South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt names THIS Indian batter as ‘favourite player’, video goes viral – WATCH
South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt was pleasantly surprised when she got a chance to sign an old photo of herself with Virat Kohli.
New Delhi: South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt became pleasantly surprised when she got of venture to sign an old photo of herself with Virat Kohli. The ICC on Friday uploaded a video, titled “A glimpse into the past” at some stage within the Women folk’s T20 World Cup 2024, wherein Wolvaardt became seen signing a photograph of herself with Kohli, which became taken in January 2020.
Four and a 0.5 years ago, Wolvaardt had the opportunity to pose for a picture with Kohli. She captioned the picture, “Anything else for the fans”. Within the ICC video, 25-year-old Wolvaardt became also seen calling Kohli her “favourite player”. Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Marizanne Kapp and Sophie Ecclestone also appeared within the video.
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The above photo is the one Laura Wolvaardt signed.
Wolvaart has performed brilliantly within the ongoing tournament so far. In three matches, she has scored 141 runs at a median of 70.50 and a strike rate of 116.fifty two. She started her campaign with an unbeaten Fifty nine-run innings, helping the Proteas beat the West Indies by 10 wickets.
She scored 42 against Heather Knight’s England in hard conditions on the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. But her innings went in vain because the Proteas lost the match by seven wickets. Wolvaardt then persisted and scored forty as South Africa beat Scotland by eighty runs of their third match.
Wolvaardt’s women folk’s team are currently 2d within the table with four points and a net run rate of 1.527, having won two out of three matches. Their last group match is against Nigar Sultana Joty’s Bangladesh on Saturday, October 12 on the Dubai International Stadium.
Meanwhile, Wolvaardt is on the verge of making history. She is only Ninety four runs far from turning into the first South African batsman to score 2000 runs in women folk’s T20 internationals. In seventy 5 matches, she has scored 1906 runs at a median of 36.Sixty five and a strike rate of 100 and fifteen.Fifty one.
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