Indian women lose by 105 runs to South Africa women; win series 3-1
Cricket | October 04, 2019 22:38 ISTIndia clinched the six-match series 3-1 with two games being washed out due to rain.
India clinched the six-match series 3-1 with two games being washed out due to rain.
Off-spinner Deepti Sharma (2 for 19) and left-arm spinner Radha Yadav (3/23 in 4 overs) bowled brilliantly to restrict the Proteas women to 98 for 8. India chased down the target in 17.1 overs.
The team is currently taking part in a five-match T20 series against South Africa here. India won the first rubber while the second was washed out.
The second women's T20I in Surat between India and South Africa was washed out, after India had taken a 1-0 lead in the five-match T20I series.
The bowlers, led by player of the match Deepti Sharma (3/8), produced an impressive show to dismiss South Africa for 119 in their chase of 131.
Spinner Deepti Sharma bowled three maiden overs in her four-over quota, apart from taking three wickets.
Opening batsman Shafali got the senior-team call up after a sensational season in the domestic circuit where she scored 1923 run which includes six centuries and three fifties.
In the last five matches between the two sides, India women won three while lost one with the other game ending in no result.
An Indian women's cricketer was approached to fix matches earlier this year, and FIR has been lodged against two individuals following an inquiry from ICC.
Shafali Verma, who became one of the youngest women's cricketer to represent India, revealed that her father went against society to train her in the sport and that she is now living his dream.
Mithali will continue to lead the team in the three-match ODI series, which will follow the five T20 Internationals, where Harmanpreet Kaur will captain.
Former India opener Raman was appointed in December last year in rather controversial circumstances by an ad-hoc panel comprising former cricketers Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy.
Chasing a target of 112, England managed to reach the target with five balls to spare.
Mandhana said she doesn't regret electing to bowl first in the first match, despite the bowlers giving away too many runs.
India lost all their T20s in New Zealand after winning the ODI series and things seem to be heading in a similar direction against England.
The player won the cricketer of the year award for Women at ICC awards and she has said that it had a huge impact on her.
India struggled to 119 for six after Tammy Beaumont (62 off 57) and skipper Heather Knight (40 off 20) steered England to 160 for four in 20 overs.
Notably, Harmanpreet Kaur was earlier the youngest to lead the women's T20I side at 23 years and 237 days before Mandhana took charge.
India have been doing well in the 50-over format but they have plenty to ponder about in the shortest form, having lost their previous series in New Zealand 0-3.
Mithali rued the missed opportunity to not only complete a 3-0 series whitewash against a quality side like England, but also lose out on crucial two points in the ICC Women's Championship.
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