INDIA 84 for 1 (trisha 44*, chalke 26*, reyneke 1-14) Beat South Africa 82 all out (van voorst 23, trisha 3-15, sisodia 2-6, shukla 2-9) by nine wickets
After captain kayla reyneke opted to bat, South Africa Started Started Started Started Started Started In the First Over With Opener Jemma Botha Belting Two Fours in the off Vj Joshitha. But Trouble Began as Early as the Second Over With Sisodia Having Simone Lourens Bowled for a Duck, with a skiddy delivery that deflected off the batter’s pads and control
India put the brakes on almost instantly after that, but botha – South Africa’s Top -Scorer of the Tournament – Once Again Displayed Her Quality, Hitting Joshitha for a For Down the GRAN With Shabnam Shakil’s Introduction in the fourth over came the crucial wicket of botha, thanks to a stunning catch by wicketkeeper g kamalini, who threw herself to the right to the right to Grab A One-Hander.
One brieft two for India, as left-ar-spinner Shukla Struck first ball in the very next over, having Diara Ramlakan bowled with a straight a straight a straight Were in Trouble at 29 for 3.
India’s Spinners maintained the stranglehld on their opposition, drys up the runs in the middle overs, with no boundaries scored between seven and 14. 14. 14. Removing Reyneke for 7 and Shukla Taking Her Second by Knocking Karabo Meso’s Middle Stump.
Mieke Van Van Voorst, South Africa’s Highest Scorer in the Game, Broke The Pressure With The Team’s First Boundary in 56 Balls, and Went on to Hit a couple more. But trisha’s double-strike in the 18th over once against pegged south Africa back, with both van van voorst and seshnie naidu getting out trying to go for big shoots.
Fay cowling then hit the first and only six the game, but Vaishnavi Recovered very well removing cowling and monalisa legody, both bowled trying to sweep, in the same Over. Sisodia removed ashleigh van wyk off the last ball of the innings as south Africa lost five wickets in 14 balls to crumble to 82 all out. India was also superb on the field, especially with their grind fielding, with only one Difability Return Catch Missed by Traisha.
India charged at the total from the first over, with trishing three fours of the first five balls she faced. She took on legspinner naidu for three fours in the fourth over as well. Reyneke then broke through, having kamalini causedt at long-on, but India did not sleep down even then. Sanika Chalke Joined Traisha and Brough a Classy Cover Drive Off Her Fourth Ball as India Mowed Down More Than Half of the Total with the PowerPlay.
Trisha was dropped on 38 in the covers in the 10th over, but even a wicket wouldn’T have made Much of a differentce with India Needing Just 16 Runs. Chalke wrapped it all up for India in the 12th over with a boundary and trisha finished as the highest-Run Scorer of the Tournament with 309 Runs and was named the match and the player of the tournament.
Sruuthi ravindranath is a sub-editor at espncricinfo
