On Thursday, October 9, South Africa Women won Match 10 of the Women’s World Cup 2025 against India Women with three wickets and seven balls to spare at the Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Richa Ghosh blistering knock included 11 fours and four sixes.
With this game, South Africa extended their winning streak over India in the 50-over World Cup to 3-0.
After being put into bat, India got off to a good start in their powerplay. They added 55 to the score in just 10 overs. Nonkululeko Mlaba took two wickets, Smriti Mandhana (23 off 32) and Harleen Deol (13 off 23). Pratika Rawal too died at 37 due to a faulty delivery from Tumi Sekhukhune. Chloe Tryon dismissed Jemimah Rodrigues for the second time in three games.
India was five behind with 100 on the board when Deepti Sharma was strangled down leg in the next over, putting the team in even more difficulties.
From that moment forward, everything revolved around Richa Ghosh.
She played brilliantly to score 94 runs off 77 balls. Tryon was the standout of the bowlers, taking three wickets and giving only 32 runs in her 10-over quota.
The visitors’ start was comparatively more subdued than their opposition. Two of their highest scorers from South Africa’s previous game had been dismissed. After Anneke Bosch (1 off 2) was dismissed, Sinalo Jafta stayed at the crease for a brief bit to support skipper Laura Wolvaardt. However, Jafta was trapped in front by hometown hero Shree Charani to leave the Proteas five down.
Nadine de Klerk goes berserk
A couple of 60-run stands of Tryon with skipper Wolvaardt (70 off 111) and then with Nadine de Klerk brought South Africa back into the contest. The Proteas vice-captain fell short of her half-century by a run. However, her side still had a job to do with 41 required in 24. De Klerk not only registered her highest ODI score (84* off 54), but also effected their first win against India after five consecutive defeats in ODIs.
With this, the Women in Blue registered their first loss of the home tournament, whereas, the South African side managed to bag their second-consecutive win. India, however, are still a position ahead of the South Africans on the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 Points Table, owing to a superior net run-rate (NRR).
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