England have won the game by four runs!!! Amanjot Kaur slams a four on the off-side but that is too late for India. They stay four runs short of England's total. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side had the game in its grip, but it let it slip away. England, meanwhile, with the victory, make it to the semi-finals of ICC Women's World Cup 2025. They join Australia and South Africa. The final semis slot is yet up for grabs.

ENGW 288/8 (50)

INDW 284/6 (50)

Nine runs came off this over from Lauren Bell. India Women need 14 runs in 6 balls. It is a tough ask from India's lower-order batters. Can they do it?

Just four runs came off the over from Linsey Smith. India Women are truly under pressure. Their runs have dried up. They need 23 runs in 12 balls. Lauren Bell will bowl the penultimate over.

Huge moment in the game!!! Deepti Sharma is OUT! In a desperate bid to hit a boundary, she ended up mishitting this Sophie Ecclestone delivery high in the air. The deep mid-wicket ran in and took the catch. India Women are in trouble. They need 27 runs in 19 balls.

Deepti Sharma c Sophia Dunkley b Ecclestone 50(57)

England have made their way back into the game. The wicket of Richa Ghosh has helped them do so. India's hopes rely on set batter Deepti Sharma, the player of the match so far. She had returned figures of 4 for 51 during India's bowling, and has now scored a fighting fifty.

Deepti Sharma raced to her fifty on third ball of the over and Richa Ghosh lost her wicket on the very next ball. India Women are under pressure now. They need 33 runs in 26 balls. Walks in Amanjot Kaur to bat.

Six runs came off the ninth over of Sophie Ecclestone. India need 36 runs in 30 balls to win this game. Deepti Sharma is close to her half-century.

Deepti Sharma hit Sophie Ecclestone for a four on the third ball of the over. It was pitched up by the England spinner and Deepti nailed her sweep shot to perfection to earn a four at deep square leg. India Women need 48 runs in 42 balls.

Smriti Mandhana has thrown has wicket away! She was batting reall well, but loses her wicket here after hitting the ball into the hands of the fielder at long-off. This is a huge-huge blow for India. And that will give England a ray of hope. 

Mandhana c Capsey b Smith 88(94)

Lauren Bell bowled a slower full toss on the third ball of the over and Deepti Sharma swept it behind square for a four. India Women need 56 runs in 54 balls.

Just four came off the over from Charlotte Dean. She completes her quota of 10 overs with figures of 1 for 67. India Women need 62 runs in 60 balls. Just one big over and India will find themselves on top of this game.

Another good partnership for India! Smriti Mandhana hit the ball towards backward point for a single on the fifth delivery, and with it, the partnership for the fourth wicket reached the mark of 50. India Women need 71 runs in 72 balls.

INDW 218/3 (38)

A single from Smriti Mandhana on the final ball of the over from Alice Capsey. With that run, India Women have 200 on the board at the loss of three wickets. They need 89 runs in 84 balls.

It was pitched up from Sophie Ecclestone and Deepti Sharma smashed it away for a four. She hit it powerfully over the mid-wicket for that boundary. Seven came off the over. India Women need 96 runs in 90 balls.

India have lost Harmanpreet Kaur but they still find themselves in a good position. Smriti Mandhana, another set batter is still there, and she should take it deep. India Women need 112 to win in the remaining 108 balls.

Massive blow for India! Harmanpreet Kaur is out after scoring 70 runs. She cut the Nat Sciver-Brunt into the hands of the fielder at short third. The 125-run partnership has been broken. India are three down.

INDW 167/3 (30.2)  

India are well in command of this game. They need 126 more to win off the remaining 120 balls. Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur have turned this game in India's favour by stitching a solid 121-run partnership off 120 balls. They just need to keep going like this. 

A scoop shot from Harmanpreet Kaur for a four and India cross the mark of 150 runs with it. The India captain follows it with yet another four. She has pulled powerfully it in front of square this time. Boundaries are coming quite easily for India now.

Harmanpreet Kaur reached her half-century in 54 balls. She got there with a single on the fifth delivery of the over. India are in complete control at the moment. They need 149 more to win off the remaining 138 balls.

Smriti Mandhana takes a single and races to her fifty in 60 balls. This has been a sublime knock from the Indian southpaw. She dug in her heels at one end kept the scoreboard ticking. Mandhana follows her fifty with a muted celebration. She too knows there is a lot of work to be done. 

