ICC Women's World Cup 2017: India vs South Africa — As it happened...

PTI

New Delhi: The formidable Indian eves seek to extend their winning streak to five-in-a-row when they take on South Africa in the ICC Women's World Cup at Leicester, today. A win today would assure them of a spot in the semi-final round of the tournament. 

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Overs 46 || Score 158-all out

South Africa beat India by 115 runs

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Overs 40 || Score 128/8 || Goswami 23 ; Bisht 3

Dane van Viekerk does it again, dismisses Deepti Sharma for 60. India are 8 down now.

India Women require another 146 runs with 2 wickets and 60 balls remaining.

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Overs 33 || Score 101/7 || Sharma 56 ; Goswami 6

100 up for India as Deepti Sharma is still going strong.

India require another 173 runs with 3 wickets and 17 overs remaining.

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Overs 28 || Score 90/7 || Sharma 50 ; Goswami 3

50 up for Deepti Sharma but India need tons more runs from here if they are to get close in this chase.

India require another 184 runs with 3 wickets and 22 overs remaining.

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Overs 21 || Score 68/7 || Sharma 31 ; Goswami 1

India are 7 down now as it would not be wrong to say that India should have batted first after winning the toss. 

India require another 207 runs with 3 wickets and 29 overs remaining.

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Overs 16 || Score 53/4 || Sharma 22 ; Pandey 0

Mithali Raj departed for golden duck and India are in a big trouble now. India lost 3 wickets in quick succession as South Africa are looking set to take the game from here.

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Overs 10 || Score 40/1 || Raut 17 ; Sharma 18

10 overs gone and India are slowly and steadily consolidating their innings as they are in pursuit of 274 in 50 overs.

India require another 234 runs with 9 wickets and 40 overs remaining.

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Overs 7 || Score 21/1 || Raut 10 ; Sharma 6

India seem to have recovered well from a big blow in the form of Mandhana's wicket but the required run rate is going up with every over.

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Overs 3 || Score 7/1 || Raut 1 ; Sharma 2

Another failure for Smriti Mandhana as she departs for 4. India are already 1 down chasing a huge score of 274.

WICKET! 1.2 over: S Mandhana c Ismail b Kapp 4 (2b)

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Overs 50 || Score 273/9

South Africa post a formidable target of 274. 

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Overs 46 || Score 249/6 || Niekerk 46 ; Tryon 22

A flurry of sixes in Ekta Bisht's over take South Africa to 249 in 46 overs. This is a highly competitive total and there are still 4 overs to go.

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Overs 40 || Score 203/6 || Niekerk 25 

200 up for South Africa as 10 more overs to go.

WICKET! 39.6 over: S Luus c Krishnamurthy b Goswami 16 (31b)

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Overs 35 || Score 189/5 || Niekerk 17 ; Luus 10

Kaur and Poonam have successfully restricted Proteas run rate to give away just three runs in the 31st and 32nd over. Deepti Sharma replaced Kaur to give away seven runs in her sixth over. 10 runs off the 35th over

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Overs 30 || Score 163/5 || Niekerk 1 ; Luus 0

Deepti Sharma for her fifth over. Four singles off it. Pandey back for her seventh over. Four runs off it. Ekta Bisht returned for her fifth over. Six runs. Skipper van Niekerk stepped in after Poonam dismissed Preez.  

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Overs 27 || Score 155/3 || Preez 22 ; Kapp 12

Deepti Sharma for her fifth over. Four singles off it. Pandey back for her seventh over. Four runs off it. Ekta Bisht returned for her fifth over. Six runs.

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Overs 24 || Score 141/3 || Preez 18 ; Kapp 2

Deepti Sharma continued after the drinks break. 13 off the over. Lee ramped up her seventh six in this innings. Looks like India is staring at a massive total of 300 or more. Mithali Raj has to come forth and stop this attack.  

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Overs 18 || Score 111/2 || Preez 10 ; Lee 72

Ekta Bisht stepped in for her third over to break the dangerous 91-run stand. Chetty departed for 24 runs. Walked in next was Mignon du Preez. Two off the over. Poonam followed in. Got punished with two back-to-back boundaries by Preez. Proteas cross the 100-run mark. Bisht gave away nine runs. Drinks break

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Overs 15 || Score 90/1 || Chetty 23 ; Lee 62

Poonam for her second over. Two singles off the over. Deepti back for her second over. Single off the second delivery as Lee notched up his yet another ODI fifty. Lee rampages through with two more sixes in the over. 14 off it in total. Poonam for her third over. Single off the last ball.  

