It wanted one thing particular to nullify a spectacular 76-ball 94 by Richa Ghosh. However Nadine de Klerk’s spirit was to not be denied as her unbeaten 84 off 54 balls helped South Africa painstakingly hack down the 252-run goal to beat India by three wickets with seven balls to spare in a Girls’s ODI World Cup league fixture on the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.
Opting to chase after a quick rain-induced delay to the sport, South Africa ran right into a high-on-momentum thunderstorm in Richa, whose late blitz rescued India from a worrying 102/6.
Regardless of a good begin, Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal fell sooner than India would have favored. The batting unit’s weak point in opposition to left-arm spin got here to the fore once more, with Chloe Tryon and Nonkululeko Mlaba sharing the spoils. India crumbled, dropping 5 wickets for 19 runs, however Richa and Sneh Rana’s 88-run stand turned the face of the innings and turned the strain proper again on the South Africans.
The chase barely bought going, with Kranti Gaud eradicating Tazmin Brits – coming off a spectacular hundred in opposition to New Zealand – with a exceptional return catch. Kapp was given a reprieve early with a dropped likelihood by Pratika, however Sneh ensured she fumed her manner again to the pavilion quickly with a rattled off stump. Luus fell cheaply too.
AS IT HAPPENED: India vs South Africa HIGHLIGHTS
It took the arrival of Tryon for Wolvaardt to seek out regular help, the pair placing up a 61-run stand. Harmanpreet Kaur turned to Kranti, and he or she delivered emphatically with a yorker searing via Wolvaardt’s center stump. Tryon then paired up with de Klerk to push for an more and more unlikely win. Cramping by the tip of it, Tryon misplaced her wicket to a superb leg earlier than evaluate by Sneh.
De Klerk pulled out her resigned teammates from the depths of the dressing room with a barrage of boundaries off Kranti’s final over. Proper after, very similar to one other India vs South Africa encounter some time in the past, the Indian keeper went down cramping and pressed pause on the Protean surge.
However de Klerk and the Proteas saved the religion to make it a 3rd consecutive win in opposition to India within the 50-over showpiece.
Revealed on Oct 09, 2025