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India Women vs South Africa Women, 3rd T20I Match Summary

IND-W vs SA-W, 2024 - T20 Summary

India Women vs South Africa Women Scorecard
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Match Ended   
3rd T20I, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai , Jul 09, 2024
India Women India Women
88/0 (10.5/20)
South Africa Women South Africa Women
84 (17.1/20)
India Women beat South Africa Women by 10 wickets
  • Player of the Match
    Pooja Vastrakar
    4/13(3.1)
  • Player of the Series
    Pooja Vastrakar
SA-W 84/10
Bat Top Batsmen
<a href=/cricket/players/117801-tazmin-brits-playerprofile>Tazmin Brits</a>
Tazmin Brits
20 (23)
  • 3x4s
  • 0x6s
  • 86.95SR
<a href=/cricket/players/117764-anne-bosch-playerprofile>Anne Bosch</a>
Anne Bosch
17 (14)
  • 2x4s
  • 0x6s
  • 121.42SR
Bowl Top Bowlers
Bowler
Pooja Vastrakar
ECON 4.10
3.1
OVERS
13/4
R/W
Bowler
Radha Yadav
ECON 2.00
3
OVERS
6/3
R/W
IND-W 88/0
Bat Top Batsmen
<a href=/cricket/players/64413-smriti-mandhana-playerprofile>Smriti Mandhana</a>
Smriti Mandhana
54 (40)
  • 8x4s
  • 2x6s
  • 135SR
<a href=/cricket/players/117565-shafali-verma-playerprofile>Shafali Verma</a>
Shafali Verma
27 (25)
  • 3x4s
  • 0x6s
  • 108SR
Bowl Top Bowlers
Bowler
Marizanne Kapp
ECON 1.50
2
OVERS
3/0
R/W
Bowler
Chloe Tryon
ECON 4.00
2
OVERS
8/0
R/W
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Right then, that's all from this game and this entertaining series. South Africa Women won the first game, and India Women came out on top in the last game. However, with rain playing spoilsport in the second T20I, the series will end with a scoreline of 1-1. Laura Wolvaardt and Harmapreet Kaur share the silverware and pose for a few pictures before joining their teammates. The players and support staff of both sides then pose with the trophy in front of the 'Winners' board, reflecting the spirit in which the multi-format series was played. This was South Africa Women's final series before the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh in October. Some of their players will be playing in the franchise leagues, while others will be honing their skills at home before the showpiece event. As for India Women, their next assignment is the Asia Cup, which begins in Sri Lanka later this month. India will open their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan in Dambulla on the 19th of this month. We look forward to seeing you then. Until then, take care and cheers!
The skipper of India Women, Harmanpreet Kaur says that they spoke about the things they needed to improve and she is proud of the way the team performed. Feels that going forward, they might have situations similar to this where they will have to go hard and express themselves. Adds that they were positive in this game and played as a team. Feels that having self-belief is important and now with Asia Cup around the corner, they want to go there and do really well. Tells that the coaching staff have been helping in the environment and shares that this is the best support staff she has played with.
The captain of South Africa Women, Laura Wolvaardt says that it is a disappointing loss and with the standard of batting they have it was a below-average performance. She adds that they were looking to go really hard and attack from the start and were not able to recover from there. Gives credit to the Indian bowlers for putting up a brilliant performance.
Pooja Vastrakar is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH and also the PLAYER OF THE SERIES for her brilliance with the ball throughout the series. She says that the talk was to bowl stump-to-stump and tried to execute it. Adds that the hard lengths suit her and bowling at the stumps was key for her. Mentions that she was given the responsibility to bowl with the new ball and felt that she needed to contribute to the team's cause upfront by picking wickets. Hopes that the team can continue this performance in the Asia Cup and then the World Cup. States that the plan was to be more at the stumps in this game and it was good to see all bowlers stick to that plan.
Time for the presentation ceremony...
Radha Yadav is in for a chat. She says that it has been a great series and she has got to learn a lot as a cricketer. She further says that the team regrouped after the second game to look at the things they had to work on and they executed their plans really well in this game. She further says that she had been taking things very fast in the bowling process and today she was very calm in the game which worked really well for her. Ends by saying that they have been looking only to focus on the process and not on the results.
Earlier in the game, after Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss, she chose to field first. The initial couple of overs favoured South Africa, but it was all India from there. South Africa lost Wolvaardt and Kapp during the Powerplay but managed to reach a decent position by the end of the first six overs. However, the visitors faltered in the middle phase as India steadily took wickets, giving them no respite. Both the pacers and spinners contributed to the effort, resulting in a comprehensive team performance that bowled South Africa out for just 84 runs. Pooja Vastrakar was the standout performer for India, achieving career-best figures of 4 for 13 from 3.1 overs.
As far as South Africa are concerned, they just could not turn up in the series finale. With not much to defend, they needed wickets in the Powerplay to have any chance. With no scoreboard pressure, the Indian openers had the luxury of respecting good deliveries and they did just that. As the scorecard suggests, South Africa Women lost the game in the first half itself, getting bowled out for just 84 runs, which was never going to be enough.
