India Women vs South Africa Women Highlights, 2nd T20I: SA-W 177/6 (20) vs IND-W, Match called off due to rain

Match called off due to rain! SA continues to lead the T20I series 1-0. See you in a couple of days time for the third T20I. 

No change in status quo. Cut off time for 5-over game is 10:13 pm. 

More covers being brought on. Will take some time I’m afraid. Cut-off for a five-over game is 10:13 pm. 

A slight delay in starting the second innings due to rain. Pitch has been covered. Very light drizzle so we might be restart in a while. Stay Tuned!

Deepti Sharma bowled with discipline. Good line got her two wickets. Tazmin Brits got half-century that powered SA’s total to 177/6. Three crucial boundaries at the end from Annerie Dercksen. We’ll be back after a short break when Indian batters come to chase the target.

FOUR! Not only a dropped catch, but extra four runs for SA. That is one more boundary Annerie Dercksen to deep extra covers. One more! Last three balls, three boundaries. Dercksen has collected some important runs for her team here. The over started with three good balls but ended horribly for Vastrakar.

Vastrakar has given only 1 run in last three balls that also includes a wicket. 

Both set batters are out now.

Let’s see what she does here, she has got one wicket so far

Shreyanka goes round the wicket and gets Bosch!

First ball FOUR. de Klerk puts it to deep mid-wicket. Another FOUR! Shreyanka in pressure now. A harsh wide given to the bowler! BOSCH ONLY WANTS BOUNDARIES! Another four. That’s fourth Boundary of the over. 

de Klerk plays it to covers for a single. Three singles in first three balls. Over wicket-keeper’s head, for two runs by Bosch. 7 runs in the over. Arunshati finishes her quota of overs.

Deepti might have taken Bosch’s catch here. Umpire review taken. The batter is safe here. Deepti has a goof economy till now, it’s not easy to hit her. She is bowling flat on stumps, four singles in the over. Straight down the ground from Bosch! That’s a FOUR. 8 runs in the over.

India has managed to put a brake on the scoreboard somehow. Two wickets in a good time.

Tryon is looking for boundaries here. Radha gets her! A simple catch for her.

Tryon puts it to backward square leg. Smart batting from Bosch! Finds a gap again. 10 runs in first four balls.

Reddy gets hit for a four by Tryon on a full wide delivery, 7 runs from the over.

Couple of singles towards long-on and square-leg from Bosch and Tryon.

A dot ball and a single to end a 4 run over.

Deepti sharma’s magic! A great stumping from the debutant Uma!

Bosch pushes it to long-on fir a single, next delivery, quicker through the air, another single. Deepti is bowling well here, SA batters in search of a big hit.

Arundhati comes to bowl, no disturbance due to rain as of now. That’s 50 for BRITS! Exceptional innings! A slower, full delivery from the bowler, Tazmin misses on a couple of occasions. Four from Bosch! A single to end the over.

Shreyanka with her third. Four!! Dropped short, Brits pull it through the gap in the legside for a boundary. Another tight over after conceding an early boundary. 100 up for SA!

Slight rain dropping at the venue. 

Vastrakar with her third over. Four!! Full on the stumps, driven past a diving mid on to the boundary for four. Slower ball outside off, defended upppishly but falls short of cover. 

Radha returns. Six!! Brits steps down the track and lofts it over long on for six! Good comeback from Radha just four more runs conceded. 

Deepti with her second. WICKET!! Kapp falls! Tries to loft one down the ground, can only hand a catch to Sajana and mid off. 

Kapp c S Sajana b Deepti Sharma 20(14)

Anneke Bosch in at 4. Four runs from the over.

Shreyanka Patil back into the attack. Brits pushes one to the offside and scampers across for a quick single. Dropped short, pulled to deep square leg for a single. Five runs from the over. 

Deepti into the attack. A few mistimed sweeps from the batters, no danger though as the leg side field is spread out. Five from the over. 

Radha Yadav into the attack. Four!! Tossed up, Kapp waits for it and lofts it straight down the ground for a boundary. Four!! Same ball, same result, lofted down the ground for another boundary. Kapp mistimes the lofted shot but it has just enough to beat the mid off fielder. 

