INDW vs RSAW: South Africa Women Defeat India Women By 3 Wickets In Nail-Bitter. IND Fails To Qualify

INDW Vs RSAW: With this, India have lost their chance to qualify for the Semi-Final of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup.

INDW Vs RSAW: South Africa women defeat India Women by three wickets. In a closely fought contest, RSAW triumphed on the last ball of the match. 

With this, India have lost their chance to qualify for the Semi-Final of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami, the two veterans of Indian cricket might not get another chance to play the World Cup. 

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. 

Laura Woolvardt scored a match-winning 80 runs while Mignon du Preez scored 52 runs. Team India missed the services of veteran Jhulan Goswami who was out due to injury.

With this, India’s ICC Women’s WC campaign has come to a close. India's loss also meant West Indies joined Australia, South Africa, and England in the semifinals with Mithali Raj's side finishing fifth.

Brief Scores:

India Women: 274 for 7 in 50 overs (Smriti Mandhana 71, Mithali Raj 68, Shafali Verma 53; Masabata Klaas 2/38).

South Africa Women: 275 for 7 in 50 overs (Laura Wolvaardt 80, Mignon du Preez 52; Harmanpreet Kaur 2/42).