India women's cricket team beat South Africa by a massive margin of 143 runs in the first ODI of the three-match series at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
India Women vs South Africa Women 1st ODI(PTI06_16_2024_000306A)
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jun 16, 2024 20:18 IST
India women beat South Africa women by 143 runs in the first ODI of the three-match series on Sunday, June 16 at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. After opting to bat first, India posted a good score of 265/8 in their allotted 50 overs riding on a scintillating hundred by Smriti Mandhana (117 off 127).
In reply, South Africa’s chase never got going as they kept on losing wickets with Indian bowlers were all over them right from the word go. The visitors were eventually bundled out for 122 in 37.4 overs with wrist spinner Asha Sobhana shining on her ODI debut picking 4/21 in 8.4 overs.
Earlier in the day, India got off to a horrible start losing the big scalp of opener Shafali Verma (7 off 12) in the fourth over who edged one straight to wicketkeeper Sinalo Jafta against Masabata Klaas. India further got the second blow in the form of Dayalan Hemalatha (12 off 16) who got a leading edge which went straight to Sune Luus at mid-off.
To make matters worse for the hosts, captain Harmanpreet Kaur (10 off 11) also departed cheaply with Annerie Dercksen accounting for her leaving India on 55/3 after 11.2 overs. However, Mandhana looked at ease at the other end occupying the crease and got used to the conditions.
Published By:
Rishabh Beniwal
Published On:
Jun 16, 2024
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