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Delhi: In the tenth match of ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, South Africa defeated India by 3 wickets in a close match. In this match played in Visakhapatnam, South Africa won the toss and invited India to bat. Batting first, India scored 251 runs, in which Richa Ghosh’s inning of 94 runs was the most special. In reply, South Africa achieved the target in 48.5 overs, thanks to Nadine Declercq’s brilliant unbeaten innings of 84 runs.

Richa took over India’s innings

The Indian team, which came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start. Openers Smriti Mandhana (23) and Pratika Rawal (37) made a fast start, but were out soon. After this, wickets kept falling continuously in the middle order. Harleen Deol (13), Harmanpreet Kaur (9), Jemimah Rodrigues (0) and Deepti Sharma (4) were out early.

Wicketkeeper batsman Richa Ghosh took charge of the team. He scored 94 runs in 77 balls, which included 11 fours and 4 sixes. Sneh Rana also played an important inning of 33 runs. The entire Indian team was all out for 251 runs in 49.5 overs.

Chloe Tryon took maximum 3 wickets for South Africa. Nadine Declercq and Nonkululeko Malaba got 2-2 wickets.

South Africa’s innings

While chasing the target of 252 runs, South Africa also got off to a shaky start. Tajmin Britts was out without opening the account. Captain Laura Woolwardt held one end and played an inning of 70 runs. Wickets kept falling in between and at one time the team had lost 6 wickets for 142 runs.

But, from there, Chloe Tryon and Nadine Declerc batted amazingly. Under pressure, he scored 49 and 84 not out respectively and led the team to victory. DeKlerk’s innings included 8 fours and 1 six.

For India, Sneh Rana and Kranti Gaur took 2 wickets each.

This victory has seen changes in the world points table. South Africa has come to fourth place with 2 wins. At the same time, India is also in third place with only 2 wins.