Opener Shweta Sehrawat smashed an unbeaten 92 after skipper Shafali Verma blazed away to a 16-ball 45 as India crushed South Africa by seven wickets to start their marketing campaign within the inaugural Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup on a rousing notice in Benoni on Saturday. Set a difficult goal of 167 after South Africa opted to bat first, India had been off to a blazing begin with the opening duo of Shafali and Sehrawat including 77 runs in simply seven overs at Willowmoore Park.
Shafali, who has already performed 51 T20Is, 21 ODIs and two Test matches for the senior staff on the worldwide stage, regarded in glorious contact as she toyed with the South African bowlers and put her facet on the right track for an enormous win.
While Shafali went after the bowlers from the phrase go, Sehrawat too maintained an excellent strike price all through her innings, which got here off 57 balls and included as many as 20 boundaries.
However, having smashed 9 fours and a six in an entertaining keep, Shafali was dismissed by off-spinner Miane Smit at first of the eighth over. Her strike price was an unbelievable 281.25 when she bought out.
This was after the Indian captain additionally shone with the ball, choosing up two wickets to place the brakes on the South African scoring price. Shafali bowled her full quota of 4 overs and returned with spectacular figures of two/31.
Unperturbed by the departure of Shafali, Sehrawat carried on in identical vein and helped her staff cross the road with 21 balls to spare. Sehrawat’s earlier greatest was 40 towards the identical opponents.
Earlier, the South Africans too bought a flying begin with Simone Lourens (61 off 44 balls) and Elandri Janse van Rensburg (23 off 13) placing on 56 runs in solely 4 overs.
Left-arm spinner Sonam Yadav gave India their first breakthrough when she had Rensburg caught behind by Richa Ghosh, who can be a senior India participant.
Shafali, then, bought into the act by dismissing her counterpart Oluhle Siyo for duck.
Madison Landsman chipped in with 32 off 17 balls, whereas Karabo Meso and Miane Smit made brisk 19 and 16, respectively.
However, the house staff was pegged again after top-scorer Lourens was run out within the seventeenth over, a vital juncture, as they settled for 166 for 5.
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