India's four-match winning streak in the Women's World Cup was brought to a crashing halt with a 115-run loss against South Africa, following an abject batting surrender here on Saturday
SA players celebrate the wicket of India's Veda Krishnamurthy in Leicester on Saturday. Pic/Getty Images
SA players celebrate the wicket of India's Veda Krishnamurthy in Leicester on Saturday. Pic/Getty Images
India's four-match winning streak in the Women's World Cup was brought to a crashing halt with a 115-run loss against South Africa, following an abject batting surrender here on Saturday.
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The star South African performer was captain Dane van Niekerk who first made a valuable 57 off 66 balls to guide South Africa to 273-9 before taking four wickets with leg-spin to help her team bundle out the Indians for 158 in 46 overs.
Besides the South African skipper, opener Lizelle Lee too made a significant contribution by hammering 92 off 65 balls after India put the opposition in at Grace Road.
India would have sealed their semi-final berth with a win on Saturday but now have their task cut out in the remaining round robin matches against the mighty Australia and New Zealand. The game was pretty much done and dusted when India collapsed to 56-6 in the 17th over.
Deepti Sharma saved India the blushes of getting bowled out for under 100 by scoring a solid 60 off 111 balls with support from No. 9 batswoman Jhulan Goswami (43 not out) Opener Smriti Mandhana, who took the tournament by storm with a 90 and 106 in the first two games, suffered a third failure in a row while captain Mithali Raj fell for her maiden golden duck.
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