India leveled the series by winning the third T20 smirit mandhana, jemimah, laura, pooja vastrkar | Women’s team India won the third T20 and leveled the series: defeated South Africa by 10 wickets; Mandhana’s fifty, Pooja was the player of the series

Indian Women’s team defeated South Africa by 10 wickets in the third T-20 match. With this victory, the Indian team has managed to level the 3-match series at 1-1 after trailing 0-1. The second match of the series was washed out in rain, whereas in the first match, South Africa won by 12 runs.

In this match played on Tuesday night at Chepauk Stadium, Chennai, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and decided to bowl. Indian bowlers bowled brilliantly and bowled South Africa out for 84 runs in 17.1 overs. In reply, the Indian team scored 88 runs without losing any wicket in 10.5 overs and won by 10 wickets.

Pooja Vastrakar 4 wickets
South Africa’s start was nothing special. They lost their first wicket for 19 runs. In the third over of the innings, captain Laura Wolvaardt was dismissed by off-spinner Shreyanka Patil on the score of 9 runs. Then in the 5th over, Marijn Cap was caught by Pooja Vastrakar at the hands of Shafali Verma.

The third wicket fell in the form of Tajmin Britz. Brits, who had scored consecutive half-centuries in the last two matches, was dismissed by Deepti Sharma for 20 runs. Here captain Harmanpreet Kaur took a brilliant catch. Pooja was adjudged Player of the Match and Player of the Series for her excellent performance.

After Britz was out, no South African player could last long. Pooja took 2 wickets in the 11th over of the innings. She first dismissed Anneke Bosch and then bowled Nandini de Klerk on the score of zero.

Radha’s wicket maiden over
Radha Yadav bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets for 6 runs in 3 overs of this match. The left arm spinner first got Anerie Derksen out LBW in the 13th over and then bowled a wicket maiden over in the 17th over, taking 2 wickets. In that over, he dismissed Sinlo Jafta for 8 runs and Malaba for 0, giving South Africa all out. Apart from her and Pooja, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka and Deepti got 1 wicket each.

7 South African batsmen could not reach double figures
South Africa’s batting, which batted brilliantly in the first two T20s, proved to be a complete flop in this match. 7 players including captain Laura Vollwart could not even reach double figures. 2 batsmen were out on the score of zero while Aybonga Khaka returned to the pavilion on the score of 0. Tajmin Britts scored the highest 20 runs for South Africa.

India’s strong start
Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana gave India a strong start. Both of them added 40 runs in 6 overs of powerplay. After that, they made a partnership of 50 runs for the first wicket in the 7th over. Together they did not give a single chance to the South African team and led India to win by 10 wickets. Shefali and Smriti batted brilliantly and added 88 runs on 65 balls and achieved victory by achieving the target of 84 runs in just 10.5 overs. Shefali scored 27 runs on 25 balls. While Smriti contributed 54 runs on 40 balls.

Smriti Mandhana’s 24th Fifty
Mandhana, who is in excellent form, scored the 24th half-century of her T20 career. For this he faced 40 balls. His innings made the match one-sided. Mandhana completed her fifty by hitting a six and won the match with the same six. He played an inning of 54 runs on 40 balls at a strike rate of 135. Also hit 8 fours and 2 sixes in the inning.