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London: Indian women's cricket team gave a fitting farewell to legendary fast bowler Jhulan Goswami, on her last international game, with a 16-run victory in a low-scoring third and final T20I and 3-0 series whitewash over England at Lord's on Saturday.  With this, India also maintained their winning streak in the ICC Women's Championship 2022-25. Led by a brilliant bowling display, India defended 169 at the Lord's in dramatic fashion as they got the last England wicket via runout at the non-striker's end. With England requiring 17 runs to win, Charlotte Dean, who fought hard with an 80-ball 47, backed up too far at the non-striker's end and Deepti removed the bails to leave the batter in tears and those watching in shock. Earlier, put into bat, India were reduced to 29/4. However, they recovered with Smiriti Mandhana (50) and Deepti Sharma (68 not out) stitching together a crucial half-century stand. But once the partnership was broken, India lost wickets at regular intervals and were bowled out for 169 in 45.4 overs, making a below-par total. Renuka Singh and Jhulan Goswami then delivered a fabulous opening spell to reduce England to 45/4 by the 12th over. Rajeshwari Gayakwad struck twice in her first two overs to further dent England. 53/6 soon turned into 65/7 and the hosts had a huge uphill task on hand, but skipper Amy Jones and Charlotte Dean strung together a brilliant stand to revive England's innings. While Jones was dismissed, Dean waged a lonely battle, continuing to push England closer to the target. The 21-year-old found support from the lower-order and an England win appeared a distinct possibility with Dean closing in on a half-century. Freya Davies and Dean put on 35 runs for the final wicket, helping England ...