India have taken the lead of 2-1 in the series.
Harmanpreet Kaur (Photo Credit-Twitter)
After two consecutive wins, the Indian women’s cricket team lost to South Africa by five wickets in the third T20 International at the New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on Sunday.
After winning the toss, South Africa opted to field and succeeded in their plan as they bowled out India for 133 runs.
From Indian camp, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was the top performer as she scored 48 runs off 30 balls. Other than Kaur, only Smriti Mandhana (37) and Veda Krishnamurthy (23) were able to leave a mark in the match.
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In reply, South Africa chased down the target in 19 overs. Sune Luus (41) and Chloe Tryon (34) were top scorers from the Proteas’ side.
For India, Pooja Vastrakar picked two wickets, while Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Anuja Patil and Poonam Yadav took one wicket each.
Fall of Wickets:
South Africa
12-1 (Lizelle Lee, 2.5), 34-2 (Dane van Niekerk, 5.5), 84-3 (Mignon du Preez, 13.6), 111-4 (Sune Luus, 16.4), 131-5 (Chloe Tryon, 18.3)
India
0-1 (Mithali Raj, 0.5), 55-2 (Smriti Mandhana, 7.2), 93-3 (Harmanpreet Kaur, 11.2), 94-4 (Jemimah Rodrigues, 11.4), 108-5 (Anuja Patil, 13.5), 124-6 (Veda Krishnamurthy, 15.4), 125-7 (Taniya Bhatia, 16.1), 127-8 (Shikha Pandey, 16.3), 132-9 (Poonam Yadav, 17.3), 133-10 (Pooja Vastrakar, 17.5)
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