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.

South Africa women’s cricket team opener Tajmin Brites on Friday played a historic innings of 171 runs in the second ODI against Pakistan. This is the second largest personal innings in ODIs for South Africa women’s team, in which they hit 20 fours and 4 sixes. In this rain -affected match, South Africa scored 292 runs losing 3 wickets in 46 overs. Captain Laura Wolvard also played a century innings.

Pakistan captain Fatima Sana won the toss and decided to bowl first. Tajmin Brites and Laura Wolvard made a historic partnership of 260 runs for the first wicket. In the 44th over, the first wicket fell as Wolvard, he scored 100 runs in 129 balls.

Second largest individual innings for South Africa

This is the second biggest personal innings for the South Africa women’s cricket team in ODI cricket. Ahead of him is Laura Volward, who scored 184 runs against Sri Lanka last year. The biggest ODI in the world cricket is the name of Amelia Kerr, who scored 232 runs in 2018 against Ireland.

In the innings of 171 runs played in 141 balls, the century is being completed, even if Tajmin was counted by Britis’ runs. He hit 20 fours (80 runs) and 4 sixes (24 runs) in this innings.

Brites’ third consecutive century

This is the third consecutive century of Tajmin Brites in ODI cricket, he is the second woman player in the world to do so. He had earlier scored 101 runs in the first ODI against Pakistan played on 16 September. In the last ODI, he also scored a century (101) against the West Indies (17 June 2025).

This is the sixth century of tajmin. The 34 -year -old South African Player made an International Debut (T20I) in the 2018. He played his first ODI in 2021. Talking about ODI career, he has scored 1419 runs in 39 matches. He scored 1719 runs in 68 matches in 68 T20 Internationals, including 14 half -centuries. Apart from this, he has also played 1 Test, in which he has 36 runs in 2 innings.