India women's cricket team in South Africa in 2017–18
| India women's tour of South Africa in 2017–18 | |||
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| South Africa women | India women | ||
| Dates | 5 – 24 February 2018 | ||
| Captains | Dane van Niekerk |
Mithali Raj (WODIs) Harmanpreet Kaur (WT20Is) | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | India women won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Mignon du Preez (90) | Smriti Mandhana (219) | |
| Most wickets | Shabnim Ismail (4) | Poonam Yadav (7) | |
| Player of the series | Smriti Mandhana (Ind) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | India women won the 5-match series 3–1 | ||
| Most runs | Dane van Niekerk (144) | Mithali Raj (192) | |
| Most wickets | Shabnim Ismail (6) |
Anuja Patil (5) Shikha Pandey (5) Poonam Yadav (5) | |
| Player of the series | Mithali Raj (Ind) | ||
The India women's cricket team played South Africa women's cricket team in February 2018.[1][2] The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and five Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is).[3] The WODI games are part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship.[4] India Women won the WODI series 2–1.[5] India Women won the WT20I series 3–1, after the fourth match was washed out.[6]
Squads
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 South Africa[7]
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South Africa[7]
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India[9]
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Jhulan Goswami was ruled out of India's squad for the WT20I series due to a heel injury.[10] Rumeli Dhar was added to India's squad as Goswami's replacement. Dhar last played international cricket for India in 2012.[11]
WODI series
1st WODI
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- India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: India Women 2, South Africa Women 0.
2nd WODI
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Trisha Chetty (SA) played her 100th WODI.[12]
- Jhulan Goswami (Ind) became the first bowler to take 200 wickets in WODIs.[13]
- Points: India Women 2, South Africa Women 0.
3rd WODI
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- India Women won the toss and elected to bat
- Pooja Vastrakar (Ind) made her WODI debut.
- Veda Krishnamurthy became the youngest player for India Women to score 1,000 runs in WODIs.[14]
- Points: South Africa Women 2, India Women 0.
WT20I series
1st WT20I
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- India Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Nadine de Klerk, Raisibe Ntozakhe (SA), Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Pooja Vastrakar and Taniya Bhatia (Ind) all made their WT20I debuts.
2nd WT20I
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- India Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Mithali Raj (Ind) became the first player to score four consecutive half-centuries in WT20Is.[15]
3rd WT20I
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Shabnim Ismail (SA) became the second bowler for South Africa to take a five-wicket haul in WT20Is.[16]
4th WT20I
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- India Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain during South Africa Women's innings prevented any further play.
5th WT20I
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
References
- ^ "CSA announces Zimbabwe and India tour itineraries". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Kingsmead not to host India Test". ESPNcricinfo. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "South Africa and India clear in their objectives as they face off in ICC Women's Championship". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ "Van Niekerk looking forward to playing on home soil". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ "Du Preez takes South Africa home in last-over thriller". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "All-round India surge to series triumph". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ a b "CSA announce Proteas Women's ODI & T20 squads for India series". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "Uncapped Rodrigues, Vastrakar and Bhatia in India women squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Indian women's cricket team to travel to SA earlier, Harmanpreet Kaur named T20 captain". Hindustan Times. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Jhulan Goswami ruled out of T20I series". BCCI. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Rumeli Dhar set for comeback after six years". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ "Proteas women elect to field first in Trisha Chetty's 100th ODI". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Mandhana and Yadav inspire India to comfortable win". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Du Preez, Wolvaardt, Ismail deny India ODI whitewash". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Record-breaking Raj leads India to nine-wicket win". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Five-star Ismail leads South Africa Women fightback". Wisden India. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
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