| Team1 Image: | Flag_of_India.svg |
| Team1 Name: | India women |
| Team2 Image: | Flag_of_South_Africa.svg |
| Team2 Name: | South Africa women |
| From Date: | 7 |
| To Date: | 23 March 2021 |
| Team1 Captain: | Mithali Raj (WODIs) Smriti Mandhana (WT20Is) |
| Team2 Captain: | Suné Luus[1] |
| No Of Odis: | 5 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 1 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 4 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Punam Raut (263) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Lizelle Lee (288) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Jhulan Goswami (8) Rajeshwari Gayakwad (8) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Shabnim Ismail (7) |
| Player Of Odi Series: | Lizelle Lee (SA) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 3 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 1 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 2 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Shafali Verma (130) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Suné Luus (91) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Rajeshwari Gayakwad (4) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Shabnim Ismail (4) |
| Player Of Twenty20 Series: | Shafali Verma (Ind) |
The South Africa women's cricket team played against the India women's cricket team in March 2021.[2] [3] Five Women's One Day International (WODI) and three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches were played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.[4] [5] Despite the short notice of the tour, Cricket South Africa confirmed that tests for COVID-19 had been done and the team was ready to travel.[6] Prior to the tour, India's last international match was the final of the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup on 8 March 2020.[7] The South African team arrived in Lucknow on 26 February 2021, before undergoing six days of quarantine.[8]
South Africa won the first WODI with India winning the second match to level the series at 1–1.[9] South Africa then won the next two WODIs to win the series with a game to spare.[10] South Africa won the fifth WODI by five wickets to take the series 4–1.[11]
Ahead of the WT20I series, India's captain Harmanpreet Kaur was ruled out of the matches due to an injury, with Smriti Mandhana captaining India in her place.[12] South Africa won the first two WT20I matches,[13] recording their first series win against India in the format.[14] India won the final match by nine wickets, with South Africa winning the series 2–1.[15]