— England's Barmy Army (@TheBarmyArmy) July 14, 2021

India scored a below par total to prevent Danni Wyatt from scoring her THIRD T20I century. Smart. #ENGvIND

— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 14, 2021

Brilliant knock under pressure from Danni Wyatt, that will have done her confidence and career a huge boost after being dropped from the ODI side. #ENGvIND

— Jeremy Blackmore (@JeremyB_Writer) July 14, 2021

England starting to find their rhythm at Chelmsford after an unconvincing start to the power play. Danni Wyatt needs a score here and hopefully these boundaries will have given her the confidence she needs to go on. #ENGvIND

— Jeremy Blackmore (@JeremyB_Writer) July 14, 2021

Lovely knock by @mandhana_smriti today. Good effort and some entertaining cricket by the @BCCIWomen team throughout the summer in UK . They fought and tried hard every single game .
Well done to the England team on winning both the white ball series .
Now @thehundred is next❤️

— DK (@DineshKarthik) July 14, 2021

Quality knock that from Dani Wyatt! Well done England on a fantastic series win and India were equally impressive throughout too. 👏👏 #indvseng

— Mask up and take your vaccine🙏🙏🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) July 14, 2021

Brilliant from @englandcricket congrats on series win … it’s been such a great series to watch. So chuffed for @Danni_Wyatt has shown real character and class tonight 👏🏼👏🏼

— Charlotte Edwards (@C_Edwards23) July 14, 2021