International cricket tour
The South Africa women's cricket team played against the India women's cricket team in March 2021.[ 1] [ 2] Women's One Day International (WODI) and three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches were played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow .[ 3] [ 4] Cricket South Africa confirmed that tests for COVID-19 had been done and the team was ready to travel.[ 5] final of the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup on 8 March 2020.[ 6] [ 7]
South Africa won the first WODI with India winning the second match to level the series at 1–1.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
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.[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
Squads
WODI series
1st WODI
2nd WODI
India Women won the toss and elected to field.
3rd WODI
South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
South Africa Women were set a revised target of 218 runs from 46.3 overs due to rain.
Laura Wolvaardt captained South Africa for the first time in WODIs .[ 20] Mithali Raj became the first player for India to score 10,000 runs in women's international cricket.[ 21]
4th WODI
5th WODI
South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
Challuru Prathyusha (Ind) made her WODI debut.
WT20I series
1st WT20I
South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
Simran Bahadur (Ind) made her WT20I debut.
2nd WT20I
South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
3rd WT20I
India Women won the toss and elected to field.
Ayushi Soni (Ind) made her WT20I debut.
Notes
References
^ "Lucknow set to host South Africa Women's India tour" . CricBuzz . Retrieved 23 February 2021 .^ "India-South Africa women's series to kick off in Lucknow from March 7" . ANI News . Retrieved 23 February 2021 .^ "UPCA confirms Lucknow to host South Africa for India's return to action after Women's T20 World Cup" . Scroll India . Retrieved 23 February 2021 .^ "Lucknow confirmed as hosts for India-South Africa limited-overs series starting March 7" . Women's CricZone . Retrieved 23 February 2021 .^ "Indian women's cricket team likely to return to competitive action with South Africa series from 7 March" . First Post . Retrieved 23 February 2021 .^ "India women's team to play South Africa women in Lucknow" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 24 February 2021 .^ "No squads yet, but India, South Africa women go into quarantine" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 26 February 2021 .^ "Mandhana, Raut and Goswami help India level series 1-1" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 14 March 2021 .^ "Dominant batting display from top-order takes South Africa to a series win" . Women's CricZone . Retrieved 14 March 2021 .^ "Anneke Bosch, Mignon du Preez, Marizanne Kapp shine as South Africa take series 4-1" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 17 March 2021 .^ "Harmanpreet Kaur ruled out of first T20I against South Africa; Smriti Mandhana named captain" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 19 March 2021 .^ "Big-hitting Lee, calm Wolvaardt guide South Africa home in a thriller" . Women's CricZone . Retrieved 21 March 2021 .^ "Lee, Wolvaardt fifties seal last-ball thriller and series for South Africa" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 21 March 2021 .^ "Whirlwind Verma takes India home after Gayakwad's guile; South Africa win series 2-1" . Women's CricZone . Retrieved 23 March 2021 .^ "India Women's squad for ODI and T20I series against South Africa announced" . Board of Control for Cricket in India . Retrieved 27 February 2021 .^ "Sune Luus to lead South Africa Women in India as Dane van Niekerk remains injured" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 28 February 2021 .^ "Shikha Pandey, Taniya Bhatia left out of ODI, T20I squads for home series against South Africa" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 27 February 2021 .^ "Sune Luus to lead South Africa Women in India as Dane van Niekerk remains injured" . Women's CricZone . Retrieved 28 February 2021 .^ "Century of ODIs beckons Harmanpreet Kaur on Sunday" . Hindustan Times . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .^ "Lizelle Lee's 132* helps South Africa go 2-1 up in tense finish" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 12 March 2021 .^ "Mithali Raj becomes first Indian to score 10,000 runs in women's cricket" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 12 March 2021 .^ "South Africa pull off stunning chase to seal series" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 14 March 2021 .^ "Mithali Raj First Cricketer To Score 7,000 Runs In Women's ODIs" . NDTV Sports . Retrieved 14 March 2021 .^ "Lee, du Preez, Goodall, Wolvaardt hand South Africa Women series win" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 14 March 2021 .
External links
Players Tours Home series Competitions
Women's Asia Cup Tri-Nations Quadrangular Series
Matches
See also
Players WTEST
WODI
WT20I
Matches
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India[15]
South Africa[16]