IND W vs SA W Highlights: Heartbreak as Ind eliminated after last ball loss

Women's World Cup: It was heartbreaking loss for India as a no-ball off the second last ball saw Mignon du Preez return after being caught and then hit the winning runs on the very last ball to win it

2:56 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA Win- What's next?

 

Though today's loss marks the end of India's campaign in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, we at BS Web will bring to you the Live Coverage of the two semi-finals as well as the final of this tournament with the first semi-final between Australia and West Indies taking place at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on March 30, 2022. 

 

Thank you for tuning into this game. Now our coverage shifts to IPL so do tune in there for the money as we will see you at the Women's World Cup once again on March 30, 2022

2:52 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA Win- The four semi-finalists are here

2:51 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA Win- Match Summary

 

Laura Wolvaardt started the South African chase in a great manner as she scored 80. Lara Goodall did well too and was out for 49 before India picked quick wickets and got the match tilted in their favour with 45 needed off 30 balls before Cloe Tryon and du Preez teed off and brought the target down to 18. Gayakwad and Deepti then stretched it to the last two balls with three needed of two and the rest as they say is history. 

 

Earlier in the day, India reached 274/7 courtesy of half-centuries from Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj. However, they weren't able to convert that start and could make only 50 runs in the last 10 overs, thereby falling a bit short of what they would have liked on the board. 

2:51 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA Win | Player of the Match: Mignon du Preez

 

The experienced South African has been named as the Player of the Match for her brilliant 52 off 63 balls. True that she was given a few chances, but it takes courage to convert them and she did it and was therefore adjudged Player of the Match.  

2:50 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA Win-That's how it finished

 

It was a heartbreaking loss for the Indian Women's Cricket team as no ball on the penultimate ball of the match against the South Africa Women's team turned the game on its head as instead of being a wicket, it was no ball and a free hit on the next ball. Had it not been a no-ball, ISouth Africa would have needed three of the last ball with eight wickets down. But the foot was on the line and on the line is no-ball.

 

With two needed to two, Mignon du Preez, who was caught on the no-ball and was earlier dropped by Mandhana at long-on, took her team home on the last ball.

 

With this loss in their seventh and last league stage match of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 campaign, the women in blue were eliminated as they ended up on six points, one below West Indies and their dreams of reaching the third straight semi-final in the last three ICC World events. was over at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. 

2:19 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 275-7 | SA win- The No balls really hurt

2:07 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 275-7 | Over 50- South Africa win by three wickets

 

And now this is all gone it seems as Ismail faces a free-hit and India have not brought the field inside and Ismail manages to get a single and now one needed of one ball and du Preez comes down the ground and takes it over the infield and South Africa win this on the last ball. India did all it could, but that no ball! That drop catch by Smriti Mandhana and both of it of du Preez has now cost India the game. 

 

India are now out of the World Cup 

2:00 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 273-7 | Over 49.5- du Preez out, but it's a no ball

 

Deepti Sharma is taking a lot of time here to release the third ball and a single has been taken here and now it is Shabnium Ismail on the case with four needed off three balls 

 

India in a mini-conference here as the field is being set by Mithali, Kaur and Mandhan with Deepti Sharma in there was well. Seems like Shabnim will go over the in-field. Let's see

 

After all that field setting, one run has been taken and now three needed from two balls and du Preez will go for two or four

 

Down the ground and this is jubilation here as Mignon du Preez goes for the big shot and hoes out in the deep ti Harmanpreet Kaur who won't drop it for her life. She has been involved here in almost every wicket. 

 

No this cannot be happening. This cannot be happening as the wicket has now been called a no ball. The foot was on the line and the line belongs to the umpire 

1:54 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 270-7 | Over 49.2 Run out

 

Deepti Sharma will bowl the final over here and she has to defend 7 to get a Super Over and 6 to win India the game and get her team into the semi-final 

 

Six needed off five balls now with du Preez on strike at 49. She comes down the ground and hits to long-on where Harmanpreet Kaur fields the ball and releases it quickly and it seems like run out here. Yes, it is a runout, but it is Trisha Chetty who is run out and  du Preez is still on strike, so purpose achieved for SA, but India still have five to defend off four balls 

