South Africa took an insurmountable 3-0 lead within the five-match T20I sequence after beating India by 9 wickets within the third fixture on Wednesday on the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.
The Proteas’ sequence win additionally meant an finish of Girls in Blue’s two-year unbeaten report in bilateral sequence. The final time India misplaced one was in January 2024, when visiting Australia received the sequence 2-1.
South African captain Laura Wolvaardt (115 off 53), who smacked the joint third-fastest century in girls’s T20Is, and opening companion Sune Luus (64 off 42) have been the chief architects of this victory. The duo stitched a stand of 183 to assist chase down 193 in simply 16.3 overs.
Whereas the beginning of play was delayed by half-hour on account of lightning, the host acquired off to a lightning-fast begin within the PowerPlay, racking up 72 runs — essentially the most by South Africa within the first six overs of a T20I. Wolvaardt did the heavy lifting on this part, reaching her half-century in 23 balls and exhibiting no indicators of stopping.
AS IT HAPPENED | South Africa vs India Highlights, third girls’s T20I
Nonetheless, the customer had an opportunity to place the brakes on the batter’s swashbuckling innings within the thirteenth over, when she was on 85 and going through Renuka Singh Thakur. However Wolvaardt’s Indian counterpart in Harmanpreet Kaur failed to carry on to a catch over on the cowl area.
Shreyanka Patil took the only real wicket of the innings within the sixteenth over as Wolvaardt holed out to substitute fielder Anushka Sharma over at deep mid-wicket. However the sequence had lengthy gone out of India’s palms.
Kashvee Gautam was the costliest Indian bowler, conceding 32 runs in two overs, adopted by Deepti Sharma’s 46-run spell in 3.3 overs. Renuka additionally conceded 45 runs earlier than bowling out.
Earlier within the day, in damp circumstances, India misplaced a third-consecutive toss and was requested to bat once more.
Whereas the Indian batters took the facet to a aggressive complete, a much-improved show from the earlier two fixtures, the bowlers couldn’t preserve their facet of the cut price.
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Whereas the Indian batters took the facet to a aggressive complete, a much-improved show from the earlier two fixtures, the bowlers couldn’t preserve their facet of the cut price.
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The Girls in Blue got an excellent begin by openers Shafali Verma (64 off 46) and Smriti Mandhana (37 off 25), the duo including 68 runs, earlier than the latter and Jemimah Rodrigues (0 off 1) have been despatched again to the dugout within the ninth over by Nonkululeko Mlaba.
Then Harmanpreet (66 off 38) rebuilt the Indian innings with Shafali, with the 2 forming a 73-run partnership for the third wicket. Later, Richa Ghosh too contributed with an unbeaten 10-ball 18, forming a 51-run stand along with her skipper.
Proteas pacer Tumi Sekhukhune, who conceded 51 runs, leaked 16 of these within the closing over which noticed Harmanpreet smack two maximums. Whereas the Indian batters took the facet to a aggressive complete, a much-improved show from the earlier two fixtures, the bowlers couldn’t preserve their facet of the cut price.
Revealed on Apr 23, 2026