Driving on Nadine de Klerk’s profession greatest knock, South Africa, on Thursday (October 9), beat India by three wickets on the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam.
The defeat has ended India’s successful begin within the ongoing World Cup. The Girls in Blue began their marketing campaign with back-to-back wins earlier than struggling a defeat in opposition to South Africa. With two wins from three video games, India are at the moment on the third spot within the factors desk and can face table-toppers Australia subsequent.
India’s high and center order uncovered
South Africa, alternatively, is within the fourth spot with two wins from three matches. They started their marketing campaign with a 10-wicket defeat in opposition to England earlier than bouncing again with spectacular wins over New Zealand and India.
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For the third match in a row, India confronted a batting collapse and had been reeling at 102/6. The house facet was at 83/1 at one stage earlier than Harleen Deol’s dismissal within the seventeenth over triggered a collapse. India went on to lose 5 wickets for simply 19 runs to seek out themselves firmly on the again foot.
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Richa Ghosh then took cost of the innings and scored a superb 94 to propel her workforce to a aggressive whole of 251 runs. Her knock got here off simply 77 balls and was studded with 11 fours and 4 sixes.
Richa and Amanjot Kaur steadied the ship by including 51 runs for the seventh wicket earlier than the latter departed for 13. It was adopted by an 88-run stand between Richa and Sneh Rana for the eighth wicket. Richa seemed destined to finish a surprising century however misplaced her wicket on the fourth ball of the ultimate over.
For South Africa, Chloe Tryon picked up 3 wickets whereas Marizanne Kapp, de Klerk and Nonkululeko Mlaba claimed two wickets apiece.
Nadine de Klerk takes South Africa dwelling:
Chasing 252 runs, South Africa misplaced wickets at common intervals proper from the beginning and had been reeling at 81/5 within the twentieth over. Their possibilities of successful the match seemed pretty much as good as over at that stage however captain Laura Wolvaardt saved her workforce within the contest with a advantageous knock of 70 runs.
She and Tryon revived South Africa’s hopes with a 61-run stand for the sixth wicket earlier than Kranti Gaud dismissed the South Africa captain to place India within the driver’s seat. Nonetheless, the wicket didn’t convey any respite for India as de Klerk didn’t allow them to capitalise on the breakthrough.
She and Tryon turned the sport on its head by including 69 runs for the seventh wicket. Sneh Rana ended the stand by dismissing Tryon for 49 however de Klerk stayed until the tip and scored an unbeaten 84 off simply 54 balls to take her workforce dwelling inside 49 overs. Her knock was studded with 8 fours and 5 sixes.
India vs South Africa transient scores:
India 251 (49.5 overs): Richa Ghosh 94 (77); Chloe Tryon 3-32
South Africa 252-7 (48.5 overs): Nadine de Klerk 84* (54), Laura Wolvaardt 70 (111)
South Africa gained by three wickets
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