On the first ball of the Charlie Dean over, Harmanpreet Kaur got hit on the foot. Umpire raised her finger over the appeal and the India captain took it upstairs. A thorough look on it gave a sigh of relief to India as Harmanpreet had got an inside edge on it before it hit her pad. A narrow escape this is! 

16 runs have come off the last three overs. India are comfortably moving forward in this chase. Both Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur are close to their respective fifties. They have already added 78 runs for the third wicket so far.

Smriti Mandhana took a single on the first ball of the over from Linsey Smith and India raced to the mark of 100 with that. A total of five singles came off the over. India are going really well in this chase at the moment.

A single from Smriti Mandhana and there is the 50-run partnership between her and Harmanpreet Kaur for the third wicket. That has come off in 47 balls. This stand has put India back in the game against England. Asking rate is close to 6 at the moment; not a matter of concern.

It was tossed up from Sophie Ecclestone. The ball spun away from Harmanpreet Kaur and she played a beautiful inside-out lofted shot on it for a four through the extra cover. This is brilliant counter-attack from the India captain. 

INDW 85/2 (16.2)

Sophie Ecclestone pitched it up and Harmanpreet Kaur played a crunching drive on it for a four. It went through the covers for a boundary. Boundaries are coming quite easily for India ever since the arrival of Harmanpreet in the middle.

11 came off the third over from Charlotte Dean. Smriti Mandhana got an outside edge that ran away for a four through slips. Later, she cut away through the region again for the second boundary of the over.

Harmanpreet Kaur got off the mark with a boundary towards the cow corner and is going well after that. She has played 13 balls and scored 15 runs with the help of three fours. Her fiery start has put life into India's chase of 289.

Charlie Dean has got the wicket of Harleen Deol! India are under pressure again. They are two down at the end of the first powerplay. Deol played it expecting more spin but the ball spun less and hit her on the back foot. Umpire raised her finger over an LBW appeal and the India batter was late in taking a review. The timer ran out and India were lucky there as they would have lost, had they used one.

Harleen Deol lbw b Charlie Dean 24(31) 

That is an exquitise shot from Harleen Deol for a four. It was a bowled fuller from Lauren Bell outside off-stump and Deol drove it away for the boundary through the gap between point and backward point fielders. Nine came off the over.

A short ball from Lauren Bell and Harleen Deol glanced it through the fine leg for a four. A much-needed boundary this is for the Indian cricket team, who are going really slow at the moment.

Just one came off the third over from Lauren Bell. This is good bowling from England. They have kept things under control with tight bowling here. India, on the other hand, also need to keep a check at the asking rate, which is slightly over 6.

Pratika Rawal hit a four on the previous delivery and departs on the very next ball. It was a short ball outside off-stump from Lauren Bell and Rawal got an edge to the wicketkeeper. India lose an early wicket here.

Pratika Rawal c Amy Jones b Bell 6(14)

First boundary for India! This is a good shot from Pratika Rawal. She has punched this through the back foot for a four. It went through the gap between backward point and point fielders.

Just two came off the over from Linsey Smith. Pratika Rawal got a life on the first ball of the over when her catch was dropped at cover. She hit the ball to the left of Charlie Dean but the fielder stopped the tough chance.

India's chase of 289 runs against England has got underway in Indore. Lauren Bell bowled the first over and conceded four runs in it. Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal both were careful in the over.

England lost their 8th wicket in the final over. Sophie Ecclestone was the player to lose her wicket, but the side still managed to post a formidable total. India took wickets in cluster in the final few overs but they failed to control England's scoring rate. As a result, the visitors have a good total on the board. 

A fouth wicket for Deepti Sharma! Emma Lamb has hit it into the hands of Smriti Mandhana at long-on. England are seven down. They have just seven balls left in this innings. Can India stop them below 280?

Lamb c Mandhana b Deepti Sharma 11(10) 

A third wicket for Deepti Sharma this is! She has dismissed Alice Capsey. The player wanted to play a reverse-sweep and found a top edge on that. Harleen Deol took the catch at cover. England are throwing it away in the final overs. What a comeback this is from India!

Capsey c Harleen Deol b Deepti Sharma 2(3)

Another wicket for India! Shree Charani pitched this one up and Sophia Dunkley has hit it into the hands of the fielder at long-off. England are five down now. India are pulling things back a bit in these final overs.

