South Africa women 134 for 5 (Luus 41, Tryon 34, Vastrakar 2-21) beat India women 133 (Harmanpreet 48, Mandhana 37, Ismail 5-30) by five wickets
India paid for an insipid lower-order collapse with their first defeat in the T20 series, as South Africa stayed alive with a five-wicket victory at the Wanderers, with two matches left in the series. Shabnim Ismail, South Africa’s formidable new-ball bowler and among the world’s fastest, rocked India with her maiden five-for in T20Is. She made her presence felt all over the Indian line-up: she ended a burgeoning innings from the India captain Harmanpreet Kaur, slowed down scoring with wickets in the middle overs, and then wiped out the lower order, as India lost their last five wickets for only nine runs.
India controlled the early exchanges of the chase and even sent back South Africa’s destructive opener Lizelle Lee in the third over. But Dane van Niekerk turned the tide in her team’s favour with a stroke-filled 26, and South Africa never fell behind after that.
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo