India Women vs South Africa Women: Team India has suffered its first defeat in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. South Africa defeated by 3 wickets in a thrilling match. Nadine de Klerk’s innings overshadowed Richa Ghosh’s explosive innings.
IND vs SA, Womens ODI world cup 2025: The Indian women’s team has suffered its first defeat in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. In the tenth match played in Visakhapatnam, South Africa has won by 3 wickets. This match between the two teams was very exciting. Chasing the target of 252 runs, South Africa won the match by losing 7 wickets with 7 balls remaining. Nadine de Klerk snatched victory from Team India by playing an unbeaten inning of 84 runs. At the same time, captain Laura Walvert has also played a brilliant inning of 70 runs. Let’s take a look at this exciting match…
Richa Ghosh’s explosiveness gave India the match winning total
The South African captain won the toss and invited the Indian team to bat first. In reply, India scored 251 runs losing 10 wickets in 49.5 overs. Richa Ghosh played an explosive inning of 94 runs in 77 balls, hitting 11 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from him, Sneh Rana scored 33 runs on 24 balls. At the same time, the Indian top order and middle order completely failed in this match. Smriti Mandhana 23, Pratika Rawal 37, Harleen Deol 13, Harmanpreet Kaur 9 and Jemimah Rodrigues scored 0 runs. At the same time, South Africa’s bowlers performed well.
South African bowlers broke the back of Indian batting
For South Africa, CL Tryon took the maximum of 3 wickets for 32 runs in 10 overs. Apart from them, Marijne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka and Nonkululeko Mlaba got 2-2 successes. 1 wicket also went to Tumi Sekhukhune’s account.
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South Africa won the match with 7 balls left
South Africa women’s team achieved the target of 252 runs for the Indian team by losing 7 wickets in 48.5 overs. On behalf of the team, Nadine de Klerk played an excellent inning of 84 runs in 54 balls, in which she hit 8 fours and 5 sixes. She stood till the end and won the match for South Africa. Apart from him, captain Laura Walvert also played a good inning of 70 runs. CL Tryon also scored a match-winning inning of 49 runs, which included 5 fours.
How was the performance of Indian bowlers against South Africa?
Indian bowlers did not win the match, but showed good performance in bowling. Kranti Gaur and Sneh Rana got 2 successes each. Amanjot Kaur, Nallapureddy Charni and Deepti Sharma also took 1 wicket each.
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