IND W vs SA W | Twitter and Team India stunned as invisible nick saves Sune Luus' day in Vizag

‌After being put into bat at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, India slumped to a precarious 102/6 against South Africa in the Women’s ODI World Cup on Thursday. However, Richa Ghosh, with admirable support from the lower order, helped the side to a challenging 251 in 49.5 overs.

The wicketkeeper-batter top scored for the Women in Blue with a 77-ball 94, including 11 fours and four sixes, while the left-arm spin duo of Chloe Tryon and Nonkululeko Mlaba picked up five wickets between them.

The South African chase started cautiously before pacer Kranti Goud pulled off a stunning catch of her own bowling in the third over to send back the in-form Tazmin Brits. New batter Sune Luus also found the going tough against some accurate pace bowling from Goud and her new-ball partner Amanjot Kaur.

After scoring a solitary run from her first seven balls, Luus tried to get a move on with a fullish delivery from Amanjot, angled towards leg stump in the last ball of the fourth over. But she missed the flick with the ball going under her willow and crashing onto the pads.

The umpire appeared unmoved despite a vociferous appeal from Amanjot and the Indian side. The all-rounder looked supremely confident as she wasted no time in persuading her captain Harmanpreet Kaur for the review.

With Harmanpreet going for the DRS, Sune Luus looked pensive, but a feeble noise saw a wave in the snickometer. The third umpire, surprisingly, concluded that there was a faint edge and ruled in favour of the on-field umpire.

The Indian camp could not believe what had just transpired, with the captain walking towards Luus with a big smile and telling her there was no bat. The batter also reciprocated with a wide grin and continued her innings.

Twitter was stunned as Luus was still in the middle, courtesy of an umpiring blooper.

So close?

— Sanjuvsamson (@Sanjuvsams50351) 

There was no bat

— Sanjuvsamson (@Sanjuvsams50351) 

Bat involved

3rd Umpire Candace la borde confirmed, there is bat involved.



- Sacked by Indian Captain Harman, Smriti Mandhana & Bowler Amanjot.🥶



- Very Lucky by South Africa Batter Sune Luus. 

— MANU. (@IMManu_18) 

Little chat

Look at how Harman had a little chat with Luus. Deam for Healy.

— 🥪 (@lykiriArrax) 

Learn something

Look how they are taking singles. Learn something from them Harleen and Pratika and Harman. 

— SpeakingMyMind (@SpeakingMind25) 

Unpopular opinon

Unpopular opinion 🚨

Harman is overrated player based on 1 inning against australia.

— ' ¹⁸ (@jabraViratFan) 

Dumb

Extremely dumb field placements this from Harman

— #BumorimOut (@ICT_Stan) 

Unsung hero

Sneh rana is unsung hero of todays ODI match.



88 runs imp partnership with Richa Ghosh.

now she will take at least 2 wickets.



what are openers are doing along with Harleen Deol and Harmanpreet Kaur



     

— Jyoti Budania (@BudaniaJyoti) 

Captain Harman

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur in WWC2025



21(19) vs SL

19(34) vs PAK

9(24) vs SA 

— Ritesh Sports 18 (@RiteshSports) 

On Fire

: Smriti Mandhana & Harmanpreet Kaur need to fire! Disappointing so far, but we believe in you! Richa Ghosh is killing it, just sharpen that keeping. Big game vs AUS awaits – step up, queens, for the Cup!     

— Ravi kishan🇮🇳 (@ravikishan787)