Shafali Verma's blitzkrieg powers India to nine-wicket win against South Africa Women
Cricket | March 23, 2021 22:21 ISTShafali hit seven fours and five sixes during her blistering knock while Mandhana had nine boundaries in her unbeaten innings.
Shafali hit seven fours and five sixes during her blistering knock while Mandhana had nine boundaries in her unbeaten innings.
South Africa won the final match by five wickets to finish the series on a high.
Apart from Rajeshwari Gayakwad, who snared five wickets in four matches, the other spinners have failed to leave an impact.
The Indian women have barely fired in unison while the South Africans, who have already clinched the series 3-1, have excelled as a team.
Jhulan claimed 4 for 42 to set up India's nine-wicket win over South Africa in the second ODI, helping the side level the five-match series.
India Women made their debut in the format in 1976, and have played 37 matches to date, winning only five while 25 ended in a draw, implying seven defeats.
Playing their first international match in 12 months, skipper Mithali Raj (50) and Harmanpreet Kaur (40) produced fine knocks but India never got the momentum it needed as they settled for 177 for nine.
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India will play five ODIs, starting with the first match on Sunday, followed by three T20Is in the home series against South Africa to kick off their calendar which was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
All the games will be played at state of the art Ekana Stadium with crowd capacity capped at 10 per cent.
Ekta Bisht, Veda Krishnamurthy, Taniya Bhatia and Shikha Pandey were dropped to make room for maiden call-ups Pratyusha Challaru, Monika Patel, Simran Dil Bahadur, Yastika Bhatia, Ayushi Soni and Swetha Verma.
The series, comprising five ODIs and three T20Is, will mark the Indian team's return to competitive cricket after almost 12 months.
The Indian team has not played since the T20 World Cup in March and there is no clarity over its next fixture with the Australia tour, scheduled to be held later this month, postponed to 2022.
The matches were due to take place on January 22 in Canberra, January 25 in Melbourne and January 28 in Hobart.
The 2022 Women's World Cup will be take place from March 4-April 3 in New Zealand.
There were a lot of applications but it has been learnt that former left-arm spinner Neetu David, took 141 wickets in 97 games for India, is a top contender for the BCCI post.
The Indian women's team was originally slated to play a bilateral series comprising three ODIs and three T20Is against England in June which got postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Mithali also said that a full-fledged women's IPL is still at least three years away although a fourth team can be added for the Challenger series.
The right-handed batswoman, just 16 years of age, played in the Indian colours for the very first time.
Indian women's team were supposed to play a bilateral series comprising three ODIs and three T20Is against England which remains postponed for the time being.
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