India Women vs South Africa Women | 1st T20I Preview, Weather, Line-ups, match predictions, TV Listings, Live streams

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BySportsCafe Desk, SportsCafe Editor

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After Mithali Raj led the team to a 2-1 ODI series win, Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the Indian women's cricket team as they will take on South Africa in a five-game T20 series, starting Tuesday. Given it's a World T20 year, the teams will try hard to polish their chinks ahead of the ICC event.

India absolutely dominated the proceedings in the first two ODIs against the hosts and shrugged off all concerns about the impact of their six-month international break to seal the three-match ODI series 2-1. South Africa, on the other hand, apart from the third ODI, found the going tough, and have been lacking the all-round prowess that almost propelled them to the World Cup final last year. The hosts will have a chance to redeem themselves in the first T20I and take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

The Indian team would also gain more confidence by the inclusion of T20 specialist Anuja Patil and rookie all-rounder Radha Yadav and wicketkeeper Nuzhat Parveen in the squad. Jhulan Goswami, who was rested for the third ODI, is expected to return to the playing XI. In many ways, this is going to be the fight between two battle-hardened teams, who suffered agonisingly slim defeats at the hands of the same opponents in the World Cup last year and that promises the match to be a cracker of an encounter.

Predicted XI: 

India : Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Mithali Raj, Veda Krishnamurthy, Deepti Sharma, Anuja Patil, Nuzhat Parveen (WK), Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey 

South Africa : Dane van Niekerk (captain), Lizelle Lee, Marizanne Kapp, Trisha Chetty, Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Sune Luus, Mignon du Preez, Nadine de Klerk, Raisibe Ntozakhe

Playing XI :

It will reflect once the game starts

When :

February 13, IST 11:00 AM,

Where :

Senwes Park, Potchefstroom

Weather : Moderately hot and humid day with rain a possibility in the evening

TV Listings : No Telecast available for the first two matches of the series

Live Streams : Live streams are not available for the first two matches of the series

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