South Africa needed 30 off 30 balls with six wickets in hand, to win their maiden World Cup title, and then India fought back
Three wickets each to Chloe Skelton, Issy Wong seal 182-run victory
Excellent bowling from Nathan Sowter, Ben Raine and Callum Parkinson sets up win for last QF place
“Important that you go on for longer, because the longer you bat, the easier it becomes and it’s important to stay in that plan for as long as possible”
Thorpe had worked in coaching until being taken seriously ill in 2022
India vice-captain looking forward to forging opening partnership with Yashasvi Jaiswal
India will be at full strength with Kohli, Rahul and Pant back in the middle order
Their knocks helped Markhors pile up 284 before Agha and Imran picked three-fors to bowl out Dolphins for 192
They left out Khaleel Ahmed, which meant they only had four frontline bowlers apart from part-timers Abhishek and Parag