India A won the toss and opted to bowl first. India’s love-hate relationship with Arshdeep is out of cricketing sense. 

Arshdeep is a genuine wicket-taker bowler. India missed its prime bowler from the start. Lhuan-dre-Pretorius made batting look easy. Rivaldo Moonsamy was also looking in great form. This duo made a partnership of 241 runs. Prashid took the wicket of Rivaldo Moonsamy. Rivaldo scored 107 runs. In the same over, Prashid took a wicket of Lhuan. Lhuan scored 123 runs in just 98 balls.

Harshit and Khaleel also got 2-2 wickets. Delano Potgieter finished the innings with quick runs. He scored 30 runs in just 15 balls. South Africa A posted a total of 325 runs.

Ruturaj Gaikwad, who was the highest run getter in the series, got bowled by Bjorn Fortuin. Abhishek and Tilak both got on 11 runs. Riyan scored 17 runs. Ishan and Ayush Badoni tried to chase, but both got out after hitting half-centuries. India was all out on 252 runs. One thing that is missing in this indian middle order is experience. 

Indian para-athletes delivered their best-ever performance, winning a total of 22 medals — 6 Gold, 9 Silver, and 7 Bronze.

Previous record: 17 medals at Kobe 2024 (6 Gold, 5 Silver, and 6 Bronze).

India finished 10th in the medal tally, while Brazil topped the table with 44 medals (15 Gold, 20 Silver, and 9 Bronze). China finished second with 52 medals (13 Gold, 22 Silver, and 17 Bronze), having more overall medals but fewer golds than Brazil.

A historic performance by our para-athletes!

“This year’s World Para Athletics Championships have been very special. The Indian contingent had its best-ever performance, winning 22 medals, including 6 Gold Medals. Congrats to our athletes — their success will inspire several people. I am proud of each and every member of our contingent and wish them the very best for their future endeavours.

Hosting the tournament in Delhi has also been an honour for India. Gratitude to athletes and support staff from almost 100 nations who were a part of the tournament.”

-PM Narendra Modi, on X

Pakistan Women – 159/10 (43)

Player of the Match – Kranti Gaud

India’s unbeatable streak continues. They now have two wins in two matches, sitting on top of the table with 4 points and a positive NRR of +1.515. This 88-run victory will boost India Women’s confidence going forward in this long and challenging World Cup.

The India vs Pakistan Women’s match was not as hyped as Men’s because there’s usually no real competition between the two sides – India is a far better team than Pakistan. But in cricket you can never predict; on any given day, anyone can beat a giant.

India showed exactly where they stand, completely outplaying Pakistan Women. India set a total of 247 runs – not a huge score but a comfortable total for this match – and it proved enough once Pakistan came to bat. Pakistan had a shaky start, barely middling the ball, and chances were created on almost every delivery. Pressure was visible on their faces. Muneeba Ali’s run out by Deepti Sharma was a complete brain fade moment as she didn’t ground her bat in the crease. The match could have ended even earlier but India’s fielding and reviews weren’t fully on point.

Sidra Amin was the only batter to score a fifty in the match, making 81 (106) [4s-9, 6s-1]. Kranti Gaud and Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets each while Sneh Rana claimed 2.

Very happy, very important game for all of us and I’m sure everyone back home is happy as well. Our bowling was great,” Harmanpreet Kaur said in the post-match interview.