In Women’s Cricket, Indian spinner Sneh Rana created history as she scalped eight wickets against South Africa on the third day of the one-off Test match at the M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai this morning. Rana’s exceptional spell, along with Deepti Sharma’s two-wicket haul made the Proteas bowled out for 266 in 84.3 overs in their first innings. Sneh Rana also became the third woman with an eight-fer in Test cricket.
Following their deficit, South Africa was asked to follow on after failing to match India’s formidable first-innings total of 603 for 6. The South Africa Women were 44 for 1, a short while ago. They trail by 293 runs.
Earlier, India amassed a total of 603 for 6, in 115.1 overs in the first innings. Openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana displayed masterful batting, putting on the highest-ever opening partnership of 292 runs in Women’s Test Cricket. Shafali also scripted history by scoring the fastest double ton in Test cricket with 205 runs, while Mandhana made 149 runs.
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