India women | South Africa women | ||
Dates | 7 – 23 March 2021 | ||
Captains | Mithali Raj (WODIs) Smriti Mandhana (WT20Is) | Suné Luus [n 1] | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | South Africa women won the 5-match series 4–1 | ||
Most runs | Punam Raut (263) | Lizelle Lee (288) | |
Most wickets | Jhulan Goswami (8) Rajeshwari Gayakwad (8) | Shabnim Ismail (7) | |
Player of the series | Lizelle Lee (SA) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | South Africa women won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Shafali Verma (130) | Suné Luus (91) | |
Most wickets | Rajeshwari Gayakwad (4) | Shabnim Ismail (4) | |
Player of the series | Shafali Verma (Ind) |
The South Africa women's cricket team played against the India women's cricket team in March 2021. [1] [2] Five 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] Despite the short notice of the tour, Cricket South Africa confirmed that tests for COVID-19 had been done and the team was ready to travel. [5] Prior to the tour, India's last international match was the final of the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup on 8 March 2020. [6] The South African team arrived in Lucknow on 26 February 2021, before undergoing six days of quarantine. [7]
South Africa won the first WODI with India winning the second match to level the series at 1–1. [8] South Africa then won the next two WODIs to win the series with a game to spare. [9] South Africa won the fifth WODI by five wickets to take the series 4–1. [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] South Africa won the first two WT20I matches, [12] recording their first series win against India in the format. [13] India won the final match by nine wickets, with South Africa winning the series 2–1. [14]
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