Confident India aim to wrap up series at Lord's

India had a lot of positives to take from the first ODI in Southampton. Despite the inexperience in their bowling attack, they took wickets at crucial junctures to keep pegging England back. Kranti Goud and Sneh Rana picked up a brace while the young Sree Charani bowled ten tight overs. On the batting front, all of their top-order players got starts while Deepti Sharma showed immense maturity in completing the chase. The only cause for concern would be their fielding, as they dropped two catches in the middle overs of Sophia Dunkley and Alice Davidson Richards.

For England, their success and faultless displays from the West Indies tour have suddenly come crashing down over the last three weeks. India have won four of the six games on this tour so far. The hosts had a top-order collapse in the first ODI, with Goud picking up the two openers in her opening spell. Another concern for the hosts was the regularity in which they lost wickets, which happened on more than one occasion, leaving two new batters to rebuild the innings.

The hosts were spirited on the field and made a match of the game but that wasn't enough, as Nat Sciver-Brunt had said in the post-match presentation that there were not enough runs to play with in the end.

When: July 19, 2025; 11 AM Local Time (10 AM GMT, 3:30 PM IST)

What to expect: Rain is forecast on matchday but most of the heavy showers will be in the morning before the match starts. The forecast eases out a bit during the specified match time but not enough to rule out rain interruptions completely.

England: Probable XI: Tammy Beaumont, Amy Jones (wk), Emma Lamb, Nat Sciver-Brunt (c), Sophia Dunkley, Alice Davidson Richards, Charlotte Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross, Lauren Filer, Lauren Bell

India: Probable XI: Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Sree Charani, Kranti Goud