Indian women’s cricket team suffered a narrow 12-run defeat in the first T20I match against South Africa women in Chennai on Friday, July 5. Tazmin Brits and Marizanne Kapp shone to help South Africa post a huge total of 189 and then bowlers made an impact to restrict India to a 177 total to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Brit smashed 81 runs off just 56 balls and Kapp scored a quickfire fifty as the Proteas Women pulled off a big total at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium. Indian batters also started well with in-form star Smriti Mandhana smashing 46 runs off 30 balls and Jemimah Rodrigues adding unbeaten 53 runs but fell 12 runs short of the target.
India Women Playing XI: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh.
South Africa Women Playing XI: Laura Wolvaardt (c), Tazmin Brits, Marizanne Kapp, Anneke Bosch, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Eliz-mari Marx, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba.
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