India women get historic Test win against England

India's women's cricket team created history on Saturday as they clinched a maiden home Test victory against England.

India's all-rounder Deepti Sharma punished the England cricket team with first bat and then a 9-wicket haul.

India's 347-run victory against England is the biggest margin of victory in the women's cricket team.

The strong performance will surely provide the Indian women's cricket team with more confidence in the Test match against Australia next week.

Deepti Sharma first impressed with the bat as she played a cautious innings of 67 runs to stabilize the Indian innings and take the team to a secure place. Satheesh Shubha (69) and Jemimah Rodrigues (68) also played brilliantly well to take India to 428 runs in the first innings.

Then, Deepti Sharma turned to her bowler avatar and clinched 5 crucial wickets to derail England's batting.

India walked to the second innings with a comfortable lead and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (44) asked her players to be faster this time. As the wickets kept falling, India decided to declare the innings at 186 runs, setting a 479-run daunting target for England.

Soon, Deepti Sharma was back in action and this time she clinched 4 wickets to dash the hopes of English cricketers. Sharma was just one wicket away from the 10-wicket record of legendary Jhulan Goswami.