Nadine de Klerk smashed an unbeaten 84 off 54 balls as South Africa relegated India to their first defeat in the 2025 Women’s World Cup at Vizag on Thursday. The Protea batter paced the chase superbly and targetted the right bowlers to ensure India suffered a 3-wicket loss. At 81/5 in the 20th over, India looked good to clinch their third win in as many matches. But the Proteas women paced their chase to perfection, and Kranti Gaud’s 47th over, which went for 18 runs, turned the match on its head.

Some might be of the opinion that the match should have never gone as far as it did when India were 102-6, with all their top-order batters and Deepti Sharma back in the hut. But then came a counterattacking innings for the ages. Richa Ghosh, who once again batted at number eight, brought the ho

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