SA 43/1 in 7 Overs
Vastrakar returns. Beats Bosch off the first ball. She then smashes the ball past the bowler and mid off for FOUR. Pooja is also bowling a bite wide of the stumps and Bosch steers the ball wide of slips to the boundary for FOUR.
There’s an LBW appeal at the end there and after resisting a review for the first two appeals earlier, Harman decides to go upstairs. This was full and between middle and leg. Is there something there? Looked like it was going down leg. Review vindicates SA. Impact is Umpire’s Call and the ball is heading well down leg. India loses a review.
SA 33/1 in 6 Overs
Arundhati returns. Plenty of swing for Arundhati early on. It’s coming into the batter. Bosch begins with some safe play but Wolvaardt manages to dispatch her to the boundary for two back-to-back boundaries. Gave her too much room there, Arundhati and Wolvaardt will never say no to such gifts.
Watch | Arundhati Reddy’s maiden ODI wicket
SA 23/1 in 5 Overs
Vastrakar returns. Five singles. She beats Bosch off the last one as she tries to play off the pads. Tested the batters aplenty with width outside off and a few going in that leg stump line. Safely seen off.
SA 18/1 in 4 Overs - Arundhati gets her maiden ODI wicket
Arundhati returns and Arundhati strikes! Breaches Tazmin Britz’ defenses and sears through her stumps with an inswinger. The whole team crowds around Arundhati who looked a bit beady eyed. Maiden ODI wicket for the pacer!
WICKET Tazmin Brits b Reddy 5 (11b 1x4 0x6) SR: 45.45
What a ball this one. Strikes the top of the middle stump and she’s out there pumping her fists.
The new batter in is Anneke Bosch. LBW appeal but Harmanpreet is smiling away. This time, it’s pitched between off and middle but looks like its heading down leg. All smiles everywhere. Replay shows that the ball would have missed the stumps.
A few dots later, Anneke Bosch is off the mark with a lovely boundary along the ground beyond the bowler. FOUR.
The highest score South Africa has chased is 275, vs India
It will take a history-making effort from the Proteas to overhaul this Indian side today. The target now - 326.
SA 14/0 in 3 Overs
Vastrakar returns. A dot ball to begin for Britz. She’s unsteady but there’s slip and gully for her incase she makes mistakes. FOUR for Britz as she whips the balls to the backward square boundary. Asha sauntering to it but isn’t robust enough to stop it on time. The ball is coming on nicely, a good decision to chase by South Africa, but can SA’s batters walk the talk?
SA 9/0 in 2 Overs
Arundhati Reddy to bowl her first ever over in Women’s ODIs.
Goes full and straight to Wolvaardt who sends it deep backward square for a single. Arundhati is asking probing questions of Tazmin Brits. Two lbw appeals but neither is successful. The second one was sliding down the leg, 3 runs come of byes. Arundhati then bowls a little wide outside off and that’s what Wolvaardt needs to whip out her cover drive. FOUR. Eight runs off this over.
SA 1/0 in 1 over
Tazmin Brits and Laura Wolvaardt have walked out for South Africa with a Herculean task at hand. Pooja Vastrakar will open the bowling in place of Renuka who has been rested for this game. Begins with a length ball outside the off stump. Wolvaardt pushes it with a straight bat to the fielder at cover. Two dots follow, where Wolvaardt tries to play off her pads. Thick outside egde off the last ball, but lands safely. Wolvaardt takes a single and is off the mark. Plenty of swing on offer for Vastrakar.
This is India’s third highest team total in Women’s ODIs
India’s 325/3 against South Africa in Bengaluru is the team’s third-highest score in the format.
The highest was in South Africa but against Ireland in Potchefstroom, when Deepti Sharma (188) and Punam Raut (109) helped India to 358/2 against Ireland in a quadrangular series in 2017. The second highest score was 333/5 against England in Canterbury in 2022.
India’s innings in brief
- Great batting from India’s top order as Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur scored a century each to help India reach a mammoth target of 326.
- A short but impactful cameo towards the end of the India innings by Richa Ghosh, who scored 25 runs off 13 balls that included three fours and a six.
- The South African bowlers were often found floundering for different ways to restrict the Indian batters and their blitzkrieg, but were left hapless. The pitch at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium held up its end of being a batting pitch. However, the Proteas would also look to start well as the field has known to favour the chasing side.
IND 325/3 after 50 overs
On the first ball, there was a chance to run out Richa but Mlaba misses the wicket. Second ball, the Proteas wicketkeeper had the chance to stump her, but couldn’t collect the ball. Third ball, a FOUR. Fourth ball, a SIX. Fifth ball, a FOUR. The skipper rings in her 100 off 87 balls, capping off an incredible innings.
