July 9, 2017 1:12 AM

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India's four-match winning streak in the Women's World Cup was brought to a crashing halt with a 115-run loss against South Africa at Leicester today. South Africa bundled out the Indians for 158 in 46 overs.The star South African performer, captain Dane van Niekerk who first made a valuable 57 off 66 balls to cruise South Africa to 273 for nine before taking four wickets to help her team bundle out the Indians for 158.South Africa set the target of 274 to win against India. Besides skipper Dane van Niekerk, Opener Lizelle Lee too made a significant contribution by hammering 92 off 65 balls. The game was pretty much done and dusted when India collapsed to 56 for six in the 17th over of the chase. Deepti Sharma saved India the blushes of getting bowled out for under 100 by scoring a solid 60 off 111 balls with support from Jhulan Goswami, who remained unbeaten on 43. India would have sealed their semifinal berth with a win today but now have their task cut out in the remaining round robin matches against the mighty Australia and New Zealand.

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