New Delhi: In the Women’s Cricket World Cup, the Indian team’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals have been dashed. In their last match of the league stage, the Indian team lost to South Africa.
In this match, South Africa had to score 7 runs to win in the last over, which they made in the struggle that lasted till the last ball.
In the match, Indian captain Mithali Raj won the toss and elected to bat first. Justifying the captain’s decision, Indian openers Smriti Mandhana (71) and Shafali Verma (53) shared a 91-run partnership for the first wicket.
After these two players, captain Mithali Raj (68) and Harmanpreet Kaur (48) also played brilliant innings. In today’s match, Yastika Bhatia (2), Pooja Vastrakar (3) and Richa Ghosh (8) could not perform much. In the stipulated overs, India scored 274 runs for the loss of 7 wickets.
For South Africa, Masabata Kalas and Shabnim Ismail took 2 wickets each and Ayobonga Khaka and Chole Trion took 1 wicket each.
The South African team lost their first wicket soon after chasing a target of 275 runs. Opener Lizley Lee returned to the pavilion after scoring 6 runs. From here, Lora Volwardt (80) and Lara Gudal (49) shared a 125-run partnership for the second wicket to bring the team back into the match.