South Africa women's cricket team in India in 2020–21

 
  India women South Africa women
Dates 7 – 23 March 2021
Captains Mithali Raj (WODIs)
Smriti Mandhana (WT20Is)		 Suné Luus[n 1]
One Day International series
Results South Africa women won the 5-match series 4–1
Most runs Punam Raut (263) Lizelle Lee (288)
Most wickets Jhulan Goswami (8)
Rajeshwari Gayakwad (8)		 Shabnim Ismail (7)
Player of the series Lizelle Lee (SA)
Twenty20 International series
Results South Africa women won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Shafali Verma (130) Suné Luus (91)
Most wickets Rajeshwari Gayakwad (4) Shabnim Ismail (4)
Player of the series Shafali Verma (Ind)

The South Africa women's cricket team played against the India women's cricket team in March 2021.[1][2] Five Women's One Day International (WODI) and three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches were played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.[3][4] Despite the short notice of the tour, Cricket South Africa confirmed that tests for COVID-19 had been done and the team was ready to travel.[5] Prior to the tour, India's last international match was the final of the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup on 8 March 2020.[6] The South African team arrived in Lucknow on 26 February 2021, before undergoing six days of quarantine.[7]

South Africa won the first WODI with India winning the second match to level the series at 1–1.[8] South Africa then won the next two WODIs to win the series with a game to spare.[9] South Africa won the fifth WODI by five wickets to take the series 4–1.[10]

Ahead of the WT20I series, India's captain Harmanpreet Kaur was ruled out of the matches due to an injury, with Smriti Mandhana captaining India in her place.[11] South Africa won the first two WT20I matches,[12] recording their first series win against India in the format.[13] India won the final match by nine wickets, with South Africa winning the series 2–1.[14]

Squads

WODIs WT20Is
 India[15]  South Africa[16]  India[17]  South Africa[18]

WODI series

1st WODI

7 March 2021
09:00
Scorecard
India 
177/9 (50 overs)
v
 South Africa
178/2 (40.1 overs)
Mithali Raj 50 (85)
Shabnim Ismail 3/28 (10 overs)
Lizelle Lee 83* (122)
Jhulan Goswami 2/38 (10 overs)
South Africa Women won by 8 wickets
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and C. K. Nandan (Ind)
Player of the match: Shabnim Ismail (SA)

2nd WODI

9 March 2021
09:00
Scorecard
South Africa 
157 (41 overs)
v
 India
160/1 (28.4 overs)
Lara Goodall 49 (77)
Jhulan Goswami 4/42 (10 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 80* (64)
Shabnim Ismail 1/46 (6 overs)
India Women won by 9 wickets
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Belur Ravi (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)
Player of the match: Jhulan Goswami (Ind)
  • India Women won the toss and elected to field.

3rd WODI

12 March 2021
09:00
Scorecard
India 
248/5 (50 overs)
v
 South Africa
223/4 (46.3 overs)
Punam Raut 77 (108)
Shabnim Ismail 2/46 (10 overs)
Lizelle Lee 132* (131)
Jhulan Goswami 2/20 (9 overs)
South Africa Women won by 6 runs (DLS method)
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: C. K. Nandan (Ind) and Belur Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (SA)
  • South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • South Africa Women were set a revised target of 218 runs from 46.3 overs due to rain.
  • Laura Wolvaardt captained South Africa for the first time in WODIs.[20]
  • Mithali Raj became the first player for India to score 10,000 runs in women's international cricket.[21]

4th WODI

14 March 2021
09:00
Scorecard
India 
266/4 (50 overs)
v
 South Africa
269/3 (48.4 overs)
Punam Raut 104* (123)
Tumi Sekhukhune 2/63 (8 overs)
Lizelle Lee 69 (75)
Harmanpreet Kaur 1/38 (7 overs)
South Africa Women won by 7 wickets
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)
Player of the match: Mignon du Preez (SA)

5th WODI

17 March 2021
09:00
Scorecard
India 
188 (49.3 overs)
v
 South Africa
189/5 (48.2 overs)
Mithali Raj 79* (104)
Nadine de Klerk 3/35 (10 overs)
Anneke Bosch 58 (70)
Rajeshwari Gayakwad 3/13 (10 overs)
South Africa Women won by 5 wickets
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: C. K. Nandan (Ind) and Belur Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Anneke Bosch (SA)
  • South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Challuru Prathyusha (Ind) made her WODI debut.

WT20I series

1st WT20I

20 March 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
India 
130/6 (20 overs)
v
 South Africa
133/2 (19.1 overs)
Harleen Deol 52 (47)
Shabnim Ismail 3/14 (4 overs)
Anneke Bosch 66* (48)
Arundhati Reddy 1/20 (3.1 overs)
South Africa Women won by 8 wickets
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Belur Ravi (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)
Player of the match: Anneke Bosch (SA)
  • South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Simran Bahadur (Ind) made her WT20I debut.

2nd WT20I

21 March 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
India 
158/4 (20 overs)
v
 South Africa
159/4 (20 overs)
Shafali Verma 47 (31)
Anneke Bosch 1/26 (3 overs)
Lizelle Lee 70 (45)
Radha Yadav 1/25 (4 overs)
South Africa Women won by 6 wickets
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and C. K. Nandan (Ind)
Player of the match: Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
  • South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.

3rd WT20I

23 March 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
South Africa 
112/7 (20 overs)
v
 India
114/1 (11 overs)
Suné Luus 28 (25)
Rajeshwari Gayakwad 3/9 (4 overs)
Shafali Verma 60 (30)
Nondumiso Shangase 1/18 (2 overs)
India Women won by 9 wickets
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Belur Ravi (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)
Player of the match: Rajeshwari Gayakwad (Ind)
  • India Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ayushi Soni (Ind) made her WT20I debut.

Notes

  1. ^ Laura Wolvaardt captained South Africa Women for the third and fourth WODIs.

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