ICC Women WC: South Africa Thrash India by 115 runs
Leicester (July 8, 2017): India suffered their first defeat of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 after South Africa beat them by 115 runs in Leicester. India needed 274 runs to win the game but were bowled out for 158 and lost their first game of the tournament after winning four in a row.
Asked to bat first, South Africa posted 273/8 in 50 overs after a stunning innings of 92 from Lizelle Lee and Dane van Niekerk’s 57 off 66 balls in the second part of the innings. India leaked 72 runs from last 10 overs after strangling South Africa in the middle overs.
When the chase began, India started with a maiden over. But, Smriti Mandhana, who had two big scores in the first two games for India, blasted a four off the first delivery she faced. That was it though. She picked out the deep square-leg fielder the next ball and India were 4 for 1 after eight deliveries.
India could never recover from that early blow and lost wickets at regular intervals. Leave aside a big partnership between Deepti Sharma and Jhulan Goswami for the eighth wicket, India batting was in shambles as the team lost their first game of the tournament after four consecutive wins.
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