IND 309/3 in 49 overs
Richa is scoring for fun as she hits another FOUR, flicking it towards fine leg. Richa on strike though, in the last over. Harmanpreet needs 12 runs more.
IND 302/3 in 48 overs
Richa opens the over with a SIX towards deep mid wicket as Klaas mumbles something to her, probably chiding her bowling. Next ball, the Indian batter flicks the ball between the gully and slip fielders for a FOUR. Harmanpreet sends a slower ball over the fielders on the off side for a FOUR as 300 comes up for India. Can she bring up her 100 in these last two overs?
IND 285/3 in 47 overs
Richa gets her first FOUR as she guides the straight, on-the-way-to-the-wickets delivery towards the off side for the boundary. Harmanpreet ends the over with a huge SIX down the ground to take her to 82.
IND 272/3 after 46 overs
OUT! Smriti smacks a four to reach her highest ODI score, and next ball, she gets caught out by Brits at point on a Mlaba delivery. She gets hugs and handshakes from the Indian dugout as Richa Ghosh walks out to see off the Indian innings.
IND 266/2 in 45 overs
Smriti ends the over with back-to-back FOURS, the first one coming off an awkward shot that went over the slip fielder.
IND 249/2 in 44 overs
Klaas tries to bring in variation with a slower ball, but Harmanpreet hits it for a FOUR towards extra cover. Next ball, a huge SIX, a 72m one. Smriti joins the show as she hits a FOUR towards square leg. She repeats that to end the over. That was a total of 19 runs conceded by Klaas. Very expensive at the point in the innings, but the Indian batters look to be in the mood.
IND 230/2 after 43 overs
Harmanpreet swings big and gets another FOUR on her scorecard. This one was a bounce over the boundary rope, just past an oncoming fielder. The Indian skipper goes for the big shot once again but this time, she was almost caught out by Sune Luus at the rope. The South African did get to the ball with a jump but eventually had to push it back in to save five runs. Ten off the over.
IND 220/2 in 42 overs
Only four runs from the over, through singles. Next up, de Klerk will try to break this seemingly unbreakable partnership.
IND 216/2 in 41 overs
Coming down the wicket has been Smriti’s way of getting those runs in style as she does it once again to hit Luus for a SIX over mid off. If the duo continues this blitzkrieg, then they should be able to reach a 300+ score. Only time shall tell whether that happens.
IND 207/2 in 40 overs
That was a long wait for Harmanpreet to reach her half-century as she takes a two after enduring five dot balls.
Smriti scored a record-equalling century. Read what record she has equalled
Smriti Mandhana registered her second century of the series, equalling Mithali Raj’s record for most hundreds in women’s One-Day Internationals.
IND 205/2 in 39 overs
Smriti takes a single through cover and brings up her second consecutive century against the Proteas.
IND 200/2 in 38 overs
Harmanpreet is dropped at 41 by Klaas who had the chance to catch her off her own bowling. Next ball, the batter hits her for a FOUR through mid wicket. India reaches 200, and the batters bring up their 100-run partnership. Good going for the duo.
IND 193/2 in 37 overs
Harmanpreet isn’t one to stay and look from the shadows. Luus gives a full toss which the Indian slaps through towards deep mid wicket for a FOUR.
IND 186/2 after 36 overs
Smriti will have to wait a bit more as this one was a slow over in terms of runs. Only four runs from the over.
IND 182/2 after 35 overs
Shangase isn’t spared as well. Smriti comes down the wicket once again and slaps it down the ground for a FOUR. Next ball, she cuts it through the off side, right through the gap, for another FOUR. Followed by, another FOUR, same MO. She’s in her 90s now, and well on her way for a consecutive ODI ton against the Proteas.
IND 166/2 in 34 overs
Khaka returns to the bowling attack after some while. After a few dot balls and a couple of singles, it is Smriti who comes down the wicket and drives it through extra cover for a FOUR to end the over.
IND 160/2 in 33 overs
Smriti survives another scare as her shot through mid wicket slips through the hands of a South African fielder and goes for a FOUR.
IND 152/2 after 32 overs
Nadine de Klerk comes in now. Smriti is almost caught and bowled by de Klerk but the ball falls at a distance out of reach, and the Indian breathes a sigh of relief.
IND 151/2
Shangase replaces Luus. A slower over for India in terms of runs, just a couple of singles and a few twos.
