Experienced Indian pacer Jhulan Goswami snapped four wickets as India women gave a greater account of themselves by dismissing South Africa for 157 within the second ODI of the five-match sequence right here on Tuesday (March 9).
Goswami returned with figures of 10-0-42-4 and he or she was ably supported by fellow seamer Mansi Joshi (2/23) and left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad (3/37). Lara Goodall was probably the most profitable batswoman for South Africa as she scored a 77-ball 49 which included two hits to the fence, whereas skipper Sune Luus chipped in with a 57-ball 36.
Electing to area, the Indian pacers had been rewarded for bowling a probing line as Goswami and Joshi made early breakthroughs, dismissing openers Lizelle Lee (4) and Laura Wolvaardt (9) cheaply. While Goswami trapped Lee in entrance of the wicket, Joshi had Wolvaardt caught behind with an away going supply.
Luus and Goodall then joined palms and tried to regular the innings, including 60 runs however Joshi returned to dismiss the South Africa skipper within the twenty first over. It was one more away going supply which Luus ended up edging. Sushma Verma comfortably took the catch behind the wickets.
The spinners then took management of the proceedings as Deepti Sharma and Gayakwad bowled in tandem. In the twenty sixth over, Mignon du Preez (11) was caught by Deepti at cowl after she was deceived by Gayakwad in flight.
India skipper Mithali Raj made some wonderful bowling modifications as Goswami returned to do away with Marizanne Kapp (10), who tried to play a shot on the leg-side and ended up getting a forefront which was caught by Deepti at mid-wicket.
Vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur then cleaned up Goodall in her first supply as South Africa slipped to 130 for 6 in 33.1 overs. Goswami dismissed Trisha Chetty within the thirty sixth over however replays confirmed the pacer had overstepped.
The veteran bowler, nonetheless, got here again to strike twice within the thirty eighth over, cleansing up Nadine de Klerk (8) and Shabnim Ismail (0) to cut back South Africa to 144 for 8. Chetty was later dismissed by Gayakwad, who additionally accounted for Nonkululeko Mlaba.