1:50 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 268-6 | Over 49- 7 needed off six balls

 

India need a wicket badly and that's why Rajeshwari Gayakwad was given the ball, but India are letting Chetty and du Preez score singles easily even as Smriti Mandhana puts in a great dive to save two runs. Now 8 needed off 7 balls. Chetty is now getting her pads settled for the last ball and a single is taken off the last ball and now seven needed off six balls with Trisha Chetty on strike 

1:46 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 261-6 | Over 48- 14 off 12 now

 

And the plan almost worked only that Richa Ghosh wasn't able to get the stumping done. Harmanpreet Kaur, prior to that over was discussing stumping down the leg with Richa Ghosh, but that has not materialised although there was a chance 

 

six runs come from this over and it is way too easy for India now as Rajeshwari Gayakwad, who gave away 14 runs in her last over, has now been given the ball. 

1:41 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 255-6 | Over 47- 14 runs and a wicket

 

Four of the first ball and four of the second as well. This game is going away from India here as two fours have taken Rajeshwari Gayakwad has almost been taken off guard here. South Africa are coming into their own here. the team that has got better than every other team in close contests is now inching towards getting the better of India. 

 

Pathetic from Rajeshwari Gayakwad here as she bowls a full toss. Full toss? are you kidding me? This is just pathetic and now she gets the wicket but I think it's too little too late and the dangerous Mignon du Preez is still on the crease. 14 from this over and a wicket. In two overs, the game has turned on it's head

1:36 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 241-5 | Over 46- Pooja gives away 11

 

The last five overs coming in and a lot of discussions taking place on the field and finally Pooja Vastrakar has been given the ball, even as Deepti Sharma and Harmanpret Kaur have two overs left each. 

 

And on the very first ball, an outside edge took the ball towards deep third-man and Renuka once again the guilty party as she gives away two runs instead of one 

 

Too full from Vatsrakar. she needs to keep it on a good length. She can't just keep bowling full here as du Preez hits it over the bowler's head for a four. The decision to give to a fast bowler hasn't really come off well as Pooja has once again conceded a four trying to ball a yorker outside off. The game is now going away from India as one decision from Mithali has ruined it. One spinner over and it would have been still good

1:28 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 230-5 | Over 45-Kapp gone after Mandhana drop

 

Rajeshwari Gayakwad has been brought into the attack and she has started well with just one off the first two balls. Smriti Mandhana has slipped India's World Cup here it seems. She has dropped a dolly and that too of Mignon du Preez and that is going to hurt big time if a wicket doesn't come soon 

 

But here is the wicket ...it has come and courtesy who? Thor Kaur of course and it is the wicket of dangerous Marizanne Kapp and brings with it Chloe Tryon to the crease. 

1:24 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 226-4 | Over 44-49 needed off 36

 

That there was a chance for run-out there as Deepti Sharma threw it to Harman at the non-striker's end and an unkind bounce got the ball away from Harman

 

Now into the 44th over and Renuka Singh Thakur has made a mess of a very easy ball that should have been fielded but has now resulted in four runs and pressure is released and now two more runs are taken here. Nine runs from the over, all thanks to the misfield at Point from Renuka otherwise it would have been another six-run over 

1:16 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 211-4 | Over 42- 200 up for South Africa

 

Eight runs have come from this over and Harmanpreet Kaur was guilty of bowling it short and she was punished for four as well. Sneh Rana has now come back into the attack and India would want her favourite daughter to get a wicket here and drag the game more in India's favour 

 

So far, Sneh has given four singles off four balls, can she finish it well is the question. Yes, she can. Only five singles from the over. But India now need wickets 

1:08 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 198-4 | Over 40- It's getting close

Seven runs come from this over and it is not how India would have liked it to go. The Indians need to be aggressive here and get the wicket of Marizanne Kapp here which could cause all sorts of trouble here. 

