South Africa Women’s T20I Tri-Series between South Africa Women, India Women and West Indies Women started on 19 January 2023 where the first match of the series was played between South Africa Women and India Women. India Women won the series opener by 27 runs as they defend the target of 148 runs.
South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field first in the series opener.
Batting first, India Women made 147 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs with Amanjot Kaur playing a strong inning of 41 not-out runs off 30 balls to be the batter to score the most runs for the team in the game. Yastika Bhatia and Deepti Sharma followed Amanjot Kaur respectively in making the most runs for the team in the game with 35(34) and 33(23) respectively.
Nonkululeko Mlaba took two wickets for South Africa Women in the game with Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka and Delmi Tucker taking a wicket each. South Africa Women conceded twelve extras to India Women while bowling in the game that includes ten runs from wide.
Batting second in the game, South Africa Women made 120 runs in 20 overs losing 9 wickets. Sune Luus was the top runs scorer for the team with 29 runs off 30 balls followed by Chloe Tryon with 26 runs off 20 balls who is again followed by Marizanne Kapp with 22 runs off 22 balls.
Deepti Sharma who ended the game with a wicket took three wickets in total that include two wickets for her in the last over of the game. She took the wickets of Sinalo Jafta and Masabata Klaas in the fourth and the last balls respectively of the last over in the second inning of the game. Devika Vaidya, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Sneh Rana and Radha Yadav took 2, 1, 1 and 1 wickets respectively for India Women in the game. India Women conceded five extras to South Africa Women in the game that include four runs from wide.
Amanjot Kaur from India Women was the Player of the Match for her 41*(30) in batting and 1-0-6-0 in bowling.
