At a time when the last ball was bowed in Visakhapatnam, the warning signals were not impossible to ignore. India, not yet undefeated at the ICC Women World Championship so far, was handed over by a rough control of reality by a determined South African The party – the one that mercilessly revealed the pattern much more disturbing than one day outside the day: the fragile highest order, the chronic struggle against the rotation of the left arm, too many dots and the growing realization that cracks in earlier matches can now endanger the campaign.
South Africa, a fresh of a remarkable victory in comeback over New Zealand and still intelligent of 10-bridging in England, arrived in Visag with clarity of purpose and clinical design. India, on the other hand, came across the top.
For the third game in a row, the highest order of India did not achieve, so the team remained in increasingly insecure positions. The launch set, which entered the tournament on the back of the strong power, could not transfer this form to the largest scene of sport. In Guwahati against Sri Lanka, the promising 81/1 collapsed at 124/6. In Colombo against Pakistan, 67/1 deteriorated to 159/5. And in Visakhapatnam, South Africa caused another collapse – reduced India from 83/1 to 102/6.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur was direct In her assessment after the match: “We have not selected responsibility as the highest order. We have to change things and publish better sums. It’s a long tournament. It was a heavy game, but there are a lot of lessons we can learn. We have to maintain a positive frame of mind.”
Richa Ghosh, a rare clear place In the middle of matt batting, he refused to cancel the seniors. “The best order is all very good players. One match does not define them. In cricket, it may happen in the cricket; our task is to do the best every time. We never gave up-we fought until the last ball and tried to score as many runs, but Kranti ended up with six and four.
The highest order was found to want
The numbers tell their own story. Pratika Rawal managed 105 runs across three matches, Mandhana 54, Harmanpreet Kaur 49 and Jemimah Rodrigues only 32 – modest returns for the highest order expected to anchor the World Championship in India.
After he had a remarkable year with the bat, Mandhana was surprisingly stunning. After falling on the rash against Sri Lanka, she fought for smoothness and published the score back 23 out of 32 balls. In the visaga she looked uncomfortable again, unable to move the gear or stored on the fold.
Harmanpreet and Rodrigues – scheduled for key figures in the middle order – both froze under pressure. The captain wasted three starts without transforming any significant shifts. The Rodrigues form was even more concerned: released for ducks in two of its three trips, every time it returned with the same shot and left arm rotation – the model rivals are now clearly focused.
Bad strikes
It is not only a lack of running, but also the poor strike that was an Indian cryptonite in this World Championship. Richa Ghosh, which keeps the bats in the lower order, holds the best blow between all Indian doughs (127,18). On the other hand, 107 Harleen Deol runs came up with a poor strike of 70.39, while Rawal was even worse. When Rawal and Deol are unable to find boundaries, they also try to keep running speed by regular strike.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur managed to strike only 67.82, while Jemimah Rodrigues detonated 76.19 and Mandhan at 78.00. How can India hope to question top parties such as South Africa, Australia and England, with such stunning strikes from their main dough?
India played more than 100 Dot balls in each of her three games at the World Cup. They played over 180 against South Africa!
Left arm spinning problems
If the fragility of the highest order is a growing problem, the vulnerability of India against the left arm rotation quickly escalated into a full crisis.
In Guwahati, Spinner Inoka Ranaweer produced one of the tournament supplies in the left shoulder and rejected Jemimah Rodrigues for a gold duck and launched a collapse. In only five balls, Rodrigues, Harleen Deol and Harmanpreet Kaur removed, reducing India to 121 to 5 before the lower order managed to save the shifts.
Against Pakistan Sadia IQball applied compression in its second spell, bowling six tight exceeding for only 14 runs. She held Rawal, Deol and Harmanpreet and admitted only one limit – immediately followed by Rawal, who lost his stump on the deceit ball of his arm. IQBal also almost rejected HarmanPreet, defeated it by turning and reflection before finally drew the edge to the surface that offered help.
In Visag, South African 25 -year -old 25 -year -old Nonkulucoo Mlaba set the tone early and removed Mandhan in the eleventh when the opener Přemisal Lofted shot for a long time. Later, Mlaba returned to deceive and release Harleen Deol, who was finally caught. For 83 for 2, India was already fluctuating. Deol’s goal marked the ninth release by turning the left arm itself in this tournament.
The situation deteriorated when Chloe Tryon, better known for her explosive launches, turned the destroyer with the ball. Her rotation of her left arm was three vital scalps-Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur and Amanjot Kaur. It seems that Rodrigues is imprisoned in a descending spiral, falling on the rotation of the left arm in all three shifts – twice plays a trade mark to sweep it.
The warning signals turn red
India has been flirting with a disaster for some time. They walked against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, but the rejuvenated South Africa brought a brutal control of reality in the visaga – and at the worst possible moment. Others are Australia and England, the parties themselves, which ended the Indian World Cup campaign 2022 in the group phase, and both boast the top left shoulders in Sophie Molineux and Sophie Ecclestone.
The highest order with the collapse in every match is now glaring concerns. With Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues of Form, Mandhan, Mandhan is fighting for smoothness and the team together against the rotation of the left arm, the way forward looks becoming more treacherous.
South Africa did not beat India with only three goals – they raised the mirror on the shortcomings that were previously shiny. With two massive clashes that are approaching, India can no longer afford to treat these problems as mere warning signals.
The red light flashes. And the time to correct the course is now.
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Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
October 10, 2025
