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South African women’s team began their tour of India with a huge 143-runn loss in the first ODI. Chasing 266 to win, the visitors could manage to score only 122 in front of a packed stadium in Bengaluru.
Renuka Singh Thakur struck the first blow of the chase when she dismissed South African skipper Laura Wolvaardt. The Indian pacer saw the ball swing into the batter and cut Wolvaardt in half and hit the top of her stumps. The South African skipper was left in stunned silence as the visitors lost their first wicket.
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The visiting South Africans will play 3 ODI games , One Test match, and 3 T20I matches during their tour of India. All the ODI matches will be played in Bengaluru, while Chennai is set to host the only Test and 3 T20i matches.
Team India registers huge win in 1st ODI
It was a dream start for the Indian Women’s team as they defeated South Africa by 143 runs. Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and chose to bat first as India lost Shafali Varma early for just 7 runs.
At one stage the Indian team was struggling at 99/5 in the 22nd over. Hemlatha Dayalan (12), skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (10), Jemimah Rodriguez with 17 and Richa Ghosh (3) fell at regular intervals.
Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma added 81 runs for the 6th wicket before Sharma fell for 37. The star with the bat was Smriti Mandhana who scored 117 runs from 127 balls with 12 fours and a six.
Playing in front of her franchise cricket home fans, the classy left-handed batter did nothing wrong. Mandhana withstood the early pressure from the visiting bowlers and then cut loose once she found support from the other end.
Chasing 266 to win, Sune Luus with 33 was the top scorer for South Africa. The other batters to come up with decent contributions were Sinalo Jaffa with 27 not out and Mariazzane Kapp with 24.
For India, Asha Shobhana was the best bowler as she picked 4/21 from her 8.4 overs. Deepti Sharma picked 2/10 from her six overs while Renuka Singh Thakur, Pooja Vastrakar, and Radha Yadav picked a wicket each.