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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

WODIs WT20Is
 South Africa[7]  India[8]  South Africa[7]  India[9]

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

ICC Women's Championship
5 February 2018
10:00
Scorecard
India 
213/7 (50 overs)
v
 South Africa
125 (43.2 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 84 (98)
Marizanne Kapp 2/26 (10 overs)
Dane van Niekerk 41 (87)
Jhulan Goswami 4/24 (9.2 overs)
India Women won by 88 runs
Diamond Oval, Kimberley
Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Stephen Harris (SA)
Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Ind)
  • India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Women 2, South Africa Women 0.

2nd WODI

ICC Women's Championship
7 February 2018
10:00
Scorecard
India 
302/3 (50 overs)
v
 South Africa
124 (30.5 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 135 (129)
Suné Luus 1/31 (5 overs)
Lizelle Lee 73 (75)
Poonam Yadav 4/24 (7.5 overs)
India Women won by 178 runs
Diamond Oval, Kimberley
Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Stephen Harris (SA)
Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Ind)
  • 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

ICC Women's Championship
10 February 2018
10:00
Scorecard
India 
240/9 (50 overs)
v
 South Africa
241/3 (49.2 overs)
Deepti Sharma 79 (112)
Shabnim Ismail 4/30 (9 overs)
Mignon du Preez 90* (111)
Ekta Bisht 1/38 (10 overs)
South Africa Women won by 7 wickets
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Lubabalo Gcuma (SA)
Player of the match: Mignon du Preez (SA)
  • 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

13 February 2018
13:00
Scorecard
South Africa 
164/4 (20 overs)
v
 India
168/3 (18.5 overs)
Dane van Niekerk 38 (31)
Anuja Patil 2/23 (4 overs)
Mithali Raj 54* (48)
Moseline Daniels 1/16 (4 overs)
India Women won by 7 wickets
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Lubabalo Gcuma (SA)
Player of the match: Mithali Raj (Ind)

2nd WT20I

16 February 2018
13:00
Scorecard
South Africa 
142/7 (20 overs)
v
 India
144/1 (19.1 overs)
Suné Luus 33 (32)
Poonam Yadav 2/18 (4 overs)
Mithali Raj 76* (61)
Moseline Daniels 1/21 (4 overs)
India Women won by 9 wickets
Buffalo Park, East London
Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Stephen Harris (SA)
Player of the match: Mithali Raj (Ind)
  • 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

18 February 2018
09:45
Scorecard
India 
133 (17.5 overs)
v
 South Africa
134/5 (19 overs)
Harmanpreet Kaur 48 (30)
Shabnim Ismail 5/30 (3.5 overs)
Suné Luus 41 (34)
Pooja Vastrakar 2/21 (4 overs)
South Africa Women won by 5 wickets
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma and Stephen Harris
Player of the match: Shabnim Ismail (SA)

4th WT20I

21 February 2018
13:00
Scorecard
South Africa 
130/3 (15.3 overs)
v
Lizelle Lee 58* (38)
Deepti Sharma 2/33 (3 overs)
No result
Centurion Park, Centurion
Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Stephen Harris (SA)
  • India Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain during South Africa Women's innings prevented any further play.

5th WT20I

24 February 2018
13:00
Scorecard
India 
166/4 (20 overs)
v
 South Africa
112 (18 overs)
Mithali Raj 62 (50)
Marizanne Kapp 1/22 (4 overs)
Marizanne Kapp 27 (34)
Shikha Pandey 3/16 (3 overs)
India Women won by 54 runs
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Lubabalo Gcuma (SA)
Player of the match: Mithali Raj (Ind)
  • South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.

References

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  2. ^ "Kingsmead not to host India Test". ESPNcricinfo. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  3. ^ "South Africa and India clear in their objectives as they face off in ICC Women's Championship". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Van Niekerk looking forward to playing on home soil". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Du Preez takes South Africa home in last-over thriller". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  6. ^ "All-round India surge to series triumph". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Uncapped Rodrigues, Vastrakar and Bhatia in India women squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Indian women's cricket team to travel to SA earlier, Harmanpreet Kaur named T20 captain". Hindustan Times. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Jhulan Goswami ruled out of T20I series". BCCI. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Rumeli Dhar set for comeback after six years". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Mandhana and Yadav inspire India to comfortable win". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  14. ^ "Du Preez, Wolvaardt, Ismail deny India ODI whitewash". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  15. ^ "Record-breaking Raj leads India to nine-wicket win". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  16. ^ "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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