India vs South Africa: Harmanpreet Kaur’s Team India Fields First in Crucial T20I Match

In Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Team India, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, won the toss and decided to field against South Africa, captained by Laura Wolvaardt, in the third T20I match of the series at MA Chidambaram Stadium.

South Africa won the first game by 12 runs, and the second match was abandoned due to rain. This game is crucial for India to level the series.

Smriti Mandhana was named Women’s Player of the Month for June for her outstanding performance against South Africa in the ODI and one-off Test series.

Captains’ Comments

Laura Wolvaardt expressed satisfaction with their batting performance in the first two matches and aimed for a series win. She said, “We would’ve had a bat, we did well twice while batting first so we’d have done the same. Very happy to have put up decent scores two games in a row. A series win would put the cherry on the top. Last game for us to try and get a few combinations right before the T20 World Cup. Same team.”

Harmanpreet Kaur highlighted their bowling and fielding strengths, saying, “We’re going to bowl first, looking at the conditions we’d like to bowl. We’ve bowled really well apart from the last two overs, we were in the game. We fielded well too, want to take those things into this game. Looking at the side, we have a balanced side. Having players like these is a great opportunity for us. Same team.”

Playing XI