India had been made to attend a tad longer for the successful second by centurion Laura Wolvaardt, however they finally went previous the road convincingly by 10 wickets on the fourth and remaining day of the one-off Take a look at ladies’s Take a look at in opposition to South Africa in Chennai on Monday. India had been required to chase a modest 37 after bowling out South Africa for 373 of their second innings and the hosts completed the duty in 9.2 overs with out shedding a wicket. India had declared their first innings closed at 603 for six. The opening duo of Shubha Satheesh (13 not out) and Shafali Verma (24 not out) steered their facet house comfortably.
That is India’s second 10-wicket triumph in Assessments after a scoring an identical win over the Proteas at Paarl in 2002.
After getting bundled out 266 of their first innings, South Africa fought nicely via hundred-makers Wolvaardt (122, 314b, 16×4) and Sune Luus (109, 203b, 18×4) within the second innings.
Nonetheless, SA may solely delay the inevitable.
Resuming on the in a single day 232 for 2, and trailing India by 105 runs, Wolvaardt and Marizanne Kapp seemed to be in good contact.
The previous introduced up her maiden Take a look at century, additionally turning into the primary girl batter to attain a Take a look at, ODI and T20I ton in the identical yr.
Nonetheless, Kapp was quickly trapped leg-before by Deepti Sharma for 31, whereas Sneh Rana ousted Delmi Tucker for a duck because the vacationers slipped to 266 for 4.
With nonetheless work to be executed for the South Africans to take the lead, Wolvaardt tried to anchor the innings however was dismissed for 122 when Rajeshwari Gayakwad trapped her in entrance to scale back the guests 281 for 5.
However the Proteas marched on and went previous the 300-run mark, their highest workforce complete in Assessments in opposition to the Indians. The earlier finest was the 266 that made of their opening innings right here.
South Africa wanted lower than 50 runs to take the lead at this stage. Nadine de Klerk and Sinalo Jafta caught collectively till the lunch break and SA had been 302 for 5 then.
Nonetheless, within the post-lunch session, Jafta retired damage because of cramps, because the guests despatched Anne Dercksen to affix De Klerk.
However Dercksen departed for 5, falling to Pooja Vastrakar with SA trailing by 27 runs.
In the meantime, the vacationers went previous 316 to register their highest rating in Take a look at cricket, going previous the 315 they made in opposition to England at Shenley in 2003.
Though South Africans closed in on a lead they struggled to get the partnerships going.
The subsequent stand was value 14 runs between De Klerk and Tumi Sekhukhune earlier than the latter was run out for six.
Jafta returned to bat, however she may add simply 9 extra runs and departed for 15 they usually went to tea at 336 for eight.
The hosts finally conceded the lead within the remaining session. This was the third occasion of India making a gift of the lead after implementing a follow-on and the fifth total.
The partnership between De Klerk and Masabata Klaas produced 23 runs earlier than the latter fell to Shafali, who cleaned her up.
De Klerk, who was dropped on fifty by Renuka Singh and Vastrakar throughout a mix-up, introduced up her half-century quickly however Rajeshwari Gayakwad knocked her out for 61.
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