India secured a spot in the Tri-series final after beating South Africa, with Jemima smashing a superb century.

Delhi: The Indian women’s cricket team defeated South Africa by 23 runs in the fifth match of the Women’s ODI Tri -Series 2025 played at the R Premdasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday. With this victory, Harmanpreet Kaur’s team has secured a place in the final with Sri Lanka. At the same time, the South Africa team is still waiting for the victory and the next match is to play against Sri Lanka which has become only a formality.

Great performance of Jemima-Dipti

Batting first, India scored 337 runs losing 9 wickets in 50 overs. Initially India shocked when opener Pratika Rawal and number three batter Harleen Deol were out early. Smriti Mandhana scored 51 runs in 63 balls and shared an 88 -run partnership with Jemima Rodrigues.

Jemima batted brilliantly and scored the best score of her career. He hit 123 runs in 101 balls which included 15 fours and a six. Deepti Sharma also played a great game and scored 93 runs in 84 balls. Together, both of them took India beyond 300.

Clerk and class took two wickets each for South Africa, while Mlaba dismissed Richa Ghosh and Amanjot Kaur in Slog overs.

In South Africa’s innings, Tajmin Brites and Miane Smt gave a good start by adding 63 runs for the second wicket. However, Amanjot Kaur dismissed Brites and Deepti moved Smit. After this, Enry Durkson played a fast innings of 81 runs and kept the team in the match.

India’s upper hand in bowling too

Pratika Rawal and Shri Charani also took one wicket each, while captain Harmanpreet Kaur took a total of three wickets and gave 59 runs. South Africa captain Cloe Trean scored 67 runs in 43 balls which included four fours and five sixes. He kept the team’s hopes alive till the last over, but Deepti Sharma dismissed him and ensured India’s victory.

India won this match by 23 runs and made it to the finals of the tri -series where it will face Sri Lanka.

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