Riding on Jemimah Rodrigues’ Career-Best Century and Half-Tons from Opener Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma, India Defeated a Fighting South Africa by 23 Runs to set up a Title Clath SRI LANKA LANKA LANKA LANKA LANKA LANKA LANKA LANKA LANKA LANKA LANKA LANKA LANKA LANKA LANKA LANKA LANKA Women’s Tri-Nation Odi Series in Colombo on Wednsday. Rodrigues’ Blazing 123 off 101 balls, laced with 15 fours and a Six, Saw India Post A Hug 337 For 9 Before The Bowlers, LED by Pacer Seamer Amanjot Kaur (3/59) and Off-Spinner Deepti Sharapti Sharma (2/57) Restricted the opponents to 314/7. This despite annerie derecksen’s fin 81-run knock and stand-in skipper chloe tryon’s 67.
India Ended Their Round-Robin Phase with Six Points From Four Games. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, have four points from three games and even could garner two more points if they beat south Africa on Friday.
South Africa, after losing three cultural games, are out of constment even thought they have a match to go against Sri Lanka on Friday.
India’s Batting Prrowess Came to the Fore Once Again as They Posted A 300-Plus Total with 24-YEAR-old jemimah anchoring the team’s innings with her seconds with her seconds.
She shared two vital partnerships-an 88-r stand off 99 balls with opener Smriti Mandhana (51) and a 122-Run Partnership Off 115 Balls With 115 Balls With Deepti Sharma (93), WHO MISED ON A TON OUT An Ton A A Ton Runs.
Rodrigues was finally dismissed in the 43rd over Caught at Point While Trying to Hit Over the Offside.
The success did brings cheers to the South African Camp but the Euphoria was short-live as all-back took over and played a classy 84-ball innings, stooded with 10 boundaries and people.
Deepti was the eighth Indian batter to be dismissed but by the time she departed, with just one delivery remain, she had done the damage.
For South Africa, Seamer Masabata Klaas (2/51), Nadine De Klerk (2/54), and Left-Arm Spinner Nonkululko Molaba (2/71) WERE The Pick of the Bowlers.
With a massive run-these staring at them, South Africa Lost Opener Lara Goodall (7) in the second over. But tazmin brits (26) and miane smit (39) repaired the damage somewhat with a 63-run partnership for the second wicket as the opponents reacted 70/2 by the 15th over.
But with India Skipper harmanpreet tactically utilising her bowling resources, south African batters found it tough to go for the big hits, scoring most of their Runs in Ones and Twos.
South African Top-Order Batter Annerie DERCKSEN (81 off 80 Balls) Did Try to Push the Scoring Rate Up DURING Her 72-Run Partnership for the Sixth Wickt With Stand -in Skipper Chloe Tryon (67 offf 43 Balls), but with the asking rate creeping up steadily
With two over remain and south Africa on 299/6, the match was halted temporarily due to poor light. But Tryon and Nadine De Klerk Came out to Bat Once The Light Improved and Scored 15 More Runs. But their effort was not enough on the day.
Earlier, asked to bat first, Table-to-towers India Had a Shaky Start as in-Form Opener Pratika Rawal (1) was dismissed early, chasing a wide delivery from nadine de klerk and Slicing It to Anner Decca (1/36).
Harleen deol too departed cheaply, dragging a delivery onto her stumps as India slumped to 18 for 2. Harmanpreet (28) Played a Brisk Cameo, Smashing Six Boundaries Before Top-Eeding AEDGING A SHANGASE Off Dercksen.
Mandhana and rodrigues then stabilized the innings before the former mistimed a pull shot to Deep Mid-What off Chloe Tryon.
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