Indian women versus South Africa women 1st T20I: Indian women beat South Africa by 11 runs to go 1-0
The Indian eves started the home season with a thrilling 11 run
win in the first T20I played at Lalbhai Contractor Stadium, Surat on Tuesday.
South Africa women captain Sunne Luus won the toss and
decided to field first. The decision paid off as Shabnam Ismail got the early
wicket dismissing Shafali Verma on the fourth ball of the innings. Smriti
Mandhana played some lovely shots putting pressure on South Africa bowlers. To
hit the third successive boundary, Mandhana was dismissed by Shangase for 21. At
the end of 6 overs, Indian eves were 34 for 2.
Jemimah Rodrigues struggled to score runs while Indian
captain Harmanpreet Kaur looked aggressive with her intent. Sekhukhune got the
wicket of Jemimah Rodrigues for 19. Kaur and Rodrigues added 30 runs for the 3rd
wicket. Deepti Sharma came to the crease to give support to Kaur. Indian
captain Kaur took on South African bowlers adding 46 runs for the 4th
wicket. Klerk got wickets of Deepti Sharma and Kaur to stall India’s progress.
Tanya Bhatia scored a quickfire 11 off 5 balls. Indian eves ended at 130 for
8 in 20 overs. For South Africa, S Ismail was the pick of bowlers with 3 for
26.
Chasing down the modest target of 131 runs to win, Lizelle
Lee began the South African innings off to a flying start scoring 16 off 11
balls. Shikha Pandey made the breakthrough for India dismissing Lee. Lee and Brits
put on 25 runs for the 1st wicket in 2 overs. Deepti Sharma got two wickets
in the same over to dismiss Britz and N de Klerk to bring back Indian eves back
into the match. At the end of 6 overs, South African women were 35 for 3.
Poonam Yadav dismissed Wolvaadrt and South African captain
Sunne Luus in successive balls to put South African women under pressure. M du
Preez looked positive with her intent but the Indian spinners took control to
keep picking wickets at regular intervals.
Du Preez kept the South African women in hunt with great
hitting putting pressure on India bowlers. Shikha Pandey got the important
breakthrough dismissing Khaka. Du Preez played a great knock to reach her fifty
off 36 balls.
With 18 runs required off the last over, du Preez hit a six
to give South Africa hopes of winning the match. Radha Yadav dismissed du Preez
to end visitors hope of winning the match. Indian women bowled out South Africa
for 119 in 19.5 overs. Deepti Sharma was the pick of bowlers for Indian eves with
figures of 3 for 8, Radha Yadav and Shikha Pandey took 2 wickets each while Harmanpreet
Kaur took 1 wicket.
Indian women 130 for 8 in 20 overs ( Harmanpreet Kaur 43,
Shabnam Ismail 3/26) beat South African women 119 in 19.5 overs ( du Preez 59,
Deepti Sharma 3/8).
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