India women beat South Africa by 1 wicket in World Cup Qualifiers final
Harmanpreet Kaur blasted a six in the penultimate delivery to power India to a one-wicket win over South Africa in a last-ball thriller at the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier Final at P Sara Oval here on Tuesday.
Needing nine off six balls, Indian women were staring at defeat when they lost Poonam Yadav (7) in the first delivery but Harmanpreet plundered Letsoalo over deep midwicket to bring India back on the chase and sealed the win with a couple of runs in the last ball of the over.
In the end, it was Harmanpreet’s heroics that helped India seal the issue.
South Africa had defeated India in a practice match ahead of this tournament but the latter prevailed in their fixture in the tournament proper, winning by 49 runs in the Super Six stage.
What a thriller! India win the #WWC17 Qualifier Final by just 1 wicket in an epic contest! https://t.co/Zv3TO3kpc1 pic.twitter.com/9WifQLux8y
— ICC (@ICC) February 21, 2017
Congrats! @ImHarmanpreet takes India to a thrilling one-wicket win vs South Africa in the Final of the #WWC17 Qualifier
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) February 21, 2017