As clinical as it can get! The Chennai crowd are up on their feet as India complete a resounding win and end the series on a level footing. This is the biggest win for India in terms of balls remaining against South Africa in Women's T20Is as they gun down the total with 55 balls to spare. With only 85 runs to get, it was going to be a matter of when rather than if for India. None of the two openers came out all guns blazing and mixed caution with aggression to move towards the target. Smriti Mandhana went into overdrive towards the end and with the winning runs, notched up her fifty while Shafali Verma remained unbeaten on 27. Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. are currently taking a victory lap to thank the Chennai crowd for their support not only during the T20I series but also during the one-off Test.
Over 10.5 : 88/0
14 Runs
  • 410.1
  • 410.2
  • 010.3
  • 010.4
  • 610.5
S. Mandhana
54 (40)
S. Verma
27 (25)
de Klerk
1.5-0-22-0
10.5
6
Nadine de Klerk To Smriti Mandhana
SIX! BANG! Smriti Mandhana brings up her FIFTY and gets India Women to a huge win! Low full toss on the stumps from Nadine de Klerk and Smriti Mandhana walks around and slogs the ball high over deep square leg and gets her team over the line.
10.4
0
Nadine de Klerk To Smriti Mandhana
Nails the yorker on the leg stump line and Smriti Mandhana moves away to block it well.
10.3
0
Nadine de Klerk To Smriti Mandhana
Swings in fuller on the stumps. Smriti Mandhana moves away and blocks it off back to the bowler.
10.2
4
Nadine de Klerk To Smriti Mandhana
FOUR! SLAM! Smriti Mandhana closing in on her half-century as well! Moves onto 48! Slower ball from Nadine de Klerk fuller on the off stump and Smriti Mandhana takes away the front foot and lofts the ball high and long over mid off for a super boundary. Just 3 more needed now.
10.1
4
Nadine de Klerk To Smriti Mandhana
FOUR! Smriti Mandhana looking to end things in the over! India Women 7 runs away from a massive win. Nadine de Klerk drops the ball short outside the off stump inviting Smriti Mandhana to play her favourite cut stroke. Smriti Mandhana slaps the ball to the left of point and the ball races away to the boundary.
Drinks break! It has turned out to be a pretty one-sided series finale. India are cruising towards their target and are just 11 runs away from ending the series on level terms. It is about delaying the inevitable for South Africa more than anything else.
Over 10 : 74/0
9 Runs
  • 09.1
  • 19.2
  • 09.3
  • 19.4
  • 69.5
  • 19.6
S. Mandhana
40 (35)
S. Verma
27 (25)
N. Mlaba
2-0-20-0
9.6
1
Nonkululeko Mlaba To Smriti Mandhana
Tossed up again on the stumps. Smriti Mandhana sweeps the ball to deep mid-wicket for a run.
9.5
6
Nonkululeko Mlaba To Smriti Mandhana
SIX! BANG! FIRST OF THE INNINGS! Smriti Mandhana walks into a fuller ball on the stumps and lofts it flat over the head of deep mid-wicket into the crowd. What a hit!
9.4
1
Nonkululeko Mlaba To Shafali Verma
Fuller again on the off stump. Shafali Verma drives it off the front foot to long off for a run.
9.3
0
Nonkululeko Mlaba To Shafali Verma
Floats the ball up on the off stump line. Shafali Verma takes the front foot out and knocks it off.
9.2
1
Nonkululeko Mlaba To Smriti Mandhana
Drops it short and on middle, Smriti Mandhana rocks back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
9.1
0
Nonkululeko Mlaba To Smriti Mandhana
Drops it short on the stumps. Smriti Mandhana cuts the ball but straight to covers.
Over 9 : 65/0
9 Runs
  • 18.1
  • 18.2
  • 18.3
  • 18.4
  • 48.5
  • 1 LB 8.6
S. Mandhana
32 (31)
S. Verma
26 (23)
de Klerk
1-0-8-0
8.6
lb
Nadine de Klerk To Smriti Mandhana
Fuller on the pads. Smriti Mandhana looks to flick it but only gets a hit on the front pads for a single from fine leg.
8.5
4
Nadine de Klerk To Smriti Mandhana
FOUR! SHORT AND PULLED! Smriti Mandhana gets into a good position to the short ball from Nadine de Klerk and pulls it away late, over the head of the short fine leg, and into the boundary. India Women now need 21 runs to win.
8.4
1
Nadine de Klerk To Shafali Verma
Drops the ball short at the batter. Shafali Verma pulls it away towards long on for a single.
8.3
1
Nadine de Klerk To Smriti Mandhana
Hits the length hard outside the off stump. Smriti Mandhana drives it to sweeper covers for a single.
8.2
1
Nadine de Klerk To Shafali Verma
DIFFICULT CHANCE! Shafali Verma loses her shape as she mistimes a length ball outside the off stump straight up in the air to the left of covers. The fielder puts in a full-length dive but is not able to grab the ball.
