The Indian women’s cricket team displayed brilliant to record a ten-wicket victory over South Africa in the third and final T20I match at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on 9 July, 2024. It was the successful domination for India in the three – match series and proving it to the visiting side’s domination throughout the series.
South Africa’s Struggling Innings
South Africa won the toss and decided to bat, only to suffer and early blow. A great bowling performance by Pooja Vastrakar as she bowled economically taking 4 wickets in her 4 overs conceding only 13 runs in them. Radha Yadav also added her quota of three wickets and South Africa could manage only 84 runs in their 17 overs. 1 overs. The SA batters never got into their groove, only two of them could get into three figures.
India’s Dominant Chase
In reply, India’s openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma seemed to have an easy task of chasing down the target. Mandhana played a stable knock of 54 runs in 40 balls, on the other hand, Verma played a blistering knock of 27 runs in 25 balls. What followed was an interesting contest between the two batsmen and the bowlers, where the pair added 88 runs for the final common wicket to give India a chase of only 11. 5 overs. The brawn of their batsmen and rapid between wickets’ performance really put South African team on the backfoot.
Player of the Match and Series
Pooja Vastrakar got both the Player of the Match for her bowling and the Player of the series for her excellent performance in all the matches. She bowled very well and effectively at times when wickets were needed and also restricted the scoring rate.
Match Stats
South Africa: 84 runs in 17.1 overs (Pooja Vastrakar 4/12, Radha Yadav 3/15)
India: 88 runs in 10.5 overs (Smriti Mandhana 54*, Shafali Verma 33*)
It was evident where the performance of the Indian women’s team in the 3rd T20I match South Africa was one of skill and coordination. This win made it three nil in favour of India, which many a consider as one of the strongest in the depths of women’s cricket. Bowling and batting shown by this team depicts that they have everything in store for their future matches and fans may look forward for more enthralling crickets from this team.
This series win also holds a special spot in the Indian side as they keep gearing up for the future ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. The performances by this team have ensured that confidence and belief breeds among players, and they will take this into their next games.
On the other hand, South Africa will have to pack their bags and rethink their approach since they had a terrible series. Their batteries could not make as better start as they would have wanted, and bowlers just could not tame the Indian batsmen. At the same time, by having stronger players, they will be able to step up in their successive matches.
In general, the India-South Africa Women T20I series turned out to be quite interesting and was a brilliant example of women’s cricket matches. It was India’s dominance but it must be said that the fighting till the very end was showcased by the South Africa side. With the further improvement of women’s cricket matches and popularization of women’s cricket, viewers can confidently expect the performance of similar and even more interesting meetings in the future. In this case, there was an issue generating the response. Please try again later.