India were bowled out for 285 on the opening day of the one-off Women's Test against England at Lord's despite three half-centuries from Smriti Mandhana, captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma. In reply, England reached 21/1 in 11 overs at stumps, trailing India's first-innings total by 264 runs.
India recovered from early setbacks after electing to bat first. Openers Shafali Verma and Yastika Bhatia were dismissed early, leaving the visitors at 37/2.
Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues steadied the innings with a 64-run partnership for the third wicket. Jemimah scored 35 before being bowled by EC Wong.
Following Jemimah's dismissal, Harmanpreet Kaur joined Mandhana as the pair added 89 runs for the fourth wicket. Mandhana scored 83 off 108 balls, including 11 fours and one six. Harmanpreet made 58 from 121 balls with seven fours.
After India lost wickets in quick succession through the middle order, Deepti Sharma contributed 57 off 87 balls with seven fours. She also shared a useful partnership with Sneh Rana to help India cross the 250-run mark.
India were 190/3 at one stage but lost their final seven wickets for 85 runs and were dismissed for 285 in 74.5 overs.
India made an early breakthrough with the ball as fast bowler Kranti Goud dismissed England opener Tammy Beaumont for two runs.
At stumps, England were 21/1 after 11 overs. Maya Bouchier was unbeaten on 17, while captain Heather Knight was unbeaten on one.