Vastrakar returns for her second. WICKET!! Short of a length on off stump, Wolvaardt guides it straight down the throat of the point fielder. 

Wolvaardt c Radha Yadav b Vastrakar 22(12)

Marizanne Kapp in at 3. Four!! Full on the stumps, Brits flicks it through midwicket for a boundary. Another one on the pads, flicked uppishly, just over the fielder at short mid wicket, Brits will get three. Four!! Lofted straight down the ground by Kapp to bring up the second boundary of the over. 

Relatively better over for India. 8 runs.

First ball, Tazmin Brits goes for a four for this flat wide delivery. Three singles as Tazmin and Wolvaardt stitch a partnership. 

Edged! But Wolvaardt finds two runs towards deep mid-wicket. 16 runs in the third over.

Arundhati into the attack, four towards the third man on the first ball. Now Wolvaardt pushes it to the square of the wicket. Back-to back boundaries. Third one! Now it’s towards the mid-wicket. No mercy for Arundhati.

No ball and a four on a free hit. Another boundary on the last ball, a 13 run over for SA.

Sajana from the other end. Tossed up full, yorks Brits outside off. Four!! Full again, perfect length to drive and Brits places it perfectly to the right of mid off for a boundary. Brits steps down and is beaten in the flight. Uma makes no mistake behind the stumps and removes the bails in a flash. Given as a no-ball as she catches it in front of the stumps. 

Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits walk out to the centre. Vastrakar with the new ball. 

Short of a length on the body, pushed to deep fine for a couple. Two good stops in the offside circle from the Indian fielders, the second one hands Wolvaardt a single. The last ball is flicked through square leg for a couple. 

Play to start at 7:15pm without any loss of overs.

Slight drizzle continues. Only the main area has been covered though, the outfield still open. Drizzle not very strong that suggests. Umpires having a chat in the middle. with closed umbrellas. 

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IND-W vs SA-W Dream11 Prediction, Second T20I: India Women vs South Africa Women predicted playing XI, fantasy team, squads

IND-W vs SA-W, 2nd T20I: Here are the predicted line-ups, fantasy teams, and squads for the India Women vs South Africa Women Second T20I match at Chennai.

India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Deepti Sharma, Uma Chetry(w), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, S Sajana, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav

South Africa: Laura Wolvaardt(c), Tazmin Brits, Marizanne Kapp, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Anneke Bosch, Annerie Dercksen, Eliz-mari Marx, Sinalo Jafta(w), Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba

India has won the toss and Harmanpreet Kaur opts to bowl first. 

Wanted to bowl first looking at the conditions says Harman. Richa is not playing because of head injury she adds. Uma Chetry to make her debut. Three more changes says the skipper. 

South Africa sticking with the same team. 

Despite the rain a short while back, looks like the covers have come off. 

India has won the one-off test match as well as the ODI series. SA-W won its first match in the tour in the last T20I match. It will look to continue winning while India has to win this match to have a shot at winning T20I series as well.

INDIA PREDICTED XI

Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), S Sajana, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur Singh

SOUTH AFRICA PREDICTED XI

Laura Wolvaardt(c), Sune Luus, Anneke Bosch, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Sinalo Jafta(w), Chloe Tryon, Eliz-mari Marx, Annerie Dercksen, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayabonga Khaka

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IND-W vs SA-W Second T20I: Focus on efficiency from the field as India Women looks to bounce back

Come Sunday, both teams will clash again with the visitor hoping to seal the series while India will look to peg one back at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium here. 

The second T20I match between India Women and South Africa Women will begin at 7 PM IST.

The toss for the second T20I match between India Women and South Africa Women will take place at 6.30 PM IST.

The second T20I match between India Women and South Africa Women will be telecast on the Sports 18 network. The match will also be available from streaming through the Jio Cinema app and website.

Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the second T20I between India Women and South Africa Women being held at the MAC Stadium in Chennai. Stay Tuned for live scores and updates from the game.