and that's the final wicket! India won by 143 runs. Slightly short and angling down the leg side, Khaka tries to pull it off the back foot, gets a top edge and a simple catch held by Richa.
IND Women vs SA Women, 1st ODI at Bengaluru,IND v SA [W], Jun 16 2024 - Match Result
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Smriti Mandhana is player of the match: I'm really happy that we won the match and I could contribute. I'm really happy that we got a hundred-plus-run win; nothing can get better than that. It's really been a task in the last 4/5 net sessions that you play grounded shots, as we have played a lot of T20s. Today as well, it was just about playing the situation. We lost a few wickets in the middle, so we had to build a partnership. Credit goes to Deepti and Pooja, as they kept the scoreboard moving.
Harmanpreet Kaur: It's definitely a good start, and it was a great team performance. The message was very clear: just be there and keep backing yourself. We have a long batting line-up; we have at least six batters who can bat for 50 overs. I know in a game everyone can't contribute; only two or three players are going to take the team ahead. I think today Smriti and Pooja did that work. We already discussed that we are going with five bowlers, and maybe myself, Hemalatha, or Shafali might come and bowl a few overs when required. [On Pooja Vastrakar's injury] I hope she's fine and not that bad. It was great for me that I got a few overs to bowl for the team.
Laura Wolvaardt: Obviously, this is not the ideal way to start the series. I think there are a few positives, however. I thought it was a very decent score. I thought one person needed to bat through; was a very chaseable target. I think the bowlers did pretty well; as I said, 265 was not too bad. We just lost our way with the bat. We had the batting line up to fix whatever had gone wrong earlier. But being 30 for 3 was not ideal.
A comprehensive victory for India. South Africa kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were never able to put up a partnership. Sune Luus was the top scorer with 33 runs. Asha Sobhana was the pick of the bowlers with four wickets. India leads the 3-match series 1-0.
tossed up delivery on middle, leading edge went to backward of point
back of a length, touch quicker, goes back and works it behind square leg
goes back and clips it towards square leg
tossed up at off stump, pushed to the right of the bowler
full toss outside off, driven straight to cover
flighted delivery on off stump, pushed to off side
touch short, cuts to backward of point
full and down leg side, off the toe end of the bat to leg side
full toss, swings it away to deep midwicket
and one more! Tossed up delivery pitched outside leg stump and again getting the turn. Mlaba gets down on one knee for a slog sweep, it goes past the swinging bat and hits the stumps.
googly, on middle and leg, kept away safely to leg side
tossed up outside off, spun away, left alone
Mlaba now
and she picks a wicket! A slower and flighted delivery, pushed it wide too as Klaas was advancing down the track. She slogs it across the line and gets a leading edge. A simple catch to the fielder at backward of point
once again nice turn outside off, goes past the bat
nice leg break, tossed up on middle stump and spun away, beaten
Asha to bowl now
goes back and flicks this length ball to midwicket
tossed up delivery at middle, pushed to the right of the bowler
another boundary to Jafta. She steps out and took it on the full, lofts it over the fielder at mid-on
short and outside off, cuts it to backward of point
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M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | |
Toss | India Women, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2024 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | India Women led the 3-match series 1-0 |
Match number | WODI no. 1388 |
Hours of play (local time) | 13.30 start, First Session 13.30-16.40, Interval 16.40-17.10, Second Session 17.10-20.20 |
Match days | 16 June 2024 - daynight (50-over match) |
WODI debut | |
Umpires | Rohan PanditDRS |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | India Women 2, South Africa Women 0 |