Nadine de Clerk faced Rich Ghosh’s sparkling half -century with a brilliant 84, which was not on Thursday in the collision of Works World Cup in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. Previously, countermeasures 94 of Ghoshu, sewing along with the 88-run stall of the eighth goal next to the Sneh Rany, pulled India from uncertain 102 for 6 at a competitive 251.
They chased 252 for their second consecutive victory and Proteas got to a rocky start. Kranti Gaud lit the third over the moment of brilliance-carped and spied straight from the winch-and sent a package in the form of Tazmin Brits to a three duck. South Africa was fluctuating in 6 for 1 and Gaud was flat on her back and clutched the ball after instinctive left -wing catching. Her teammates swarmed her as if she had just closed the match.
Captain Laura Wolvaardt and Sune Luus tried to calm the ship, each of which threw themselves on the border to move things. But Amanjot Kaur didn’t have it. She struck in sixth place, removed Luus to five, and let the visitors scratch her head at 18 to 2.
In a walk with the constantly folded Marizanne Kapp and hoped to come back. Wolvaardt showed an intention with two sharp borders from Gaud, while Kapp welcomed the Shree Charani with six and four – the reconstruction was on.
Their 39-run stand for the third goal gave South Africa a flash of hope, but just as things began to cook, the Sneh of the blow entered the shattering. She knocked Kapp on 20 with a magic delivery and the crowd exploded. Music Blared, fans danced in the streets and the stadium turned into a sea of waving luminaires.
That didn’t stop there. Captain Laura held on to the ground at one end, while the goals were constantly falling on the other. Deepti Sharma took a sharp return to release Anneke Bosch for one run. Shortly thereafter, goalkeeper Sinalo Jafta fell cheaply when Shree Charani imprisoned her LBW and brought South Africa to an uncertain 81 for 5.
At this critical intersection, Chloe Tryon joined her captain to the fold. The couple patiently negotiated spinners and constantly added 61 key runs for the sixth goal. Meanwhile, Wolvaardt reached the orientation point and recorded 10. Fifty plus at the Women’s World Championship before Kranti finally cleaned her on a well -made 70.
This is the moment when the crowd in Visag thought was the victory in the bag. De Klerk and Tryon, however, built a 69-run rack before the Sneh Rana got the second. But then de Klerk took things into her hands as she hit two consecutive six and the border of Gaud to give Proteas momentum.
She got to fifty and then broke a few six of Amanjota to seal the victory.
Known spin spin
The wet outfield – the procedure of the afternoon downpour followed by annoying drizzle – threw until 15:32. The fee headlights have already threw overtime when the South Africa captain won the throwing and – definitely – first stood on the bowl in the women’s clash of the Odi World Cup.
South African Spin Duo Left arms-Nonkullekho Mlab and Chloe Tryon (3/32) -Indii soon fluctuated and reduced them to 102 to six to 26 breaks before Rica storm reached the stage in Visag.
Previously, Marizanne Kapp was to forget the day. Proteas veteran was fine for four debutant Pratika Rawal and then cut back point for another. Rawal, calm as always, put on the boundary of the third person from Ayabong Khak before he put the salt into the chapel wounds with two other four-one-ones out of the ball, the second of free intervention.
Kapp and Khaka tried to restore order with several tidy crossings, but to smoke Mandhan, which looked nervous, finally relaxed. She jumped along the track and released Khak over her head to six, overtaking Belinda Clark as the highest running shooter in the women’s calendar year ODI. Then came the sharp border from Nadine de Klerk. Just as it seemed to find that her groove, momentum was sparkling.
South African plans for Mandhan were clear: a wrapped ring off the side, one slip and nothing through the cover. While Mandhana was looking for a rhythm, Rawal kept the result table ticking with five early borders. Khaka was miserable and admitted only one of her first three breaks; Kapp, on the other hand, has fled four.
India has reached 55 years without losing at the end of PowerPlay – their best opening stand of the tournament. But calm did not last. Mlaba hit in 11th place and sent Mandhana back to 23. Mlaba returned to the Harleen bowl for 13 years and ended the 28-run stand. Harmanpreet Kaur came to 83 for 2.
The film continued. Sekhukhune removed Rawal on a well designed 37. Jemimah Rodrigues lasted only four balls before Tryon let her catch on the duck. Harmanpreet and Deepti Sharma were left to rebuild, but that disintegrated too quickly. The captain scratched on 23-míč 9 before he fell per 100 for 5.
Amanjot Kaur arrived, but the rot continued. Deepti was strangled on the side of his leg to four and reviewed the decision – only for ultradu to show a clear tip. At 102 for 6 after 26 years, India was fine and really in deep problems.
Richy’s epic show
Enter Richa Ghosha, enter No. 8 with more swagger than stress. Amanjot briefly reduced pressure with the border outside Tryon, but it was Richa who began to move the mood. In the 37th place she launched six through the deep middle goal and then looked at the Malka’s penalty at four. Amanjot added another boundary, but soon left and tried to clean the circle. Tryon requested her third goal and ended the promising 51-Runa partnership.
In the Sneh Rana came – and the shifts finally clicked on the rhythm. Richa brought her half a century out of only 53 supplies, which caused permanent ovation from the excavation and an increase in noise from the crowd of Visag. Her stroke had guts, clarity and flair – the properties of India were very missing during their earlier collapse.
Rana played the perfect foil at death. Her four boundaries in the final crossings held her leg on the throttle when the couple added more than 50 runs in just six overs, with India in the 45.
Then came the fireworks. 47. Over was 23 runs – Rich went ballistically, with a crowd roaring “Richa! Rich!” echo around the stadium. As it approached the World Cup, the atmosphere became electric. “We want more!” He sang the stands.
A rescue act was suitable for a large screen. Ghosh smashed four sixes and 11 four in the blister of 77-mound knocking, the key when lifting India to a strong total part of the dramatic collapse let them wind. She rewrote record books and became the highest scorer on No. 8 in ODI female history.
Rana eventually left for vital 33 out of 24, attached by four boundaries. Rich’s fairy-tale surface, however, was cruelly shortened to 94-control without the ball with South Africa. Evisceration. But until then, the damage was caused. Shifts developed in three acts: brisk 55 in PowerPlay, slow 98 over medium 30 crossing and blister 98 in the last ten.
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Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
9 October 2025