IND 145/2 in 30 Overs
Nadine de Klerk is back. Harman drives the half volley up front but brilliant fielding from Marizanne Kapp at the cover boundary as she saves two runs for her team. How is this allowing Kapp to rest her back? Harman tries to drive again but she edges it down third for a single. Mandhana then gets a single down fine leg. Harman then gets a boundary again, this time she’s lucky. Tries to hit it with a full bat but it takes an inside edge and goes past the stumps and the keeper for FOUR.
IND 135/2 in 29 Overs
Sune Luus returns. Quiet over for the former South African captain but Harmanpreet frees up with Luus gifting her a short ball which Harman is happy to pull to the square leg boundary.
IND 129/2 in 28 Overs
Mlaba returns. Harmanpreet paddle sweeps for two runs. A few dots follow and she gets Smriti back on strike with a single through point, with a fielder stopping a ball that could have run to the boundary.
IND 125/2 in 27 Overs
Sune Luus is introduced to the attack. Two dots as Harman tries to get going. A few singles later, Smriti Mandhana then swats the ball past the ropes for SIX, over mid off.
IND 116/2 in 26 Overs
Mlaba bowls her seventh. Five runs off this over with the pair rotating strike.
IND 111/2 - FIFTY FOR SMRITI MANDHANA
Anneke Bosch is the new bowler. Smriti brings up her fourth ODI fifty vs South Africa and her 27th overall in the format with a lovely BOUNDARY through mid off. She finishes the over with a boundary through the same area. There was a close call in the middle, with the ball edged to slips where there was no personnel to capitalise. Good over for India. The India vice captain’s purple patch continues.
IND 112/2 in 25 Overs
Anneke Bosch is the new bowler. A dot and a close chip to midwicket later, Smriti Mandhana frees her arms as she gets the ball through mid off for FOUR. Brings up her fifty. Her fourth against South Africa and her 27th overall. She then edges the ball which ends up going to a slip cordon without anyone there. She finishes the over with a nice boundary, goes over mid off once more.
IND 101/2 in 24 Overs
Harmanpreet is the new batter. Mlaba returns. Couple of dots including one where she beat Mandhana who went down on one knee and held her pose for a bit trying to figure out what happened. An attempted slog sweep thankfully not gone wrong, even if unsuccessful. Harman too has a close call, with the ball throwing a big edge but landing safelty. Just the one run from the over.
IND 100/2 in 23 Overs
Masbata Klaas in for her sixth over. Begins with two dots. Hemalatha gets a single. Klaas then goes into Smriti with a length ball. Smriti picks the length well and swipes this to midwicket. Britz stops the ball ahead of the ropes successfully this time, two runs. Smriti brings up the team hundred with a single through deep point. Hemalatha then goes down on one knee as she tries to go big yet again, but has made a mess of the contact. Big top edge and Anneke Bosch takes the catch wide of slip. The keeper was also coming for it, but Bosch calls it. Relief for Wolvaardt.
WICKET Dayalan Hemalatha c Bosch b Klaas 24 (41b 1x4 2x6) SR: 58.53
IND 96/1 in 22 Overs
Shanghase returns. Starts with a wide. Hemalatha then hits a six. Nicely swatted over deep midwicket for SIX. Between middle and leg stump this ball and Hemalatha has sent this to the stands. Shanghase pulls back with a back of a length delivery, almost catches the ball off her own bowling, but it runs away straight down for a single. Smriti Mandhana finds the boundary now, giving herself room by going on the backfoot to punch this to extra cover for FOUR. Another good over for India, 15 runs coming off it. The pair here is evidently accelerating. Pressure on Wolvaardt and Co.
IND 81/1 in 21 Overs
Masabata Klaas replaces Khaka now from the other end. A dot to start after which there’s some nervy running to get two, by Mandhana. She didn’t look ready for that second run, but no harm done at the end of it as Hemalatha scurries to the crease. Smriti then slices it, gets a massive height here but manages to clear the infield safely. Two runs. Two more runs come off the over.
IND 75/1 in 20 Overs
Shanghase introduced now and Hemalatha welcomes her with a nice big SIX over long on. Lovely bat swing. One of our colleagues in the office says, “It’s like watching Sourav Ganguly, but right-handed”
Hemalatha likes taking on off-spin but Shaghase pulls things back, trying to get the ball into the right hander. Just two more runs after that six have been given. Eight off the over.
IND 67/1 in 19 Overs
Shanghase looked like she was handed the ball, but that interruption changed something in Wolvaardt’s mind as Khaka resumes her spell. Keeps her lines tight as Mandhana gets Hemalatha on strike with a single through deep backward square. Dane van Niekerk on comms says that she would use her part-time bowlers here and save her main bowlers for later in the innings to test the Indian batting lineup. Khaka gives away a wide. But quiet over overall. Just three runs from the over.
