Laura Wolvaardt, 21, struck seven boundaries in her 39-ball 53 to seal a 2-0 win in the three-match series for South Africa. (Photo Credit: Twitter/@ICC)
- South Africa (159/4) beat India (158/4) by six wickets
- Lizelle Lee (70) and Laura Wolvaardt (53*) scored fifties for the Proteas
- The win gives South Africa an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match T20I series
All-rounder Anneke Bosch first pegged the Indian women with a couple of wickets and then smashed an unbeaten 66 off 48 balls. (Photo Credit: Twitter/@ICC)
- The South Africans chased down the target easily with five balls to spare with opener Bosch (66 not out)
- India scored just 26 runs from the last five overs
- The Indian bowlers never put any sort of pressure on the Bosch-Luus duo for a long stretch in the match
Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur were in good touch during the India vs South Africa ODI series. (Photo credit: Twitter/@BCCIWomen)
- India failed to fire as a unit against their South African counterparts
- With Jemimah Rodrigues short of runs, India missed the flair of young Shafali Verma
- Star opener Smriti Mandhana had just one good innings to show in the five-ODI series
Mignon du Preez and Anneke Bosch shared a 96-run partnership for the fourth-wicket to guide South Africa to a five-wicket win over India in the fifth and final ODI. (Photo Credit: Twitter/@ICC)
- India batted first and scored 188/9 from 49.3 overs
- Skipper Mithali Raj top-scored with an unbeaten 104-ball 79
- Mignon du Preez (57) and Anneke Bosch (58) scored half-centuries to secure the win
Mithali Raj also became the first Indian woman cricketer to reach 10,000 runs. (Photo credit: Instagram/@MithaliRaj)
- India put up 188 after being asked to bat first
- Mithali Raj scored 79 off 104 balls
- Raj also became the first Indian woman cricketer to reach 10,000 runs
This is India's fifth and final match against South Africa in the ongoing ODI series. (Photo Credit: Twitter/@BCCIWomen)
- South Africa is leading the five-match series 3-1
- India has rested Deepti Sharma, Poonam Yadav, Mansi Joshi and Radha Yadav
- C Pratyusha will make her India debut on Wednesday
The fifth and final ODI will be played on Wednesday, March 17 before the start of the three-match T20I series. (Photo Credit: Twitter/@BCCIWomen)
- South Africa (269/3) beat India (266/4) with seven wickets and eight balls to spare
- Four South African batters struck fifties to secure the win
- 31-year-old Punam Raut scored an unbeaten 104, her third ODI ton
Smriti Mandhana became the second Indian cricketer to feature in a foreign T20 league by the age of 20. (Photo credit: Twitter/@SmritiMandhana)
- Smriti Mandhana has scored 2119 runs in 53 ODI matches
- She was named the Best Women's International Cricketer in 2018
- ICC awarded her with the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for the best female cricketer of the year
Both the teams have got only 2 days of nets before the match in view of COVID protocols. (Photo credit: Twitter/@BCCIWomen)