IND v SA [W] 2024, IND-W vs SA-W third ODI Match Report, June 23, 2024

India 220 for 4 (Mandhana 90, Harmanpreet 42) beat South Africa 215 for 8 (Wolvaardt 61, Reddy 2-36, Deepti 2-27) by six wickets

A Smriti Mandhana masterclass and Arundhati Reddy’s sharp bowling helped India beat South Africa by six wickets within the third and last ODI and seal the sequence 3-0 in Bengaluru.Enjoying in entrance of 15,000 on the Chinnaswamy Stadium, crowd-favourite Mandhana led India’s small chase of 216 however narrowly missed out on a century, making 90 off 83 balls. She completed the sequence with 343 runs after two tons of within the first two video games. Mandhana’s complete was additionally the best in a three-match girls’s sequence, as she surpassed Laura Wolvaardt’s 335 in opposition to Sri Lanka in April 2024.

She placed on 61-run and 62-run stands with Shafali Verma (25) and Priya Punia (28), India’s new no.3, to get the chase going. Seven of her 11 fours got here on the offside, with six of them in direction of the duvet area alone. Alongside Harmanpreet Kaur (42 0ff 48), she shared 48 off 47 to blunt the South African assault.

Smriti Mandhana completed the sequence with 343 runs•BCCI

Adapting to completely different pitches and conditions, Mandhana has proven immense maturity and readability to play lengthy innings, not simply as soon as however thrice, in a row. Nevertheless, a high edge to Ayabonga Khaka at brief effective leg within the thirty first over ended her knock. India wanted 45 from the remaining 19 overs then and the remainder of the batters accomplished the formalities with 9.2 overs to spare.

The shortage of a sixth bowling choice harm South Africa. Marizanne Kapp performed all of the matches as a specialist batter as a result of workload administration after recovering from her again damage. Their premier spin-bowling allrounder Chole Tryon needed to miss the tour as a result of recurring again damage.

Regardless of Wolvaardt acknowledging this previously, South Africa went in with a like-for-like substitute for Masabata Klass with one other right-arm Tumi Sukhukhune. A couple of particular person brilliance apart, South Africa had failed to fireside in unison within the sequence.

South Africa’s innings of two halves

After coming near chasing India’s 325 within the second ODI, the guests had an underwhelming outing with the bat after a brisk begin from Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits. They bought by means of the primary ten overs with out dropping a wicket, for the primary time on this sequence, and added 46. Wolvaardt continued her purple patch, notching up her thirty second half-century in her 98th ODI.

She began sedately, making 9 off her 15 balls after which focused Pooja Vastrakar within the tenth over, hammering 4 fours with that includes attractive cowl drives and pulls. A sweep and a pull off Radha Yadav’s left-arm spin fetched her two extra fours, and he or she tapped a brief and large supply off Smriti Mandhana to deep third.

On the different finish, Brits had a cautious begin after getting out for 18 and 5 within the first two video games of the sequence. On Sunday, there was intent to remain longer in her comeback sequence following a knee damage. A six over deep midwicket and fours to effective leg and deep backward level looked like her getting her rhythm again.

Tazmin Brits and Laura Wolvaardt added 102 for the primary wicket•BCCI

The duo took the staff previous hundred in 119 balls and seemed set to maintain the momentum going. However an impressive response catch from Reddy dismissed Wolvaardt for a 57-ball 61, ending the 102-run partnership within the twentieth over.

Within the following over, Brits was run out for 66-ball 38 after a mix-up with Marizanne Kapp, who was promoted to no.3 after her century within the earlier sport.

In her five-over third spell, Reddy produced one other second of brilliance, one other catch within the follow-through to ship Anneke Bosch again. Two overs later, Shreyanka Patil, who had are available in for legspinner S Asha, dismissed Kapp caught and bowled for 7, by going across the wicket for the fifth ball after bowling the earlier 4 from over the wicket.

From 102 for 0, South Africa had been left reeling at 120 for 4. Cameos from Nadine de Klerk and Mieke de Ridder helped them submit over 200, however India’s tight bowling by no means allow them to into the sport.

On a pitch with cracks on one half and grass on the opposite, Harmanpreet opened the bowling with Patil and saved not less than one spinner at play at one virtually all through the innings. Reddy was the perfect bowler of the day, ending with figures of two for 36 in ten overs unfold throughout 4 spells.

Deepti Sharma, essentially the most economical bowler of the day, additionally had her second selecting up two wickets in two balls bowling de Klerk and Nonkululeko Mlaba out within the forty third over.

There was slight drizzle after the primary innings but it surely, too, fizzled out like South Africa’s batting, and didn’t lead to overs being misplaced.

Srinidhi Ramanujam is a sub-editor with ESPNcricinfo