 

Right now, the 40th over is in progress and Deepti Sharma is trying her level best to not give away runs as the game is getting closer with every ball being bowled. Just three from it and now SA need 77 from the last 10. One wicket and India would fancy themselves 

12:57 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 183-4 | Over 37- Thor Kaur strikes

 

When the universe is in trouble and the Super Heroes are all but ineffective, they call one person to commit to the task and it's Thor. The universe called the Indian Women's team called upon its Thor- Harmanpreet Kaur and she has delivered. She has now got two wickets - two massive wickets of opposition captain Sune Luus and the leading run-scorer Laura Wolvaardt

12:54 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 182-3 | Over 36- India need to build pressure here

 

The South African team is now slowly building a partnership and it is now 33 strong off just 45 balls. The Indian team will keep running that they made only 50 runs in the last 10 overs after having seven wickets in hand at the end of the 40th. The only way they can get away from those memories is if they pick a wicket here and get into the South African middle-order deeper

 

12:38 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 167-3 | Over 33- Drinks

 

The Drinks have been called in here and India are now slowly and readily letting yet another partnership build between Sune Luus and Mignon du Preez which is now 22 runs strong in just 31 balls and can haunt India later on if they are unable to get the hang of it right now. Instead of bowling Meghna Singh, Mithali should now bring in Sneh Rana and Deepti Sharma from the two ends and try and get one more wicket here 

12:25 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 153-3 | Over 30- India coming back in the game

12:18 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 145-3 | Over 28- Harmanpreet Kaur strikes

 

Now India need to build pressure here. Can't afford to give easy runs like Harmanpreet gave here was a welcome gift down the leg for Sune Luss and just as I write this, Harman has done what she was brought in for she has drawn Laura Wolvaardt forward and then crashed through her gates to disturb the castles behind her. As they say, one brings two and one has brought two and two new batters are at the crease for South Africa now 

12:14 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 139-2 | Over 27- Finally the wicket

 

And there's the wicket. Finally, finally, the Indian team has got a breakthrough and it has come courtesy of Rajeshwari Gayakwad who has broken the partnership and trapped Lara Goodall in her flight, enticing her to come down the ground and then Richa Ghosh did the rest and India have their second wicket now. 

12:10 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 137-1 | Over 26- Dew making matters worse for India

 

The ball is not turning at all as there is dew now and India would be cursing themselves for making only 50 runs in the last 10 overs where 70 was minimum. Harmanpreet Kaur has been introduced into the attack and a moment of brilliance is expected from her now. But can she do it? Well not in this over, but she can be applied for at least two overs and try and get a wicket

12:03 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 128-1 | Over 24- India bowling poor lengths

 

Why is Deepti Sharma bowling short is beyond my understanding? She bowls full for a few balls and suddenly she is back to blowing short, especially to Luara Wolvaardt who just rocks back and pulls it with much ease. If India are unable to get the wicket in the next 4-5 overs, this game is almost done and dusted 

12:00 PM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 120-1 | Over 22- 100 partnership in 99 balls

 

This is the first 100 run partnership for South Africa in this World Cup and what a game to get that partnership. India seem to have no clue and South African ladies, especially Laura Wolvaardt are cruising towards victory. Plus the Indians are bowling short for reasons unknown to me right now when the full ball is hard to get away with. 

11:49 AM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 107-1 | Over 20-India seem to have no answers

 

Hayley Matthews would be going bonkers here in the Hotel as the SSouth Africans here are cruising to victory as India like the match against Australia, don't seem to find an answer here. And if they don't find the answer soon, they can pack their bags and go home. 
 

11:43 AM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 91-1 | Over 18- India need to build pressure

 

If India need to win this, they must get a wicket or just keep putting the dot balls in to build pressure or maybe do both as they have done since the drinks break. The Indian team must now continue that way and get South Africa looking for runs

11:36 AM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 86-1 | Over 16- Insane batting from Wolvaardt

11:34 AM

Live | India vs South Africa | CWC 2022 | SA 81-1 | Over 15- Fifty for Wolvaardt

 

The Indian fielding has been average very poor would be the exact words as they leaked runs all around the wicket and have given away singles when there shouldn't have been any. Just now, a straight drive from Lara Goodall, who was getting under pressure went through Gayakwad in her follow-through and on top of that, she is now injured as well. Poor, very poor from India. Nothing has gone India's way after the first six overs. 

 

Just as the captain tries t be attacking by bri8ng in the field on the drive, Gayakwad out of nowhere balls a hit me short ball which is cut fiercely by Wolvaardt for four and she brings up her fifty with that