N Sudarshan, our Bengaluru native and man on the ground, is enjoying this little tease
Peak Bangalore weather -- Umpires call for the covers when it starts drizzling. Rain stops even before the covers are halfway in. Match has resumed without any delay.
DRIZZLE IN BENGALURU TEASES GROUNDSMEN!
Players are off the field as the covers come on. OH WAIT. Five seconds later, the COVERS ARE OFF. Bengaluru, you need to make up your mind!
IND 64/1 in 18 Overs
Smriti Mandhana uses her feet as she lofts the ball over the mid on fielder for FOUR. Smooth hitting from the India opener. She follows it up with another attempt usin her feet, this time making room to swipe the ball over mid-on. FOUR. With momentum on her side, she tries to get the ball to backward point fence but it’s fielded. Three singles follow the two boundaries as Mlaba tries to reign in the scoring. Smriti’s picked her lengths perfectly in this over to get 11 runs added to the score. Need more such overs. The current partnership now up to 26 runs from 38 balls.
IND 53/1 in 17 Overs
Khaka returns. The pacer has two maidens but this one won’t be her third, with Smriti pushing the ball to the offside for a single. She goes into Hemalatha’s pads and the Indian batter defends as she tries to find a way to score. Khaka ends the over with a wide-ish rising delivery which Hemalatha is happy to cut square of the wicket. Tazmin Brits gets to the ball and tries to kick it away from the ropes but in vain. FOUR.
India has 72 dot balls so far in this innings
That’s technically 12 out of 16 overs without a run. Incredible bowling from South Africa and they’ve shown incredible discipline on the field as well, barring that blip from Sune Luus in the slip cordon. Can they capitalise and send back a few more Indian personnel?
IND 48/1 in 16 Overs
Mlaba returns for her fourth over. Smriti Mandhana is holding fort on one side. Mlaba bowls to her around the wicket. Just the one run from this over, a single for Mandhana on the leg side.
Time for drinks.
IND 47/1 in 15th Overs
Nadine de Klerk comes in for her fourth over and a lot of movement for her from this wicket. DROPPED CATCH here as Sune Luus puts Hemalatha down at first slip. Variable bounce on offer here for Nadine de Klerk. Unlucky not to finish this over with a scalp. Hemalatha given a lifeline on 3.
IND 45/1 in 14 Overs
Nonkululeko Mlaba returns. A superb over, would have been a maiden, but Hemalatha manages a single off the last ball to maintain strike. She oscillated between full and short deliveries to Mandhana in particular.
IND 44/1 in 13 Overs
Nadine de Klerk in her for her third. Smriti Mandhana goes on the backfoot to this short delivery up front and cuts the ball for FOUR. A few deliveries later, there’s a big lbw appeal for Hemalatha but the umpire isn’t interested. Struck her on the pads as she tried to dispatch the ball to the leg side. Safe. Just two additional runs from India. If SA had reviewed, the ball was going into the leg stump, but umpire’s call would have saved Hemalatha anyway.
IND 38/1 in 12 Overs
Nonkululeko Mlaba comes back for her second over and she strikes! Shafali Verma begins with a four over the bowler’s head. But Mlaba has the last laugh with Shafali trying to swish unsuccessfully, producing a big top edge and holing out to Masabata Klaas at mid-on.
WICKET Shafali Verma c Klaas b Mlaba 20 (38b 3x4 0x6) SR: 52.63
Hemalatha is the new batter in and sees the over off carefully.
IND 33/0 in 11 Overs
A very sedate start this from India. South African fielders are a cheery bunch, they know they’ve followed the plan perfectly. Nadine de Klerk in for her second over. There’s a wide-ish slip in place with the bowlers getting a lot of movement. Just five runs from the over.
IND 28/0 after 10 overs
First power play up as its been a slow one for India. Just a single run in this over.
IND 27/0 after 9 overs
That was a shot filled with frustration as Shafali hits it towards the onside for a four. But that was all from this over.
IND 23/0 after 8 overs
That was a long over. Three wides off of Klaas’ bowling as India gets a few more singles. New bowler Nadine de Klerk comes in.
IND 18/0 in 7 overs
Khaka gives away a wide on the first ball as wicketkeeper Meike de Ridder fails to collect, allowing the Indian batters to run a single. Smriti joins the party as she pulls towards square leg for a boundary. She takes a single to retain the strike.
IND 11/0 in 6 overs
Smriti gets off the mark with a single as slaps the ball towards fine leg. Shafali tries to go for the pull shot but the ball finds the edge, bounces, and goes behind to the wicketkeeper. Next ball, Shafali takes the same route and finds success. The ball takes flight and finds the boundary. The first for India.
