WATCH: Kranti Gaud dismisses Laura Wolvaardt for 70 in IND-W vs SA-W in Women's Cricket World Cup 2025

Once again, Kranti Gaud shone with the ball in hand, as he put India Women back on track in the crucial league stage fixture in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 against South Africa Women at Vizaq on Thursday (October 9) night. 

After South Africa Women chose to field first in the delayed start, India Women scored 251 all out. Struggling on 102/6, two back-to-back 50+ partnerships and Richa Ghosh's brilliant 94 off 77 balls helped India Women manage the challenging total. 

South Africa Women lost first five wickets for 81 runs

In reply, South Africa Women were once struggling at 81/5, as the hosts India Women strongly took the game. However, the Proteas skipper Laura Wolvaardt calmly handled the situation, while Chloe Tryon provided great support. After an initial struggle to score runs, they set up the 61-run partnership for the sixth wicket, as the situation was moving towards the challenging for the hosts. 

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Kranti Gaud proved her captain right, bowled Laura Wolvaardt for 70 runs

After some tight spin overs with wicketless figures, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur went for a change to bring back Kranti Gaud in the 36th over. In her first four balls of that new spell, Gaud conceded only two runs, as the required run rate was moving up to pressurize the South African team. On the fifth ball, Wolvaardt moved back for a room, but Gaud delivered a brilliant yorker that the Proteas opener and skipper missed, and it hit the stump, as she was bowled for 70 off 111 balls with eight fours. South Africa Women were then struggling at 142/6 in 35.5 overs as they needed 110 more runs from 85 balls.