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Overs 12 || Score 73/1 || Chetty 20 ; Lee 48

Lee is up and running as she continued displaying her batting prowess. Outside off length delivery from Pandey as Lee dispatched it over long-off. 16 runs once again as Lee notched yup another boundary, followed by a six. Change in attack as spinner Poonam Yadav stepped in. Just a single of the over. Another spinner Deepti Sharma stepped in for her first over. Single of the over again.  

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Overs 9 || Score 55/1 || Chetty 18 ; Lee 32

Lizelle Lee is now the third-highest ODI run-scorer for South Africa. Goswami for the seventh over. Four runs off the over. Change in attack as Ekta Bisht stepped in. Five dot balls and a four from Chetty to end the over. Goswami for her fifth over as Lee welcomed her with a ravishing boundary. Length delivery, outside off as Lee swung his bat to ramp the ball over mid-on for a four. And a boundary again off the third ball, this time down point. A monstrous six to finish off the over. 15 off the over.  

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Overs 6 || Score 32/1 || Chetty 12 ; Lee 16

Shikha Pandey continued into her second over. Just a singles off it. Goswami for her third over. Third ball, fullish delivery, well outside off as Chetty flicked it through midwicket for a boundary. Six off the over. Pandey followed in. Lee struck back-to-back biggies, both through the extra cover region. And then another four of a NO ball. 16 runs off the over.  

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Overs 3 || Score 9/1 || Chetty 6 ; Lee 0

Jhulan Goswami started off with the attack and gave away just one run. Shikha Pandey stepped in for the next over to remove Laura Wolvaardt of the very second delivery. It was an in-swinger to the off side. Wolvaardt got the soft inside edge as the ball rattled against the stumps. Six off the over. Goswami back for the third over gave away just two runs.  

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SAw XI: L Wolvaardt, L Lee, T Chetty, M du Preez, M Kapp, C Tryon, D van Niekerk, S Luus, S Ismail, A Khaka, M Daniels

INDw XI: S Mandhana, P Raut, D Sharma, M Raj, H Kaur, V Krishnamurthy, S Pandey, J Goswami, S Verma, E Bisht, P Yadav

TOSS TIME: India win toss and elect to bowl first 

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Mithali Raj-led side is on a juggernaut after defeating host nation England in their opener and continuing with their cricketing prowess defeating West Indies, Pakistan and then Sri Lanka. However, they still stand second to Australia on the points table.

Left-handed opener Smriti Mandhana remains the top scorer for the side with 206 runs at 68.66, despite failures in the last two matches. On the other hand, skipper Mithali Raj is on the cusp of being the leading scorer in women's ODI history. She stands just 34 runs short of England's Charlotte Edwards and 41 runs short of becoming the first women to cross 6000-run mark.

Spinners continue to be the strength of India's bowling line-up with the trio of Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav having picked up 19 wickets in total.

South Africa on the other hand, stands fifth on the table with just two victories from the four games they have played so far. However, skipper Dane van Niekerk reckons that her side can emulate the same bowling performance that had stunned the Windies at the same venue. 

The last time the two teams had met was in the final of the Quadrangular series, back in May, where the Indians had emerged victorious. 

Squads-

South Africa: Dane van Niekerk (captain), Trisha Chetty. Moseline Daniels, Nadine de Klerk, Mignon du Preez, Shabnim Ismail, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Lizelle Lee, Sune Luus, Raisibe Ntozakhe, Andrie Steyn, Chloe Tryon, Laura Wolvaardt, Odine Kirsten

India: Mithali Raj (captain), Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Mansi Joshi, Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, Smriti Mandhana, Mona Meshram, Shikha Pandey, Poonam, Nuzhat Parween, Punam Raut, Deepti Sharma, Sushma Verma.

Here's everything you need to know about the opening encounter between India and South Africa:-

When is the ICC Women's World Cup match between India and South Africa?

The ICC Women's World Cup match between India and South Africa is on Saturday, July 9.

At what time will the live coverage of the ICC Women's World Cup match between India and South Africa start?

The live coverage of ICC Women's World Cup match between India and South Africa will start at 3:00 pm IST.

Where will the ICC Women's World Cup match between India and South Africa match be played?

The ICC Women's World Cup match between India and South Africa match will be played at Leicester.

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Star Sports network will do a live telecast of the ICC Women's World Cup match between India and South Africa.

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