INDW vs RSAW: India Women posted a challenging 274 runs in the 'Do or Die' match against South Africa Women. It was a collective performance by all the batters in the Indian side. Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, and Mithali Raj scored the fifties to take India to a challenging total.
Harmanpreet Kaur also scored 48 runs and helped India with the final push.
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If India is able to defend this total, they will qualify for the semi-final. Shafali Verma put India in a strong position after scoring at a strike rate of 115, opening the innings. India Women were 91/1 in 15 overs due to the fast-paced start given by Indian batters.
Indian bowlers, Deepti Sharma, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, and others will have to bowl well to see India through to the semi-final.
The stakes have never been this high in any of the other WC matches so far. India and England are tied at points, but the English women are ahead on net run rate, thus maintaining a fourth place in the table. Australia and South Africa have already qualified for the semis.
Qualification Scenario for India Women
India WIN - Qualify for Semi-final
India Lose - Out of World Cup
Rain - Qualify for Semi-final
The memories of the last women's World Cup final would be haunting these players when they came so close to winning it, but ended up on the losing side. This year, Mithali Raj's women had a decent tournament winning three matches out of six and coming close to defeating the mighty Australians. It would be a real shame if India fails to qualify for the semi-final of the World Cup.