England, who wanted 33 runs off 30 balls with six wickets in hand, crumbled beneath the stress generated by Indian spinners who had been complemented effectively by their fielders.
Shafali Verma’s 48 off 38 balls had allowed India to publish 148 for 4 after being put in to bat.
Offie Sneh Rana defended 14 runs within the remaining over to cap off a powerful bowling effort from the spinners.
Leggie Poonam ended with figures of two for 17 in 4 overs and Deepti one for 18 in 4 overs. The England innings noticed India effecting 4 run outs.
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The sequence decider can be performed on Wednesday.
England had been within the driver’s seat for the most important a part of the chase and had reached 52 for 2 within the first six overs regardless of dropping Danielle Wyatt and the in-form Nat Sciver cheaply.
Sciver was run out in a somewhat fascinating style as wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh ran again to impact a direct hit after failing to gather a widish supply.
In distinction to India’s innings, the lack of early wickets didn’t have an effect on the innings’ tempo as England batters stored getting the boundaries.
Indian pacers Shikha Pandey and Arundhati Reddy had been wayward and provided Beaumont approach too many quick balls which she duly dispatched via the duvet and backward level area.
England had been cruising with Tammy Beaumont (59) and skipper Heather Knight (30) within the center however after they had been dismissed off successive balls within the 14th over bowled by Deepti Sharma, it made the duty so much more durable for the hosts who nonetheless wanted 43 off the final 36 balls.
India then tightened the noose on a self-destructing opposition.
Earlier, India couldn’t capitalise on a blazing begin supplied by Shafali.
A flurry of boundaries from Shafali helped India race to 47 for no loss in 4 overs.
The 17-year-old produced the form of hitting she is understood for. She slog swept left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone for a 4 and 6 earlier than smashing pacer Katherine Brunt for as many as 5 boundaries in a row.
Brunt, who had dismissed Shafali within the first T20, had no reply to the disdainful hitting from the Indian, whose 5 boundaries together with a slap previous the bowler and three within the cow nook.
Ecclestone bounced again strongly in her following over, bowling a maiden and dropping a tricky return catch of Shafali.
The extra skilled Smriti Mandhana (20 off 16) was completely happy being a spectator a the opposite finish.
Nonetheless, the sport modified after the autumn of Shafali and Mandhana in an area of three balls.
An off form Harmanpreet (31 off 25), who promoted herself to quantity three, and Deepti Sharma (24 off 27) discovered it robust to keep up the scoring price.
The India skipper lastly received a launch with a heave over deep midwicket off spinner Mady Villiers after coming down the monitor.
The innings had misplaced the momentum created by the openers with India reaching 102 for 2 in 15 overs.
Working out of time, Harmanpreet deposited leggie Sarah Glenn for a 4 and 6 within the 16th over earlier than falling to an excellent working catch by Brunt from lengthy off.
Just a few a lot wanted boundaries from Deepti and Sneh Rana received India near the 150-run mark. India collected 46 runs from the final 5 overs.