IND vs SA: Team India thrashed South Africa badly, T20I series ends in a 1-1 draw

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|10-07-2024

Team India has ended the series against South Africa with a tremendous victory. In the last match of the T20 series, Team India, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, crushed South Africa by 10 wickets in a one-sided manner. After losing the first match and the second match being cancelled, this was the last chance for Team India to level the series and the Indian players gave their best performance on this occasion. The entire South African team was all out for just 84 runs in front of the sharp bowling of Pooja Vastrakar and Radha Yadav, which the Indian team achieved within 11 overs on the strength of Smriti Mandhana's half-century.

Pooja and Radha destroyed

The last match of the three-match series was played on Tuesday, July 9 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In this match, Team India decided to bowl first. All-rounder Pooja Vastrakar destroyed South Africa's top and middle order. She destroyed South Africa's hopes of a big score by taking the wickets of explosive batsmen Marijn Kapp, Anneke Bosch and Nadine de Klerk. Pooja took 4 wickets for just 13 runs in 3.1 overs. Left-arm spinner Radha Yadav quickly dealt with the lower order.

All the players including captain Harmanpreet Kaur did a great job in fielding and its effect was visible in the match.

This time the Indian team did not drop any catch, rather took 2-3 excellent catches by diving. The South African team was bowled out for just 84 runs in 17.1 overs. Opener Tazmin Brits, who has been scoring runs consistently in this series, scored the highest number of 20 runs this time too.

Mandhana finished the game early

The target was already very small but the vice-captain and star opener Smriti, who is in great form, did not give any chance to South Africa. Smriti and Shefali Verma continued the attack from the very beginning.

Smriti hit a six on the fifth ball of the 11th over to give the team victory and also completed her strong half-century in 40 balls. She returned unbeaten after scoring 54 runs with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes. Shefali scored 27 runs.

Great series for Team India

Before this series, Team India defeated South Africa in the ODI series last month. In the series held at the beginning of the tour, Team India did a clean sweep of 3-0. After this, Team India also won the only Test match. Smriti Mandhana's brilliance was seen in both these series, who scored a record 343 runs with the help of 2 centuries and an innings of 90 runs in ODIs.

After this, she played an innings of 149 runs in the Test. At the same time, Shefali Verma scored 204 runs in the Test match. In the first innings of this Test, Sneh Rana created history by taking 8 wickets. Now Team India's eyes will be on the Asia Cup T20, which is starting in Sri Lanka from July 19.

After this, she played an innings of 149 runs in the Test. At the same time, Shefali Verma scored 204 runs in the Test match. In the first innings of this Test, Sneh Rana created history by taking 8 wickets. Now Team India's eyes will be on the Asia Cup T20, which is starting in Sri Lanka from July 19.

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