South Africa’s de Klerk finishes off in style with six:Kranti’s one-handed catch heroic, Richa Ghosh misses century; IND vs SA top moments

In the Women’s ODI World Cup, South Africa defeated India by 3 wickets. The Indian team batted first after losing the toss and had given South Africa a target of 252 runs. In response, thanks to Nadine de Klerk’s 84 runs, South Africa achieved victory by scoring 252/7 in 48.5 overs. The Visakhapatnam Stadium witnessed spectacular moments on Thursday night. Nadine de Klerk secured victory for the Proteas by hitting a six. Pacer Kranti Gaud took a one-handed catch off her own bowling. Richa Ghosh was out on a full toss ball. Meanwhile, Pratika Rawal hit a four on the very first ball of the match. Read the Top Moments of the IND-W Vs SA-W Match 1. Pratika hit two fours in the first over In the very first over of the match, opener Pratika Rawal hit two fours. She sent Marizanne Kapp’s first and fourth balls across the boundary line. Pratika was out after scoring 37 runs.
2. Appeal against Pratika-Mandhana, Umpire gave a no-ball On the 5th ball of the fifth over, an appeal was made against Pratika Rawal. Marizanne Kapp’s ball hit Pratika’s pads. The South African player appealed, but the umpire gave a no-ball. A similar incident also happened on the first ball of the sixth over. Here, there was a strong appeal for LBW against Smriti Mandhana. The South African captain was thinking about a review. Even before that, the umpires signalled a no-ball. 3. Harleen Deol bowled out by Malaba In the 17th over, the Indian team lost its second wicket. Harleen Deol was out after scoring 13 runs. She was bowled by Nonkululeko Malaba. She could not pick Malaba’s incoming ball and was bowled out. Notably, Malaba took 3 wickets. 4. Richa Ghosh’s first fifty, also completes 1000 Runs in ODIs ​​​​​​​Indian wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh completed her fifty on the 5th ball of the 44th over. She scored a half-century in 53 balls. Richa scored her first fifty in the Women’s ODI World Cup. She also scored the 7th half-century of her ODI career. In the 46th over, Richa Ghosh completed one thousand ODI runs. She also became the fourth batter to score more than 50 runs while batting at number 8 in the World Cup.
5. Richa gets a save, de Klerk drops the catch Richa Ghosh’s catch was dropped on the second ball of the 48th over. Nadine de Klerk dropped an easy catch of Richa at long-on on the second ball of Tumi Sekhukhune’s over. Ghosh had played a shot off Sekhukhune’s delivery, but de Klerk failed to judge the ball. In the very next over, Richa got another save. Richa played a pull shot on the fourth ball of Marizanne Kapp’s over. The ball went to Anneke Bosch, standing at deep mid-wicket, who dived but couldn’t hold onto the catch. 6. Richa missed a century, out on a full toss ball In the last over of the Indian innings, Richa Ghosh fell just 6 runs short of a century. The bowler who dismissed her was Nadine de Klerk, who had earlier dropped her catch. Tryon took the catch at long-on off de Klerk’s ball. Ghosh played a shot on de Klerk’s high full toss ball and was caught out. Ghosh thought it was a no-ball above the waist, so she immediately took a review. After watching the replay, the third umpire ruled that the ball was only 4 centimetres below Richa’s waist. Due to this small margin, the ball was considered legal, and Ghosh had to return to the pavilion. 7. Kranti took a one-handed catch In the third over of the South African innings, Tazmin Brits, who scored a century in the previous match, returned to the pavilion with a brilliant catch by Kranti Gaud. Kranti bowled the second ball of the over short of a length. Kranti dived to her left on her own bowling and took the catch. Kranti Gaud had 0.5 seconds to take the catch.
8. Marizanne Kapp’s catch dropped by Pratika Rawal ​​​​​​​South African batter Marizanne Kapp got a lifeline on the first ball of the 7th over. Pratika Rawal dropped her catch at points off Kranti Gaud’s delivery. Kapp was batting on one run at this point. 9. Jemimah Rodrigues drops catch, Jafta gets a lifeline On the first ball of the 17th over, South African wicketkeeper Sinalo Jafta’s catch was dropped by Jemimah Rodrigues. Here, Jafta was playing on 5 runs. She played Deepti’s first ball to short mid-wicket, but Jemimah couldn’t hold the catch. 10. Klerk completes fifty with a six In the 47th over, Nadine de Klerk completed her fifty with a six off Kranti Gaud’s delivery. She also hit 3 boundaries in this over. She hit a six off Kranti Gaud’s first ball and completed her half-century. Later on, she hit a six off the second ball and a four off the third ball. 11. De Klerk flared up over Richa’s break In the 47th over, a tense situation arose between the players of both teams. After De Klerk hit 3 boundaries, wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh took a break in between due to a strain in her right leg. At this time, batter Nadine de Klerk looked angry. She complained about it to the umpire and also spoke angrily about it with the substitute players. 12. De Klerk seals win for South Africa with a six On the fifth ball of the 49th over, Nadine de Klerk hit a six to give South Africa the win. She hit 2 sixes in Amanjot Kaur’s over.