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IND W vs SA W: Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma played good innings, India gave the target of 159 runs to South Africa

By Samira Vishwas

IND W vs SA W: 18th match of the group stage in ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 The Emirates is being played at Old Trafford, Manchester. Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and decided to bat. Batting first, Team India scored 158 runs for 7 wickets. That means South Africa will have to score 159 runs to win. For India, opener Shafali Verma scored the maximum 31 runs. While all-rounder Deepti Sharma scored 29 runs. Shabnim Ismail and Marizanne Cap took 2-2 wickets for South Africa. While Nadine de Klerk, Ayabonga Khaka and Nonkululeko Mlaba got 1 wicket each.

Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma gave a fast start to Team India

In this match against South Africa, Team India, who came to bat first after winning the toss, got a fast start by both the openers Deepti Sharma and Shafali Verma, but then Team India got its first blow at the score of 30 runs. Marizanne Kapp showed Smriti Mandhana the way to the pavilion. Mandhana was out after scoring 17 runs with the help of 3 fours in 12 balls.

Shafali Verma played a stormy innings

After this Shabnim Ismail gave the second blow to the Indian team. He showed Shafali Verma the way to the pavilion. Shafali Verma played a stormy inning of 31 runs in 15 balls. During this, he hit 4 fours and one six. After this, Team India got the third blow in the form of Yastika Bhatia. to Yastika ayabonga blueprint started walking. Yastika Bhatia was out after scoring 15 runs in 13 balls with the help of 3 fours.

Team India’s innings faltered in the middle

The Indian team lost its fourth wicket in the form of Jemimah Rodrigues. Nadine de Klerk made Jemima his victim. Jemima was out after scoring 12 runs on 14 balls. Only one four came from his bat. Then Team India got its fifth blow in the form of captain Harmanpreet Kaur. He was escorted by Shabnim Ismail. Harmanpreet was out after scoring 24 runs on 2 balls.

The innings of Deepti Sharma and Richa Ghosh put Team India in a good position to fight.

After this, all-rounder Deepti Sharma was out after playing a short and good innings. Them Nonkululeko Mlaba sent the pavilion. Deepti scored 29 runs on 21 balls, which included 3 fours. Then Richa Ghosh became the victim of Marizanne Cap. Richa Ghosh was out after scoring 15 runs in 14 balls with the help of 2 fours. Whereas Arundhati Reddy scored 6 unbeaten runs and Prema Rawat scored 3 unbeaten runs. In this way Team India scored 158 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.

This is the playing 11 of both the teams:

Playing 11 of Indian women’s team: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Richa Ghosh (wicket keeper), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Sri Charani, Nandini Sharma, Prema Rawat.

Playing 11 of South African women’s team: Laura Wolvaardt (captain), Tazmin Britts, Annery Derksen, Dane van Niekerk, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Chloe Tryon (wicket keeper), Sinalo Jafta, Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba.

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