INDW vs SAW: Harmanpreet-Shefali’s hard work went in vain, South Africa defeated India by 9 wickets and captured the series

New Delhi: In the third match of the five-match T20 series, the Indian women’s cricket team was defeated by South Africa by 9 wickets. With this victory over India, South Africa has taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series. In the match, Team India, batting first, scored 192 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in the 20 over game determined by the half-centuries of Harmanpreet Kaur and Shefali Verma. In response, South Africa scored 193 runs after losing 1 wicket in 16.3 overs.

While chasing the target, captain Laura Wolvadt played an excellent inning of 115 runs for South Africa. In this innings, he faced 53 balls, which included 14 fours and 5 sixes. Apart from this, Sune Luus played an unbeaten inning of 64 runs. Sune Luus played 42 balls in his innings which included 4 fours and 2 sixes, while Jat Brits remained unbeaten after scoring 2 runs. Shreyanka Patil got the only success in bowling from India.

Harmanpreet-Shefali’s hard work went in vain

Harmanpreet Kaur and Shefali Verma displayed strong batting performance for India. Both Harman and Shefali played half-century innings. Haranpreet Kaur played an inning of 66 runs in 38 balls. In this innings he also hit 7 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from this, Shefali Verma contributed 64 runs in 46 balls. Shefali also hit 8 fours and 2 sixes in her innings.

Apart from this, Smriti Mandhana scored 37 runs in 25 balls. Richa Ghosh played a quick inning of 18 runs in 18 balls, while Jemimah Rodriguez became a golden duck on the first ball. Talking about bowling, Nokuluko Malaba took maximum 2 wickets for South Africa. Apart from this, one wicket also came in the account of Nadine de Klerk. In this way the South African team was successful in restricting India to within 200 runs.