South Africa’s Nadine de Klerk performs a shot in the course of the ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup 2025 match towards India at Visakhapatnam, India, on October 9, 2025. — Fb/@cricketworldcup
South Africa downed India in an exhilarating ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup 2025 match on the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium on Thursday.
Skipper Laura Wolvaardt’s anchoring half-century, coupled with Nadine de Klerk’s unbeaten 84, powered South Africa to an enthralling victory over the hosts.
Set to chase 252, the Proteas knocked the successful runs on the fifth supply of the penultimate over, when de Klerk smashed Amanjot Kaur for a large six over deep mid-wicket, powering her aspect to their second consecutive victory within the mega occasion.
South Africa, nevertheless, had a contrasting begin to their innings as they Kaur and Kranti Gaud made early inroads with the ball, lowering them to 18/2 inside six overs.
The Proteas then misplaced two extra wickets at common intervals and have been consequently decreased to 81/5 in 19.4 overs.
In the meantime, Wolvaardt remained agency in the course of the collapse and finally discovered delicate help on the different finish within the type of Chloe Tryon.
Wolvaardt and Tryon led the restoration by placing collectively 61 runs for the sixth-wicket partnership, which culminated with the opener’s dismissal within the thirty sixth over.
The captain remained the top-scorer with 70 off 111 deliveries, that includes eight fours.
Strolling out to bat at quantity eight, de Klerk launched a counterattack on the Indian bowlers with a swashbuckling half-century and in the end led South Africa to a hard-earned three-wicket victory with seven balls to spare.
The appropriate-handed batter top-scored with an unbeaten 84 off simply 54 deliveries, studded with eight fours and 5 sixes. She was adequately supported by Tryon, who made a helpful contribution with a 66-ball 49, that includes 5 boundaries.
For India, Rana and Gaud took two wickets every, whereas Shree Charani, Deepti Sharma and Kaur might choose up one apiece.
Put into bat first, the house aspect collected 251 runs earlier than getting bowled out in 49.1 overs.
India bought off to a good begin to their innings, with their opening pair of Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal yielding 55 runs earlier than the previous was dismissed by Nonkululeko Mlaba within the eleventh over.
Mandhana scored 23 off 32 deliveries with the assistance of 1 six and a 4.
Her dismissal sparked a middle-order collapse which noticed India lose six extra wickets for simply 98 runs in 178 deliveries and consequently slipped to 153/7 in 40 overs.
She additionally shared a vital 88-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Sneh Rana, who made a helpful contribution with a brisk 33 off 24 deliveries till falling sufferer to Marizanne Kapp within the forty eighth over.
Chloe Tryon led the bowling cost for South Africa with 3/32 in her 10 overs, adopted by Nonkululeko Mlaba, Nadine de Klerk and Kapp with two every, whereas Tumi Sekhukhune made one strike.
The three-wicket victory lifted South Africa to the fourth place within the ICC Girls’s World Cup 2025 standings as they now have 4 factors in three matches, whereas India remained third because of superior web run fee.