IND 4/0 after 5 overs
Great footwork from Brits at the boundary line to prevent the ball from crossing the ropes and giving India its first four of the match. This fielding effort restricts the batters to just two runs. Smriti is yet to get off the mark. She’s faced 16 balls.
IND 2/0 after 4 overs
This one too would have been a maiden if it wasn’t for the wide ball outside the leg stump. The movement of the ball looks to be the reason why Smriti and Shafali are treading cautiously.
IND 1/0 after 3 overs
A very slow start for the Indian openers. Another maiden from Khaka as Shafali defends her way through these six balls.
IND 1/0 after 2 overs
Masabata Klaas comes in to bowl. Bit of movement in the first ball itself as Shafali’s bat survives a scare as the ball whizzed past the edge to the wicketkeeper. Great bit of fielding from the players standing near point, stopping Smriti’s drive from reaching the boundary. Just the single run from the over.
IND 0/0 after the first over
A maiden to start for South Africa. Great start for Khaka as she prevents Smriti from getting any runs on the board.
Match starts
It’s Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma for India to start off their batting. Ayabonga Khaka to start off things for South Africa.
Here’s a piece about today’s debutant Arundhati Reddy’s journey
Arundhati Reddy, a talented cricketer with a heart-warming journey, aims to make a mark in international cricket.
Playing XIs for this game
South Africa XI: Laura Wolvaardt (c), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Sune Luus, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Nondumiso Shangase, Meike de Ridder (wk), Masabata Klaas, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayabonga Khaka
India XI: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Asha Sobhana
TOSS: South Africa opts to bowl first
Good choice on a chase-friendly ground like Chinnaswamy. Good to have a target in mind given SA is the slightly dwindling batting unit as well.
DEBUT ALERT: Arundhati Reddy handed maiden ODI cap
Pitch report by Dane van Niekerk
The last two days, they’ve been rolling it really well. Looks a good track. India’s spinners were running through the South African line-up in the last game. I think it won’t take as much spin today. There’ll be a lot more runs on offer. If I was the captain, I would chase.
Match preview - 2nd ODI
One upside will be that the Proteas will have a full squad to choose from. Pacer Nadine de Klerk, in the pre-match briefing, said that the illness that had kept at least three women from playing Sunday’s game, including herself, was a thing of the past. The 24-year-old, however, was tight-lipped about Kapp’s return to bowling following a back injury.
This being a weekday fixture, there may not be that many supporters in the stands. The ones who do turn up will seek their money’s worth while all along hoping for the rain to stay away like it has all week.
N Sudarshan’s full match preview here:
India will expect its top-order batters to produce a tidier effort against South Africa in the second women’s ODI here on Wednesday in its quest for an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Areas of concern for India and South Africa
India: - Form of Shafali Verma- Constant changes to the number 3 slot - Is it Hemalatha or Richa? - Fielding, still not as clean as one would expect- Pooja Vastrakar’s fitness
South Africa:- Top order’s form- Marizanne Kapp’s workload - Pacers Khaka and Klaas did a good job, but got defensive at the drop of a hat, a change in perspective here might help?- Laura Wolvaardt’s form, SA needs her to drop anchor up top in this format
Series recap: What happened in the first ODI?
It was a true-blue RCB show at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in the first ODI with Smriti Mandhana and Asha Sobhana guiding India to massive 143-run win over South Africa.
Here’s the match report by our correspondent N. Sudarshan
The lone bit of worry for India will be the injury to Pooja, who went off the field in the 18th over of South Africa’s chase after seemingly injuring her left knee.
12:45pm IST: Weather update from Sudarshan
It’s warm and humid. Plenty of clouds around but nothing threatening so far.
SQUADS FOR THIS SERIES:
Two debuts were handed out right in the first game in Asha Sobhana for India and Annerie Dercksen for South Africa. Here’s what both contingents for this ODI series look like:
INDIA: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (WK), Uma Chetri (WK), Dayalan Hemlatha, Radha Yadav, Asha Sobhana, Shreyanka Patil, Saika Ishaque, Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Priya Punia.
SOUTH AFRICA: Laura Wolvaardt (c), Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Mieke de Ridder, Sinalo Jafta, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Suné Luus, Eliz-Mari Marz, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Tumi Sekhukune, Nondumiso Shangase, Delmi Tucker.
Where to watch the India Women vs South Africa Women 2nd ODI?
The second ODI between India Women and South Africa Women will be broadcast on the Sports18 network and DD Sports in India. The live streaming for this match will be available through the JioCinema app and website.
