By Admin 
South Africa has defeated India by 3 wickets. In this hair-raising match, Nadine de Klerk’s inning of 84 runs snatched the victory from Team India. Playing first in this match, the Indian team had scored 251 runs, in response to which the South African team won the match by 3 wickets with 7 balls remaining. All-rounder Nadine de Klerk single-handedly defeated the Indian bowlers. This is India’s first defeat in the World Cup 2025.
Indian batting was a flop in this match played in Visakhapatnam. Team India’s 6 wickets had fallen for just 102 runs. From there, Richa Ghosh made the biggest contribution in taking the team’s score beyond 250 by playing an inning of 94 runs. Sneh Rana also scored 33 runs.
India lost the won match
Chasing the target of 252 runs, half of the South African team had returned to the pavilion by the score of 51. For a long time, captain Laura Woolworth held one end, who played an inning of 70 runs. It seemed as if Team India would register an easy victory. When Woolworth’s wicket fell, South Africa’s score was 142/6. Here too Team India’s victory looked easy.
Meanwhile, Nadine de Klerk and Chloe Tryon made a partnership of 59 runs to take South Africa closer to victory. Meanwhile, when Tryon was out after scoring 49 runs, South Africa still needed 41 runs to win. But the clerk was still firmly on the crease. Nadine de Klerk single-handedly overpowered Team India. He played an unbeaten inning of 84 runs in 54 balls. In this innings he hit 8 fours and 5 sixes.
The Indian team had earlier defeated Sri Lanka and Pakistan, but now South Africa has become the first team to defeat it in the World Cup 2025.