South Africa all-rounder Nadine de Klerk was misplaced for phrases after pulling of an unimaginable heist in opposition to India in Match 10 of the Ladies’s World Cup 2025 on Thursday, October 9 at Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. De Klerk performed an unimaginable innings of 84* (54), smashing eight fours and 5 sixes to assist South Africa chase down 252 in 48.5 overs.
She acquired concerned in a vital 69-run stand off 60 balls with Chloe Tryon for the seventh wicket and took issues into her personal fingers after shedding her batting associate. She introduced up her half-century off 40 balls and unleashed her beast mode within the final three overs. Following her exceptional knock, the Proteas batter mentioned that she was misplaced for phrases and revealed that she thrives underneath strain.
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“I’m misplaced for phrases. We now have finished plenty of good issues within the final couple of days, however to complete off the sport provides us plenty of confidence. I do like being underneath strain and do love World Cups, we needed to be at our greatest to beat India at house. We wanted a win like this to indicate we’re succesful as nicely. We knew we needed to take it this deep, we’re a superb aspect within the final 10 overs and even when we wanted 7-8 runs per over we’re within the recreation,” mentioned de Klerk within the post-match presentation.
Moreover, she additionally praised Chloe Tryon for supporting her within the center and talked about her knack for ending matches.
“Chloe batted rather well and took the strain off me. It comes fairly naturally, that’s my function within the aspect, to return out at no. 8 and end off the video games. It was a superb wicket at present. We now have a few days off and can replicate on this, there’s a lot to be taught although we received,” she added.
Nadine de Klerk registered the second-highest rating batting at quantity eight or decrease within the historical past of Ladies’s ODIs, with the very best being recorded by Richa Ghosh (94) within the first innings of the match. She guided South Africa to their first victory over India after 5 consecutive defeats.
In the meantime, following their win, South Africa maintained fourth spot on the factors desk with 4 factors from three matches, whereas India maintained third spot with 4 factors from as many video games.
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