South Africa Ladies received the Match 10 of the Ladies’s World Cup 2025 in opposition to India Ladies by three wickets and 7 balls to spare on the Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, October 9. The South Africans prolonged their successful streak in opposition to India within the 50-over World Cup to 3-0 with this win.
After being put into bat, India received off to fairly an honest begin inside their powerplay. They added 55 to the rating inside 10 overs. Nonkululeko Mlaba picked up a few wickets within the type of Smriti Mandhana (23 off 32) and Harleen Deol (13 off 23). Pratika Rawal too departed for 37 after perishing to a crazy supply from Tumi Sekhukhune. Chloe Tryon dismissed Jemimah Rodrigues for her second duck in three video games.
India had been 5 down with 100 on the board when Deepti Sharma was strangled down leg within the subsequent over to position India in additional bother. It was all about Richa Ghosh from that time. She performed amazingly properly for her 77-ball 94-run knock. Tryon was the decide of the bowlers, selecting three wickets whereas conceding solely 32 runs in her 10-over quota. Richa’s blazing knock comprised 11 fours and 4 sixes.
The guests’ begin was comparatively extra subdued than their opposition. Two of their highest scorers from South Africa’s earlier sport had been dismissed. After Anneke Bosch (1 off 2) was dismissed, Sinalo Jafta stayed on the crease for a quick bit to help skipper Laura Wolvaardt. Nonetheless, Jafta was trapped in entrance by hometown hero Shree Charani to go away the Proteas 5 down.
Nadine goes berserk
A few 60-run stands of Tryon with skipper Wolvaardt (70 off 111) after which with Nadine de Klerk introduced South Africa again into the competition. The Proteas vice-captain fell wanting her half-century by a run. Nonetheless, her facet nonetheless had a job to do with 41 required in 24. De Klerk not solely registered her highest ODI rating (84* off 54), but additionally effected their first win in opposition to India after 5 consecutive defeats in ODIs.
With this, the Ladies in Blue registered their first lack of the house match, whereas, the South African facet managed to bag their second-consecutive win. India, nevertheless, are nonetheless a place forward of the South Africans on the ICC Ladies’s World Cup 2025 Factors Desk, owing to a superior internet run-rate (NRR).
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