Sophia Dunkley c Deepti Sharma b Shree Charani 15(21)

Heather Knight has been run out here! Big wicket for India but is it too late now? Knight hit the ball towards square leg and tried to get back to strike with a double as Amanjot there fumbled. The throw was accurate after that and Knight failed to make it back.

Knight run out (Amanjot Kaur/Richa Ghosh) 109(91)

Heather Knight races to her third ODI century in just 86 balls! She gets a four through an outside edge but what a knock this has been from the veteran England batter. She kept attacking the Indian bowlers from the word go and gets to the three-figure mark really quickly here.

Eight runs came off Deepti Sharma's eighth over. She was hit for a four by Sophia Dunkley on the third ball. On the other hand, Heather Knight is playing a really solid knock. She is batting on 91 off 82 balls.

ENGW 226/3 (42)

The 113-run parnership has been broken! Shree Charani provides India the wicket. Nat Sciver-Brunt tried to go inside out but found Harmanpreet Kaur at extra cover. It was a really good catch from the India captain with a superbly-timed jump.

Nat Sciver-Brunt c Kaur b Shree Charani 38(49)

That turned out to be an expensive over from Kranti Gaud. She was smashed for a four and a six by Nat Sciver-Brunt and Heather Knight, respectively. 14 runs came off the over. England could even target a total of around 300 from this point.

India had already lost a review and now they have burnt their second and last one as well. The Deepti Sharma delivery hit Nat Sciver-Brunt on the pad. A huge appeal for LBW followed but umpire was unconvinced. India decided to take it upstairs only to lose the review.

Sneh Rana bowls a fuller ball and Heather Knight has played a reverse sweep on it for a four. It was an expensive over as 10 runs came off it. England are in the driving seat at the moment. India badly need a wicket here.

A reverse sweep for a four and Heather Knight raced to her half-century with it. She got there in just 54 balls. England Women are in command of the game at the moment. The duo of Knight and Nat Sciver-Brunt has extended this partnership to over 60.

ENGW 165/2 (33)

Amanjot Kaur starts her over with the mid-on and mid-wicket fielders inside the circle. However, she bowled a full toss outside off-stump first up and Nat Sciver-Brunt placed it in the gap between the fielders for a boundary.

Sneh Rana bowled a fuller delivery and Heather Knight played a terrific sweep shot on it for a four. She hit it through the deep mid-wicket. A total of five runs came off the over. India continue to leak boundaries.

ENGW 133/2 (28)

Here is the list of players who have scored 2000 runs and taken 150 wickets in Women’s ODIs -

4414 runs, 166 wickets - Ellyse Perry (AUS-W)

5873 runs, 155 wickets - Stafanie Taylor (WI-W)

3397 runs, 172 wickets - Marizanne Kapp (SA-W)

2607 runs, 151 wickets - Deepti Sharma (IND-W)

It was a good length ball from Sneh Rana and Heather Knight swept it away well for a four. That went through the backward square leg for the boundary. Runs keep coming for England quite easily. India need to bowl better.

They have both their openers, but England keep ticking the scoreboard. India, on the other hand, have bowled a bit poorly after the second wicket they got. They needed to keep it tight to put pressure on their opponents.

Good bowling, good field placement and good fielding there from India! They get the big wicket of Amy Jones. Deepti Sharma gave it a bit of flight as Jones jumped out of her crease. She was cramped for room and ended up hitting it into leg side. Smriti Mandhana at short mid-wicket took a really good catch diving to her right.

Amy Jones c Mandhana b Deepti Sharma 56(68)

Amy Jones races to her half-century with a four! She got a fuller delivery from Renuka Singh on the fourth ball of the over and smashed it over the mid-on fielder for the boundary. The England opener raced to the mark in 62 balls.

Deepti Sharma has provided India a huge breakthrough here. The England openers were taking this game away with a terrific start, but Deepti has cleaned up Tammy Beaumont. It was a fuller delivery and the batter went for a sweep shot but completely missed the ball.

Tammy Beaumont b Deepti Sharma 22(43)

Amy Jones is currently batting at 39 and inching closer towards her half-century. It will be her 15th half-century in the ODI format for England. In the previous over of Shree Charani, the Jones hits two boundaries as the spinner concedes 10 runs. 

ENGW 62/0 (13 overs)

India are having a tough time with the ball as their bowlers are visibly struggling against the England openers. The duo of Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont scores six runs in the previous over of Shree Sharani. India are desperate for a wicket. 

