By Admin 
The 10th match of the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup was played between India and South Africa on Thursday. Batting first, Harmanpreet Kaur and team had scored 251 runs, in which the innings of Richa Ghosh (94) had an important contribution, otherwise the team had lost 6 wickets for 102 runs. Chasing the target, South Africa registered victory in the 49th over. This defeat has created a big problem for the Indian women’s team, because in the upcoming matches they will have to face even bigger teams.
South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. In this match played at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Pratika Rawal (37) and Smriti Mandhana (23) made a partnership of 55 runs for the first wicket. After this, Harleen Deol (13), Harmanpreet Kaur (9), Jemimah Rodriguez (0) were out cheaply. Deepti Sharma (4) also could not do anything special in this match, Amanjot Kaur also returned to the pavilion after scoring 13 runs. The team had lost its 6 wickets at the score of just 102 runs, then it seemed that the total score would not even reach 150.
Team India reached 250 innings because of Richa Ghosh
Richa Ghosh played an important inning of 94 runs in 77 balls, in this innings she hit 4 sixes and 11 fours. Sneh Rana scored 33 runs in 24 balls. Thanks to wicket-keeper batsman Richa Ghosh, the Indian team reached a respectable score of 251. Chloe Tryon took maximum 3 wickets for South Africa.
Nadine de Klerk became player of the match
South Africa’s first wicket in the form of Tazmin Britts was taken by Kranti Gaur, who took a brilliant catch on his own ball. After this, Sune Luce (5) also returned to the pavilion cheaply. South Africa’s middle order batsmen also disappointed, Marijne Kapp (20), Anne Bosch (1), Sinalo Jafta (14) were out cheaply. Although the opening captain Laura Wolvaardt remained at one end, she scored 70 runs in 111 balls. He was bowled by Kranti Gaur.
After this, Chloe Tryon (49) and Nadine de Klerk (84) made an important partnership of 69 runs and took the team closer to victory. Clerk scored 84 runs in 54 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 8 fours. He was chosen Player of the Match, he also took 2 wickets in bowling.
Danger of being out of the World Cup
Harmanpreet Kaur and team had won two matches before this, defeating Sri Lanka in the first match and Pakistan in the second. Both were Asian teams, but as soon as the big team came in front of them, their preparations were exposed. Now the team’s next match is with Australia, which is the strongest team in this tournament. After this there is a face to face with England and then New Zealand. Currently, Team India is at third place in the points table after winning 2 out of 3 matches.