INDW vs SAW| Pooja Vastrakar’s four-fer coupled with Radha Yadav’s three-fer thrash South Africa

‌Brief score: INDW 88/0  (10.5) [Smriti  54 (40), Shafali 27  (25); Kapp 0/3 (2)] beat SAW 84 (17.1) [Brits 20 (23), Bosch 17 (14); Vastrakar 4/13 (3.1)] by 100 runs.

After a rain-abandoned game, the Indian women's team was eager to avenge their loss from the first match. India Captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and decided to field first at Chepauk. The Women in Blue got off to a strong start with Shreyanka Patil and Pooja Vastrakar dismissing Laura Wolvaardt and Marizanne Kapp during the powerplay. The Indian bowlers maintained their dominance restricting South Africa to 39/2 by the end of six overs. South Africa's troubles continued when Deepti Sharma took the wicket of the in-form Tazmin Brits in the eighth over. With Anneke Bosch and Chloe Tryon at the crease, South Africa reached 57/3 at the halfway mark. Vastrakar was great with the ball picking the wickets of Bosch and Nadine de Klerk in the 11th over leaving South Africa's scorecard at 63/5. The Proteas women struggled further as Radha Yadav dismissed Annerie Dercksen. With wickets falling regularly, the South African batting lineup collapsed and they were bowled out for 84 runs in 17.1 overs, with Vastrakar achieving her career-best T20I figures of 4/13.

In response, India had an explosive start with openers Shafali Varma and Smriti Mandhana reaching 40/0 by the end of the powerplay. The pair maintained their excellent partnership, taking the scorecard to 65/0 by the ninth over. The Proteas bowlers struggled to break the opening stand as India steadily moved toward victory. With only 20 runs needed from 11 overs, the match was nearly decided in favour of the Women in Blue. Ultimately, the openers completed the chase in 10.5 overs, leading India to a 10-wicket win with the T20I series levelling at 1-1

Great duo!

Solid Partnership by Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma.#INDvsSApic.twitter.com/Hohv4Qyo14

— Don Cricket 🏏 (@doncricket_) July 9, 2024

They won it!

Team india set to finish this t20 match on winning note .#indwvssaw

— Sport in a nutshell (@Shuvo10976159) July 9, 2024

She's absolute class!

The biggest positive for India from this series has to undoubtedly being Smriti Mandhana being back at her best



If India are to win the Asia Cup & more importantly the T20 World Cup, Smriti, like always, will need to do the heavy lifting#INDvSA

— Mohit Shah (@mohit_shah17) July 9, 2024

Great achievement!

Smriti Mandhana completes 7500 International Runs. 🤩💥



#SmritiMandhana #INDvsSA #INDWvSAW #INDW #MileStone #CricketTwitter #Cricket pic.twitter.com/hHfOd299Or

— Chandu_Virat18 (@Chandu_Kohli18) July 9, 2024

That's called finishing in style!

Completing the chase and her half century with a six 💙 Smriti Mandhana 🥰

— P ✨ (@ssnoozefest) July 9, 2024

Agreed!

Smriti Mandhana... Goddess of off side 🙇🏽‍♀️❤

— Vardayini (@dusky_hu) July 9, 2024

Great game for her!

Smriti Mandhana got a 50+ score in 6 of the 7 innings she batted in in this series



Absolutely unbelievable consistency#INDvSA

— Mohit Shah (@mohit_shah17) July 9, 2024

She does it better and better!

smriti mandhana, you've done it again!

— toya 🍓 (@pinksrevival) July 9, 2024

Haha!

Smriti Mandhana Supremacy 🙌🏻 pic.twitter.com/m59d5SNDG7

— _Sammy (@samsharma631) July 9, 2024

Sheer dominance!

And that’s a complete one-way dominant victory by our gorgeous ladies! Smriti Mandhana & Shefali Verma seal it with a perfect 10-wicket win!



Pooja Vastrakar was a star with the ball with her 4-fer & Deepti Sharma with her 3-fer#IndianCricket #CricketTwitter #BCCI #INDvSA

— Damini Basu (@DaminiBasu) July 9, 2024