'We are going to dominate': Radha predicts India to prosper
A series triumph over England away from home is just the start for India, according to left-arm spinner Radha Yadav.
India spinner Radha Yadav believes her team is growing in confidence and the historic T20I series triumph over England away from home is a sign of things to come.
Radha collected a pair of wickets on the way to collecting the Player of the Match award when India clinched a T20I series over England for the first time with a with a comfortable victory over the hosts in Manchester on Wednesday.
A strong performance with the ball sets up an India victory and series honours over England in Manchester 👏#ENGvIND 📲 https://t.co/VJG0CxLf3K pic.twitter.com/fHeQqcIvON
— ICC (@ICC) July 9, 2025
The win saw India open up an unassailable 3-1 series advantage in the five-match series and proved an historic moment for Radha's side as they have previously never enjoyed much success against England in the shortest format of the game.
India defeated England in the first-ever T20I contest between the two sides in 2006, but hadn't won a T20I series against them until the victory at Old Trafford was achieved.
Safe pair of hands 🙌
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 9, 2025
Capsey takes the catch in the deep to remove Verma for 31. pic.twitter.com/VcG7xw3Xtn
While Radha is still only 25 years of age, she is a veteran of four ICC Women's T20 World Cup campaigns and thinks the current Indian side is well on their way to achieving something special.
"The belief and the dedication this time is really different," Radha said after the victory in Manchester.
"This time this team, this atmosphere, it's magical this is and we are actually onto something,
"We want to create something big going forward as well and this is the path we want to go down.
"There are still a lot of things we have to correct, we have that in our mind and but...this is the different team and we are going to dominate no matter what."
Radha Yadav takes a stunner to give India the perfect start | WT20WC 2024
Radha Yadav claims a superb catch at the 2024 edition of the Women's T20 World Cup
England could only muster 126/7 with the bat against India at Old Trafford, with the side badly missing the experience of injured skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt and former captain Heather Knight during the middle overs after they elected to bat first after winning the toss.
New England coach Charlotte Edwards wasn't too disappointed with the result and believes her team remains on target to perform well at the ICC women's Cricket World Cup in India and Sri Lanka later this year.
"As long as we are looking to get better, I am not going to panic," Edwards told Sky Sports after the match.
"We are going to be calm. We are a team on a journey. We are a team in transition. It's not going to happen overnight.
"We are not going to suddenly get this team performing how we want them to. But hopefully we have got a bit of time, certainly in T20 cricket.
"Hopefully you will see an improved team in ODI cricket, that's our immediate goal (at the 50-over World Cup) come October."
The fifth and final T20I match of the series between the two sides will be held in Birmingham on Saturday.