India Women along with South Africa Women and West Indies Women are playing a T20I tri-series in South Africa to prepare for the ICC Women’s T20I World Cup which is to take place in South Africa only. This series is a good way to prepare for the marquee event and get accustomed to the conditions in the African continent. The series has started today and will be ending on 2nd February 2023, one week before the start of the World Cup.
India Women and South Africa Women are playing the first match of the series today where South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bowl first. India started with Smriti Mandhana as their skipper because Harmanpreet Kaur was unavailable for the match.
Here's our playing XI for the first game of the tri-series against South Africa. #TeamIndia #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/M6qxuQsBKC
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) January 19, 2023
India women did not start well as they lost first three wickets inside seven overs but then Yastika Bhatia steadied the innings and Deepti Sharma and Amanjot Kaur gave the final flourish to the Indian innings.
India Women scored 147 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in their 20 overs which looked like a difficult total at one stage. Amanjot Kaur was team’s best batter as she scored 41* runs in just 30 balls to ensure that India have the runs to fight. Deepti Sharma made 33 runs off 23 balls whereas Yastika Bhatia, who opened the innings in absence of Shafali Verma scored 35 runs in 34 balls.
From 69-5 to 147-6 🇮🇳
India fight back well to post a competitive total in the first T20I 💪
Debutant Amanjot Kaur added 76 runs for the sixth wicket with Deepti Sharma!#SAvIND
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) January 19, 2023
Now, the onus is on the Indian bowlers to defend this score and give India a winning start in the tri-series. Stay tuned to our website for more such updates related to the India Women vs South Africa Women match.
