ICC Women World Cup 2022: India rupture out as South Africa steal thriller by 3 wickets

India on Sunday were knocked out of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup after shedding to South Africa by three wickets in a thrilling league match at Hagley Oval. After scorching half-centuries from Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj and Shafali Verma took India to a real 274/7, South Africa were cruising with Laura Wolvaardt high-scoring with 80 and sharing a 125-bustle stand with Lara Goodall (49).

Nonetheless a straightforward lunge grew to alter into into India making inroads. It required the calmness of Mignon du Preez to lift South Africa home on the final ball of the lunge. One other great moment became once when South Africa wished three runs off two balls, du Preez holed out to prolonged-on off Deepti Sharma.

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Nonetheless replays confirmed Deepti overstepping by the tiniest of margins. Eventually, du Preez’s whip thru mid-wicket broke the hearts of Indian followers as South Africa aced their best most likely worthwhile lunge in ODIs. It also meant that the West Indies sealed the final location for the semi-finals.

In pursuit of 275, Lizelle Lee became once bustle out early by the exhaust of an quick hit from Harmanpreet Kaur. Nonetheless Wolvaardt, their prolific bustle-getter within the tournament, led the restoration for South Africa by taking the assault to India. With her glimpse-catchy, smartly-timed duvet drives, Wolvaardt became once as much as speed of her sport, constructing the tension on India.

Supporting her enormously became once Goodall, who hit Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Pooja Vastrakar thru mid-wicket. Wolvaardt bought her fifty with a lower off the backfoot thru backward point. South Africa were helped by India no longer being in a assign to protect a consistent line and length as a substitute of the misfields. The duo saved the scoreboard ticking with strike rotation, keeping the most important bustle-fee below check.

India`s quest for a breakthrough finally ended when Gayakwad enticed Goodall with a flighted transport turning previous her interior edge and became once stumped for 49, ending the 125-bustle partnership. One introduced two for India as Harmanpreet clear bowled Wolvaardt with a turning-in transport that hit the off-stump.

From there, India tightened the screws on South Africa by drying the boundaries. Du Preez and captain Sune Luus stitched a stand of 37 runs for the fourth wicket. Nonetheless Harmanpreet struck again, trapping Luus lbw with a corpulent ball delivering and going previous the flick to hit her on the knee roll. India took the DRS and replays confirmed the ball hitting the high of the leg-stump.

Marizanne Kapp broke the boundary-much less bustle of 11 overs by leaning trusty into a duvet drive previous mid-off. With 77 wished off the final ten overs, South Africa introduced up their 200 and became once adopted by Kapp chopping Kaur thru point. Kapp and du Preez turned around strike repeatedly towards spinners without taking any undue possibility to protect the Proteas in lunge.

Mandhana dropped a straightforward likelihood of du Preez at prolonged-on off Gayakwad. Nonetheless two balls later, Harmanpreet fired an underarm throw from duvet-point and Ghosh whipped the bails to pick a diving Kapp wanting her crease.

Du Preez hit serve-to-serve fours off Vastrakar on the final two balls of 46th over. It became once adopted by Chloe Tryon hitting Gayakwad for successive fours on the first two balls of 47th over. After a loft over prolonged-off on a corpulent toss, Gayakwad had the final laugh in inserting off Tryon with a caught and bowled dismissal on the final ball of the over.

Deepti Sharma and Gayakwad conceded 13 runs in 48th and 49th overs to bring the equation all the manner down to seven runs off the final over. Harmanpreet fired a throw from prolonged-on and Deepti threw the ball to stumps, catching Trisha Chetty wanting crease while going for a 2nd bustle while du Preez reached her fifty by the exhaust of the first bustle. In a scream for the glory shot, du Preez holed out to prolonged-on off Deepti nonetheless the off-spinner had overstepped and from there, it became once ecstasy for South Africa and West Indies while it became once agony for India.

Quick rankings: India 274/7 in 50 overs (Smriti Mandhana 71, Mithali Raj 68; Masabata Klass 2/38, Shabnim Ismail 2/42) lost to South Africa 275/7 in 50 overs (Laura Wolvaardt 80, Mignon du Preez 52 no longer out; Harmanpreet Kaur 2/42, Rajeshwari Gayakwad 2/61) by three wickets