Sehwag Praised Mithali and Girls on Comprehensive Win Over South Africa

Smriti Mandhana hit 84 against South Africa.

New Delhi: Even as everybody is discussing the Men dressed in Blue and the U-19 World Cup winning group, the ladies' group beat South Africa in the opening ODI of the three-coordinate arrangement on Monday. Also, previous India opener Virender Sehwag took web-based social networking to compliment Mithali Raj and her young ladies on an exhaustive win in Kimberley. 

Virender Sehwag

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@virendersehwag

Well done @BCCIWomen. Excellent effort and a Comprehensive victory against SA. May you continue the momentum #SAWvINDW

8:25 AM - Feb 5, 2018

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Sehwag took to Twitter and expressed: "Well done @BCCIWomen. Superb exertion and a Comprehensive triumph against SA. May you proceed with the energy #SAWvINDW."

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India created a clinical all-round execution to whip has South Africa by 88 keeps running in the first dayer of the ICC Women's Championship at Diamond Oval here on Monday. Opener Smriti Mandhana (84 off 98) scored a strokeful fifty while pace pair of Jhulan Goswami (4/24) and Shikha Pandey (3/23) shared seven wickets between them to rise as the engineers of India's triumph. 

Choosing to bat, left-gave batswoman Mandhana hit eight limits and a six in her 98-ball innings and shared a 99-run remain with captain Mithali Raj (45) to enable India to post 213 for seven in their designated 50 overs. Pursuing 214 for a win, South Africa neglected to join organizations and continued losing wickets at consistent interims. Captain D van Niekerk top-scored for South Africa with a 41. 

Pandey shook the hosts right on time by evacuating opener Lizelle Lee (3), wicket-attendant Trisha Chetty (5) and Mignon du Preez (0) to abandon them at 23/3 out of 9.2 overs. Spinner Poonam Yadav (2/22) at that point represented the other opener Laura Wolvaardt (21), while Goswami caught Chloe Tryon LBW as South Africa lost a large portion of their side in 22.5 overs. 

Marizanne Kapp (23) and Niekerk attempted to revive the run pursue yet Yadav sent the previous back to the cottage and left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad expelled the home side captain after they achieved the 100-check. Goswami at that point wiped up the tail, rejecting the staying three batswomen - Ismail (4), A Khaka (2) and M Klaas (1) - to finish the win. 

Prior choosing to bat, India lost their first wicket when Ayabonga Khaka rejected opener Punam Raut (19) with Shabnim Ismail taking the catch. Mandhana and Raj at that point steadied the ship before the opener was evacuated by Khaka with Sune Luus taking the catch. 


Next finished, Masabata Klaas disposed of Raj as India slipped to 155/3 of every 36.1 overs. South Africa at that point affected two run outs, rejecting V Krishnamurthy (2) and DB Sharma (6) to additionally diminish the guests to 168-5 out of 42 overs. H Kaur and wicket-attendant S Verma at that point included 27 keeps running before the previous was caught by Kapp in the 48th over. Two balls later, Verma was gotten by Khaka off Kapp.