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England ran out India captain Harmanpreet Kaur in bizarre circumstances on the opening day of their one-off women\u2019s Test \u2013 but they could not stop the hosts piling up 410 for seven in Mumbai.<\/p>\n
It was India\u2019s first Test match on home soil since 2014 but they settled in to their task after choosing to bat, with Satheeth Shubha (69), Jemima Rodrigues (68), Yastika Bhatia (66) and Deepti Sharma (60no) all making half-centuries.<\/p>\n
Kaur thought she had also reached the landmark for the first time but was surprised to find herself given out for 49 after raising her bat to acknowledge the applause of her team-mates.<\/p>\n
She had prodded a delivery to cover and scampered through for what she believed to be her fiftieth run after Danni Wyatt\u2019s return throw hit the stumps and ricocheted away from wicketkeeper Amy Jones.<\/p>\n
The TV umpire subsequently reviewed the replays and found Kaur, who had been in no pressure whatsoever to make her ground, had accidentally lodged her bat just in front of the crease line and was short by an inch as the bails were lifted.<\/p>\n
It may not have been lost on England that the bowler at the time was Charlie Dean, victim of a controversial \u2018Mankad\u2019 run out at the non-striker\u2019s end under Kaur\u2019s captaincy at Lord\u2019s in 2022.<\/p>\n
England may already find victory a tough ask with India\u2019s highest ever home total and healthy run rate of 4.36 carving out a strong position.<\/p>\n
This summer\u2019s women\u2019s Ashes series included a five-day Test, allowing enough time for the game to reach its natural conclusion, but the reversion to the conventional, unloved four days means a draw may be the best realistic result for Heather Knight\u2019s tourists.<\/p>\n
England had started the day well, Lauren Bell bowling Smriti Mandhana via an inside edge and Kate Cross cleaning up Shafali Verma inside the first nine overs. Bell returned to dismiss Rodrigues\u2019 impressive knock by attacking the stumps again and finished with figures of two for 64.<\/p>\n
Sophie Ecclestone, the world\u2019s number one white-ball spinner, struggled to assert herself as she mustered one for 85 in 22 overs and there was one wicket apiece for Dean and Nat Sciver-Brunt, who landed a late blow to remove Sneh Rana in the closing minutes.<\/p>\n