Women's World Cup 2017: England beat India by 9 runs

The Indian women team emerged as a force in world cricket with some inspiring performances

The Indian women’s cricket team let slip a historic title triumph in a tense summit clash against England, leaving Mithali Raj’s giant-slaying side with the runners-up tag for a second time in the ICC 

World Cup. India was well on course for a memorable triumph, sitting pretty at 191 for three in 42.5. But a collapse in the batting order saw them being bowled out for 219 in 48.4 overs. The Indians lost seven wickets for 28 runs in just 6.5 overs. India was making their second appearance in a World Cup final. They lost their previous final, against Australia