Southampton, July 17 -- Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma reflected on her brilliant innings against England Women in the 1st ODI, where she aimed to build a partnership with Jemimah and was waiting for an opportunity like this to perform.

A brilliant half-century from Deepti Sharma and a fine spell from all-rounder Sneh Rana were the highlights as India secured a four-wicket win over England in the first ODI of the three-match series at Southampton on Thursday.

India Women have now won 11 of their last 12 ODIs, a sequence that started with the home series against the West Indies in December.

Deepti Sharma said in the post-match presentation, "I was waiting for an opportunity like this. I wanted to build a partnership with Jemimah, scor...