Women's World Championship: Nadine de Klerk's turn overshadowed Richa Ghosh, South Africa, defeated India by 3 wickets

Visakhapatnam, October 9 (IANS). In a very important match of the Women’s World Championships 2025, the Indian team had to face 3 wickets against South Africa. South Africa reached the target of 252 runs given by the Indian team by losing 7 wickets in 48.5 overs. South Africa, who wants to achieve the goal of 252, won the match by scoring 252 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 48.5 overs using Captain Laura Wolvaardt’s 70s down 111 balls, Nadine de Klerk’s unbeaten 84 of 54 balls, and Chloe Tryon’s 49 runs from 66 balls. South Africa was in trouble at a time after losing 142 6 wickets. At this time, the match turned towards India. But Tryon and Clerk destroyed the Indian team’s plans of victory by making a 69 -run partnership for the seventh wicket. Clarke struck 5 sixes and 8 fours in his unbeaten turns of 84 runs from 54 balls. Earlier, the Indian team, which came first after losing the Toss at ACA-VDCA cricket stadium, scored 251 runs. Pratika Rawal and Smriti Mandhana started the Indian team seriously. Both added 55 runs in 10.2 overs for the first wicket. Mandhana was out after scoring 23 runs. Pratics also came out after scoring 37 runs. Apart from these two, all the top -order batsmen were flops. Harleen Deol was at 13, Captain Harmanpreet Kaur was out at 9, and Jemimah Rodrigues were at 0. Deepti Sharma were out after scoring 4 runs and Amanjot Kaur was out after scoring 13 runs. The Indian team was in trouble after losing 7 wickets for 153 runs in 40 overs. Wicketkeeper Risha Ghosh, who came to number eight, took the lead on the team. Ghosh scored the seventh half century of his ODI career. Ghosh was out in the last time after scoring 94 runs from 77 balls using 11 fours and 4 sixes. She was out of the ninth wicket. Ghosh made a quick and important partnership of 88 runs in 53 balls for the eighth wicket with Snarhar Rana. Rana was out after playing an important 33 -run innings with the help of 6 fours in 24 balls. The Indian team was reduced to 251 runs in 49.5 overs. This is the first defeat of the Indian team in its third match. With the defeat, the Indian team moved to third place in the points table. Australia is in the first place, England is in second place and South Africa is in fourth place. –Is Bag Share This Story Tags