By ObeySri
Taking aim for that long elusive dreamy pot of gold will be d day for the two finalists hosts Indiaz and South Africa in a world cup journey from contrasting beginnings of an early ominous India in a three defeat setback to finding their feet by closing a negating vacuum that skipper Harmanpreet Kaur admirably rose from a low key to in a primarily captain’s job to coming good with the bat as much as Smriti Mandhana finding her feet from a slumber to a team gelling that has got them to the finals though the one match discard Jemimah Rodrigues hit back 127 scorcher in downing Australia in making a daunting 336 highest cup chase look like nutmegs looming center piece to India’sworld cup thrust.
Therein, indeed, the two captains Harmanpreet and Wolvaardt become lead players in this supremacy showdown to carrying their sides on an Avi Mumbai track favoring batsmen with the close boundary lines though predicted rain could impact the outcome where the spinners could be key to the final outcome.
In that countdown, the fact that both sides boast of world class spinners is relevant where comparatively South Africa holds the edge in world cup history 7 for 18 record holder in this year’s milestone Alana King, Nonkulya Malaba, Marizane Kapp and Chole Tyrone.
India does possess a formidable attack with Amanjot Kaur and Sneh Rana wicket taking playmakers.
Similarly, in a stellar captain to the fore humdrum has been South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt who has put meat to her batting from an ordinary start to typically leading from the front firing from the hips like taking first strike, her scintillating 169 blowing off favourites England underscoring the timely arrival of a destructor with the bat. Indeed, Wolvaardt’s tearaway influence has been the skyrocketing change that has made South Africa a worthy finalist to threatening India for the pot of gold.
In a final hyped up by an understandably Indian own backyard brewing gale storm for its cricket mad populace driven by a heavily pro India hysteric media for whom it is nothing short of India winning, it is the overall challenge the South Africans face to taking home the world cup akin to bucking all the king’s horses and all the kings men in their kingdom.