{"id":22831,"date":"2025-10-10T12:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=22831"},"modified":"2025-10-10T12:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:04:04","slug":"south-africas-de-klerk-stuns-india-in-womens-world-cup-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=22831","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s De Klerk stuns India in Women’s World Cup thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nadine de Klerk produced a lower-order masterclass with an unbeaten 84 to steer South Africa to a three-wicket win over India in their Women’s World Cup thriller on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Number eight De Klerk tore into the opposition attack in her 54-ball blitz as South Africa reached 252-7 with seven balls to spare while chasing India’s 251 in Visakhapatnam.<\/p>\n

De Klerk’s knock combined brute power with exquisite wrist work as she hit eight fours and five sixes, including the winning hit over the fence.<\/p>\n

“I am lost for words,” said De Klerk, who also took two wickets with her medium-pace bowling.<\/p>\n

“We have done a lot of good things in the last couple of days, but to finish off the game gives us a lot of confidence. I do like being under pressure and do love World Cups — we had to be at our best to beat India at home.”<\/p>\n

South Africa slipped to 81-5 in their chase but captain Laura Wolvaardt’s patient 70 kept them afloat before De Klerk joined Chloe Tryon to swing the momentum.<\/p>\n

Tryon’s brisk 49, and De Klerk’s fearless strokeplay, turned the contest decisively in South Africa’s favour.<\/p>\n

The pair added 69 for the seventh wicket before Tryon fell, but by then the required run-rate was under control for De Klerk to finish in style.<\/p>\n

Earlier, India’s top-order faltered once again against left-arm spin and they slipped to 102-6 after Nonkululeko Mlaba and Tryon rattled the batting.<\/p>\n

India’s batters have now scored only 257 runs off 348 balls against left-arm spinners in this tournament — losing 12 wickets at an average of 21.41, the most dismissals by any team.<\/p>\n

India’s number eight Richa Ghosh hit a counter-attacking 94 to turn the tide when the rest struggled.<\/p>\n

Ghosh took on the South African spinners with crisp footwork and clever placement, bringing the crowd to life with her clean hitting.<\/p>\n

Together with Sneh Rana (33 off 24 balls), she added 88 for the eighth wicket.<\/p>\n

Her innings was not just about runs but also character — another example of India’s prowess to fight back from tough situations.<\/p>\n

They had earlier recovered from 124-6 to 269-8 against Sri Lanka and from 159-5 to 247 against Pakistan in their two victories.<\/p>\n

“Tough game, both teams played really well,” India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said.<\/p>\n

“We collapsed while batting but still got to 250. We got the early wickets, but De Klerk batted really well.”<\/p>\n

She added: “It is a long tournament. It was a tough game, but lots of learnings. We need to keep ourselves in the positive frame.”<\/p>\n

South Africa celebrated their first win over India on Indian soil in a World Cup — a result that keeps their semi-final hopes alive.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nadine de Klerk produced a lower-order masterclass with an unbeaten 84 to steer South Africa to a three-wicket win over India in their Women’s World Cup thriller on Thursday. Number eight De Klerk tore into the opposition attack in her 54-ball blitz as South Africa reached 252-7 with seven balls to spare while chasing India’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}