INDW vs SAW: Team India lost in the second T20 due to poor batting and poor fielding, South Africa took 2-0 lead in the series.

New Delhi: After the brilliance of the bowlers led by Chloe Tryon, South Africa defeated India by 8 wickets in the second T20 with half-centuries from captain Laura Wolvaardt (54) and Sune Luus (57). With this victory, the host team has taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Batting first in the match, despite opener Shefali Verma’s aggressive 57 runs, the Indian team was out for 147 runs. In response, South Africa achieved the target by scoring 148 runs at the loss of two wickets in 17.1 overs.

Chasing the target, for South Africa, Wolvaardt hit seven fours and one six in his innings of 34 balls, while Luus hit six fours and one six in his innings of 46 balls. Both of them made a partnership of 106 runs in just 73 balls and ensured the team’s one-sided victory. Indian fielding was very poor in defending 147 runs and the team dropped many easy catches, due to which there was no pressure on the batsmen. The Indian team’s bowling in the match was very ordinary. Shreyanka Patil was the only bowler from India to get success. Shreyanka Patil took both the wickets for India.

India’s middle order batting remained weak

Shefali, who scored her 15th half-century in T20, made a good partnership of 53 runs for the second wicket with debutant Anushka Sharma (28). However, Anushka was seen struggling to score runs fast during this period. Shefali hit seven fours and two sixes in her innings of 38 balls. The Indian team was in a good position with 97 runs for two wickets after 12 overs, but after this the team lost eight wickets for 50 runs in eight overs. Player of the Match Tryon got good support from Tumi Sekhukhune (3 wickets for 31 runs).

South Africa had a stormy start in the match

While chasing the target, Volwart opened her hands against Kranti Gaur with a four and showed confidence by sending Shreyanka’s ball across the boundary. From the other end, Luce hit a six using her steps on Shreyanka’s ball. He completed the half-century of South Africa’s runs in the fifth over itself by hitting fours on consecutive balls against Shri Charani. Continuing her aggressive attitude, Luus also hit two fours against Deepti Sharma and equaled South Africa’s best performance by taking the team’s score to 66 runs without any loss in the power play itself.

Indian bowlers then tried to control the run rate, but after hitting sixes and fours on consecutive balls of Sri Charani, Wolvaardt completed his half-century in 30 balls with a four off Arundhati Reddy in the 11th over. In this way South Africa easily won the match.