{"id":192687,"date":"2026-07-11T06:19:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=192687"},"modified":"2026-07-11T06:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:49:38","slug":"india-will-look-to-pick-wickets-early-on-day-2-initial-one-hour-important-deepti-sharma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=192687","title":{"rendered":"India will look to pick wickets early on day 2, initial one hour important: Deepti Sharma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71209493\">Formats change. Deepti Sharma doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>She remains the player India could bank on, with ball or bat. On the opening day of the first ever Women\u2019s Test at Lord\u2019s, the team needed someone to hold the lower order together.<\/p>\n<p>Her 57 ensured the Women in Blue would make a competitive total of 285 in the first innings. \u201cIt feels good that I was able to contribute at a crucial time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe credit goes to our batters who gave us a good start \u2013 Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur. They built the innings very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About Smriti\u2019s classy 83, she said: \u201cFew players got out early and she took on the responsibility. I think she showed her character today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deepti feels India has a decent total. \u201cThe first hour is really important on the second day,\u201d she said. \u201cIf take wickets early, it will be better for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Issy Wong, who took the wickets of Smriti and Jemimah when both the batters were threatening to score more, said it was satisfying to bowl India out on the opening day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thought of not having to come back and finish the innings on the next day certainly keeps you going when things get tough,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it was a really special day. Having all the former players there and hearing the bell ring before the start actually made us a little emotional. They\u2019re the reason we\u2019re able to play days like this. It\u2019s our duty to enjoy this occasion, appreciate it and make sure it happens again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wong relishes Test cricket. \u201cWe absolutely love Test cricket and we want more of it in the calendar,\u201d she said. \u201cWe want these matches to keep coming and for the schedule to include more of them in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 11, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/india-vs-england-womens-test-first-hour-crucial-says-deepti-sharma\/article71209493.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formats change. Deepti Sharma doesn\u2019t. She remains the player India could bank on, with ball or bat. On the opening day of the first ever Women\u2019s Test at Lord\u2019s, the team needed someone to hold the lower order together. Her 57 ensured the Women in Blue would make a competitive total of 285 in the &#8230; <a title=\"India will look to pick wickets early on day 2, initial one hour important: Deepti Sharma\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=192687\" aria-label=\"Read more about India will look to pick wickets early on day 2, initial one hour important: Deepti Sharma\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AFP_B9V668G.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":180531,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180531","url_meta":{"origin":192687,"position":0},"title":"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Smriti fifty, Deepti five-fer take India to 64-run win against Pakistan in opener","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Richa Ghosh could breathe life into the death overs the way few women do. 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