ENGW 50/0 (11 overs)

OHH NO!!!! India's misfortune continues as they now lose a DRS review. Renuka Singh Thakur strikes on the pads of Amy Jones and confidently appeals for LBW. The on-field umpire signals not out and India opt for DRS. However, the replay shows that the ball was actually missing the stumps and Jones survives the call. Bad luck for India. 

ENGW 39/0 (8.4 overs)

England are comfortably dominating the game as their openers Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont are forming a terrific partnership. The duo is comfortably dealing in boundaries as the Indian bowlers look clueless. Renuka Singh Thakur also gets hit for a boundary and concedes four runs in her previous over. 

ENGW 35/0 (7 overs)

England openers Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont continue to dominate India bowlers. In the previous over of Kranti Gaud, Jones hits two boundaries as the pacer concedes eight runs. India need a wicket at the earliest, in order to stop this partnership. 

ENGW 21/0 (4 overs)

FOUR!!! Amy Jones also joins the party and hits a brilliant boundary against Kranti Gaud. Jones smartly beats the fielder at the backward point as the ball races across the boundary rope for a four. In total, Kranti leaks five runs as England continue to steal runs from India. 

ENGW 11/0 (2 overs)

England are off to a good start as openers Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont deal in boundaries. In the opening over, Renuka Singh Thakur concedes six runs. This include a no-ball and a wide and a boundary from Beaumont. India aim for some quick wickets from here. 

ENGW 6/0 (1 overs)

The Women's ODI World Cup 2025 match between India and England now begins. For England, Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont will be starting the proceedings. The duo aims for a stable opening partnership, in order to provide England with a solid start. On the other hand, Renuka Singh Thakur will be bowling the first over for India. let's play!!! 

Both the teams are out on the field for their respective national anthems. The World Cup match between India and England shall begin soon. Also, this is the first time in this tournament that India are bowling first. 

"Beautiful weather conditions. Unexpected rain yesterday but no rain forecast today. 31 degrees high and it is a pleasant day. The dimensions - 60 and 54 meters to the side, 67 meters down the ground. It is a fresh wicket. There is a green tinge on this surface and they have taken a lot of it this morning, it is looking dry. With the sun beating down there are a few bear patches and it might be a little two paced. The average first innings score is 279. Dew might come into play later on, it is a lot cooler in the evening and it might skid on a bit," inform Kass Naidoo and Isa Guha.

England Women (Playing XI): Amy Jones(w), Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight, Nat Sciver-Brunt(c), Sophia Dunkley, Emma Lamb, Alice Capsey, Charlotte Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell

India Women (Playing XI): Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh(w), Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani, Renuka Singh Thakur

"We were looking to bowl first and glad to get that. Jemi is not playing today and Renuka is playing. She has a great record against England and that was the biggest reason we wanted her back in the side. Even though we lost, we played really good cricket and that is something which will give us confidence," said Harmanpreet. 

Harmanpreet Kaur loses her 7th successive toss as England decide to bat first. 

The England skipper said: "We would like to have a bat. We would like to most of the fresh pitch. We have Ecclestone and Bell back in the side. They are ready to go. We will be looking for some big partnerships today. We have seen a lot of noise with the Indian fans and hope everyone is ready. We know we have three tough games left and hopefully we can get the win today."

Here's the pitch report from former India skipper Mithali Raj:

England's story in the Women's ODI World Cup has been far from convincing, even though they are unbeaten in the contest. The India match is expected to force them to push harder in the bid to draw their best game on the pitch. 

Despite two back-to-back defeats, India aren't out of the Women's World Cup semifinals race. Harmanpreet Kaur's team is guaranteed qualification is by winning all three of their remaining league matches (against England, New Zealand, and Bangladesh), which would secure them 10 points. 

If they manage to win only two of the three matches, reaching 8 points, qualification is highly probable but would depend on their strong Net Run Rate and the results of their rivals, particularly New Zealand. Given the tight race for the final spots, failing to win at least two games would make qualification extremely difficult, forcing India to rely heavily on other teams' losses.

India's campaign has hit a stumbling block after successive three-wicket losses to South Africa and Australia in Visakhapatnam, results that have left their strategy under the scanner.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the ICC Women's ODI World Cup 2025 match between India and England, straight from the Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore. Stay tuned for all the live updates.