South Africa women's cricket team in India in 2019–20 explained

Team1 Image:Flag_of_India.svg
Team1 Name:India women
Team2 Image:Flag_of_South_Africa.svg
Team2 Name:South Africa women
From Date:20 September
To Date:14 October 2019
Team1 Captain:Mithali Raj (WODIs)
Harmanpreet Kaur (WT20Is)
Team2 Captain:Suné Luus
No Of Odis:3
Team1 Odis Won:3
Team2 Odis Won:0
Team1 Odis Most Runs:Punam Raut (96)
Team2 Odis Most Runs:Laura Wolvaardt (131)
Team1 Odis Most Wickets:Ekta Bisht (7)
Team2 Odis Most Wickets:Ayabonga Khaka (5)
Player Of Odi Series:Marizanne Kapp (SA)
No Of Twenty20s:6
Team1 Twenty20s Won:3
Team2 Twenty20s Won:1
Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs:Harmanpreet Kaur (94)
Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs:Lizelle Lee (125)
Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets:Poonam Yadav (7)
Radha Yadav (7)
Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets:Nadine de Klerk (8)
Player Of Twenty20 Series:Deepti Sharma (Ind)

The South Africa women's cricket team toured India to play against the India women's cricket team in September and October 2019.[1] The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and six Women's Twenty20 International (WT20) matches.[2] [3] The WODI matches were not part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship.[4]

Ahead of the tour, India's Mithali Raj retired from WT20I cricket, to focus on the 50-over format in the run-up to the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup.[5] South Africa's captain, Dane van Niekerk, missed the series due to injury, with Suné Luus leading the team in her absence.[6]

India had initially won the WT20I series, after a win in the fourth match gave them an unassailable lead.[7] India had also won the first match, with the next two fixtures abandoned due to rain.[8] However, on 2 October 2019, an extra WT20I match was added to the schedule.[9] [10] India won the fifth WT20I match by five wickets, to confirm their series victory.[11] South Africa won the sixth and final WT20I match by 105 runs, with India winning the series 3–1.[12]

In the WODI series, India won the first two matches to take an unassailable lead.[13] India also won the final WODI match, by six runs, winning the series 3–0.[14]

Squads

Ahead of the WODI series, Smriti Mandhana was ruled out of India's squad with a fractured toe. She was replaced by Pooja Vastrakar.[19]

Tour matches

20-over match: Indian Board President's Women XI v South Africa Women

WT20I series

6th WT20I

WODI series

3rd WODI

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Surat Latest Addition to International Venues, To Host IND-SA Women's T20Is . Network18 Media and Investments Ltd . 18 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Surat to host India's T20I series against South Africa . Women's Criczone . 18 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Proteas women have the chance to bounce back . Cricket South Africa . 3 October 2019.
  4. Web site: Surat to host Women's T20I series between India and South Africa . CricBuzz . 18 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Mithali Raj retires from T20I cricket . ESPN Cricinfo . 5 September 2019.
  6. Web site: Sune Luus to continue as South Africa captain for India tour . International Cricket Council . 9 September 2019.
  7. Web site: Shafali, Poonam and Rodrigues fire as India clinch series . ESPN Cricinfo . 2 October 2019.
  8. Web site: Shafali Verma, Poonam Yadav help India seal series win . International Cricket Council . 2 October 2019.
  9. Web site: Additional India-South Africa T20I confirmed to breathe new life into series . International Cricket Council . 2 October 2019.
  10. Web site: India, South Africa set to play an additional T20I at short notice . Women's CricZone . 2 October 2019.
  11. Web site: South Africa’s woes against spin continue as India go 3-0 up . Women's CricZone . 3 October 2019.
  12. Web site: Battle won, war lost: South Africa end the T20I series with a consolation win . Women's CricZone . 4 October 2019.
  13. Web site: Mithali Raj, Punam Raut fifties and Harmanpreet Kaur's finishing act secure India ODI series . ESPN Cricinfo . 11 October 2019.
  14. Web site: Same spin story as India whitewash South Africa . Women's CricZone . 14 October 2019.
  15. Web site: Fifteen-year-old Shafali Verma gets maiden India call-up . ESPN Cricinfo . 5 September 2019.
  16. Web site: South Africa pick uncapped Nonkululeko Mlaba; Khaka, Chetty back after injury lay-offs . ESPN Cricinfo . 9 September 2019.
  17. Web site: Shafali Verma makes it to India's women's T20I squad for South Africa series . Sport Star . 5 September 2019.
  18. Web site: Luus to lead Proteas Women in India . Cricket South Africa . 9 September 2019.
  19. Web site: Injured Smriti Mandhana out of South Africa ODIs . ESPN Cricinfo . 8 October 2019.