Indian cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur shared her Player of the match award with youngster Kranti Goud, after India's historic WODI series against England on Tuesday in Chester-le-Street. India had won their maiden WODI series on English soil in 2022 and have now recorded their successive series win there.

Not only that, after winning their first-ever WT20I series on English soil, India registered their WODI series win, which makes it their most successful England tour ever.

After winning the first WODI of the series, England made a great comeback at Lord's. In the final match of the series, India then managed a narrow 13-run win at Durham International Cricket Ground.

𝐓𝟐𝟎𝐈 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 🏆 ✅
𝐎𝐃𝐈 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 🏆✅

Watch #ENGWvINDW 3️⃣rd ODI - Highlights on #SonyLIV 📲 pic.twitter.com/JJ1iJcj2eF
— Sony LIV (@SonyLIV) July 22, 2025

What happened in the match?

ENGW vs INDW: Harmanpreet Kaur scored her 7th WODI ton | sportzpoint.com — Harmanpreet Kaur scored her 7th WODI ton. Image | BCCI on X

India won the toss and decided to bat first. After a good opening partnership of 64 runs, India lost Pratika Rawal on 26 off 33 balls. After that, England bowlers bounced back well, and in the meantime, India wanted to play out Sophie Ecclestone's spell.

With Harleen Deol struggling to get going, Smriti Mandhana wanted to push the accelerator. However, she lost her wicket while doing that after a solid 45 from 54 balls.

Read Also | Indian batters to score an international ton in all formats: Smriti Mandhana joins an elite list

Post that, Captain Harmanpreet Kaur came out positively and built a solid 81-run partnership with Harleen Deol, who got out after scoring 45 off 65 balls. But Harmanpreet Kaur did not lose the momentum as she built another solid partnership with Jemimah Rodrigues.

ENGW vs INDW: Jemimah Rodrigues scored a quick fifty in the final match of the series | sportzpoint.com — Jemimah scored an attacking 50 from 45 balls. Image | BCCI on X

Kaur, who completed her fifty in just 54 balls, had an 110-run partnership with Jemimah Rodrigues. Jemimah perished after an attacking 50 from 45 balls while Harmanpreet Kaur reached her 7th WODI ton in just 82 balls.

Read Also | Most centuries by Indian cricketers in WODIs: No one is catching Smriti Mandhana

India finished the first inning with 318/5 on the board. Kaur scored 102 of them in just 84 balls. Richa Ghosh played an unbeaten 38-run inning from just 18 balls.

Kranti Goud cleaned up Tammy Beaumont's stumps in the first over | sportzpoint.com — Kranti Goud cleaned up Tammy Beaumont's stumps in the first over. Image | NurPhoto/Getty Images

The second inning started really well for India with youngster Kranti Goud cleaning up Tammy Beaumont's stumps in the first over. She then dismissed Amy Jones in her next over, with Deepti Sharma taking a stunning catch at gully.

But after that, England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt and Emma Lamb steadied the ship for the home side. For the third wicket, they piled 162 runs with Lamb scoring 68 off 81 balls before getting out.

Dejected Nat Sciver-Brunt after getting out on 98 - ENGW vs INDW, 3rd ODI | sportzpoint.com — Dejected Nat Sciver-Brunt after getting out on 98. Image | Getty Images via ESPNCricinfo

However, the turning point of the match was when Deepti Sharma was able to get the big wicket of England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt. Sciver-Brunt was first given not out, but an excellent review by India sent her back to the pavilion after an inning of 98 off 105 balls.

Post that, it was all about Kranti Goud, who picked up four more wickets to help India win by 15 runs. Goud finished with an excellent bowling figure of 9.5-1-2-6.

At 21 years 345 days, Kranti Gaud is the youngest pace bowler to take 6 or more wickets in a women's ODI innings. The previous youngest was England's Jo Chamberlain, who was 22y 85d when she took 7-8 against Denmark in 1991.

Kaur shared her player of the match award with Goud

From Captain with lots of heart and love ❤️

A special gesture for a special spell 👌👌

Captain @ImHarmanpreet shares her Player of the Match award with Kranti Gaud and presents her with a signed ball & a special message ✍️#TeamIndia | #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/vRVNlTOBkF
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) July 23, 2025

After the historic series win, captain Harmanpreet Kaur shared her well-deserved Player of the Match Award with Kranti Goud, who was playing only her 4th WODI match. Goud picked up 6 wickets, which was influential for India's victory.

"Really happy with the way Kranti and all of them bowled, it shows how keen they were to win this match and the series," Harmanpreet Kaur said in the post-match presentation.

"I want to share the Player of the Match award with Kranti because she bowled one of the best spells of her career. The way she executed all the plans, I think she deserves to win the Player of the match award," Kaur said while handing the award to Kranti Goud.

Harmanpreet Kaur signed the match ball for Goud as well.

cricket Live Scores & Fixtures

Latest Stories

Subscribe Newsletter