8.1
1
Nadine de Klerk To Smriti Mandhana
Short and wide and Smriti Mandhana can cut that ten out of ten times. Gets a single from sweeper covers.
Over 8 : 56/0
5 Runs
  • 17.1
  • 17.2
  • 17.3
  • 07.4
  • 07.5
  • 1 WD 7.6
  • 17.6
S. Mandhana
26 (27)
S. Verma
24 (21)
C. Tryon
2-0-8-0
7.6
1
Chloe Tryon To Smriti Mandhana
Fuller on the stumps and Smriti Mandhana sweeps it away to deep square leg for a single to end the over.
7.6
wd
Chloe Tryon To Smriti Mandhana
WIDE! Just short outside the leg stump line. Smriti Mandhana looks to pull it but misses. The umpire signals a wide.
7.5
0
Chloe Tryon To Smriti Mandhana
Holds the length back outside the off stump. Smriti Mandhana cuts it straight to covers.
Full Commentary
10 OV
9 Runs
N. Mlaba to S. Mandhana S. Verma
  • 09.1
  • 19.2
  • 09.3
  • 19.4
  • 69.5
  • 19.6
9 OV
9 Runs
de Klerk to S. Mandhana S. Verma
  • 18.1
  • 18.2
  • 18.3
  • 18.4
  • 48.5
  • 1 LB 8.6
8 OV
5 Runs
C. Tryon to S. Verma S. Mandhana
  • 17.1
  • 17.2
  • 17.3
  • 07.4
  • 07.5
  • 1 WD 7.6
  • 17.6
7 OV
11 Runs
A. Khaka to S. Verma S. Mandhana
  • 16.1
  • 1 LB 6.2
  • 46.3
  • 16.4
  • 06.5
  • 46.6
6 OV
11 Runs
N. Mlaba to S. Verma S. Mandhana
  • 25.1
  • 15.2
  • 05.3
  • 45.4
  • 05.5
  • 45.6
5 OV
11 Runs
Eliz to S. Verma
  • 44.1
  • 04.2
  • 44.3
  • 1 WD 4.4
  • 04.4
  • 1 WD 4.5
  • 04.5
  • 14.6
4 OV
3 Runs
M. Kapp to S. Verma S. Mandhana
  • 03.1
  • 13.2
  • 03.3
  • 03.4
  • 2 LB 3.5
  • 03.6
3 OV
3 Runs
C. Tryon to S. Verma S. Mandhana
  • 02.1
  • 02.2
  • 02.3
  • 12.4
  • 12.5
  • 12.6
2 OV
2 Runs
M. Kapp to S. Mandhana
  • 01.1
  • 01.2
  • 01.3
  • 01.4
  • 21.5
  • 01.6
1 OV
10 Runs
A. Khaka to S. Verma S. Mandhana
  • 10.1
  • 00.2
  • 40.3
  • 40.4
  • 00.5
  • 10.6
Match Info
  • Venue MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
  • Weather Clear
  • Toss India Women won the toss and elected to field
  • Result India Women beat South Africa Women by 10 wickets
  • Player of the Match Pooja Vastrakar
  • Player of the Series Pooja Vastrakar
  • Umpire Virender Sharma (IND), Vrinda Rathi (IND) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (IND)
  • Referee GS Lakshmi (IND)
Match Notes
  • Innings Break: South Africa Women 84/10 in 17.1 overs
  • South Africa Women 65/6: A Dercksen lbw b R Yadav 2(7)
  • Referral 3 (12.4 ovs): A Dercksen against IND-W (LBW) Unsuccessful (IND-W: 1, SA-W: 0)
  • South Africa Women 61/4: A Bosch lbw b P Vastrakar 17(14)
  • Referral 2 (10.2 ovs): A Bosch against IND-W (LBW) Unsuccessful (IND-W: 1, SA-W: 1)
  • Drinks: South Africa Women 57/3 in 10.0 overs
  • South Africa Women 50/3 in 9.1 overs
  • Referral 1 (8.5 ovs): IND-W against C Tryon (LBW) Unsuccessful (IND-W: 1, SA-W: 2)
  • Mandatory Power play (1-6): South Africa Women 39/2
  • S Mandhana 54th T20I fifty: 54 runs in 40 balls (8x4) (2x6)
  • Drinks: India Women 74/0 in 10.0 overs
  • 1st wkt Partnership: 50 off 42 balls between S Verma (22) and S Mandhana (24)
  • India Women 51/0 in 6.6 overs
  • Mandatory Power play (1-6): India Women 40/0
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Match Poll

Who will win the Match

Worm
Player Runs Avg.
Tazmin Brits SA-W 153 51.00
Smriti Mandhana IND-W 100 100.00
Marizanne Kapp SA-W 87 29.00
Laura Wolvaardt SA-W 64 21.33
Anneke Bosch SA-W 57 28.50
Player Wickets Eco.
Pooja Vastrakar IND-W 8 6.53
Radha Yadav IND-W 6 7.70
Deepti Sharma IND-W 3 7.16
Shreyanka Patil IND-W 2 8.00
Chloe Tryon SA-W 1 6.66
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