India Women vs South Africa Women, South Africa Women tour of India, 2019, Today Match Prediction 04 Oct 2019

indw vs rsaw Match Prediction & Analysis

India has taken the series 2-0 after their victory in the last match by 51 runs in a rain-affected game. The Indian team will be delighted with this series victory as this is their first T20I series win this season. India will look to win this match and whitewash South Africa by a 3-0 margin. They will also look to give a few chances to fringe players in the wake of The T20I World Cup coming up next year.

South Africa has been hit a roadblock and is finding it difficult to score freely against Indian bowlers. They need to get their act right and get a consolation win in this match which will do them a world of good going forward into the ODI series. Both teams will look to win this match and get the much-needed boost going ahead.

TEAMS PREVIEW

India Women Preview

India team has put behind their poor form in the T20I format and has won back-to-back matches to seal the series. Shefali Sharma and Smriti Mandana gave a good start with a 50+ opening partnership in a good time. Teenager Shefali Sharma played a dominating knock in the partnership with a 33-ball 46 and was the highest scorer for the Indian team. Harmanpret Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, and Deepti Sharma scored some vital runs to take India to a competitive total of 140 runs in their allotted 17 overs. It was spin show from the Indian team once again with the likes of Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, and Deepti Sharma having combined figures of 10-0-48-6 to derail the chase.

They bundled out South Africa for 89/7 in their 17 overs and won the match by a massive margin of 51 runs by DLS method.

Key Players:

Jemimah Rodrigus – Jemimah is one of the consistent batters in the Indian team for quite some time and she played a brilliant knock of 33 runs in 22 balls in the last match to carry forward the good start by the openers.

Deepti Sharma – Deepti Sharma has become a vital member of the Indian team with contributions from both bat and ball. She has scored 36 runs and took 4 wickets at a frugal economy rate in this series.

India Women Predicted Playing XI:

Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Veda Krishnamurthy, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Pooja Vastrakar, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma

India Women Actual Playing XI:

Smriti Mandhana, Veda Krishnamurthy, Taniya Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Anuja Patil, Poonam Yadav, Jemimah Rodrigues, Mansi Joshi, Harmanpreet Kaur, Shafali Verma, Arundhati Reddy

South Africa Women Preview

South Africa came into this series after some impressive performances in the T20I format recently but failed to make a mark here. They will be dejected the batting in this series as their scorecard read 119-all out & 89/7 (17 overs) in both the matches. Laura Wolvaart and Tazmin Brits are the only players to score runs in double digits in the last match. Mignon Du Preez failed in this match after a fighting fifty in the first match. They are struggling against the Indian spinners especially. Nadine De Klerk is their most successful bowler so far with 4 wickets in this series. Their spin duo of Sune Luus and Nonkululeko Mlaba is yet to take a wicket this series in the two matches.

Their bowling unit needs to trouble the Indian batting order more consistently and should not allow them to build vital partnerships easily.

Key Players:

Lizelle Lee – Lee is an aggressive opener who is capable of taking the game away in the power plays. She has scores of just 16 & 9 in the two matches and will be looking to play a big knock in this match. Sune Luus – Skipper Sune Luus is going through a rough patch giving away 30 runs off 3 overs without taking a wicket in the 2 matches. She has also failed with the bat with just 5 runs. She must inspire her team from the front with her performance.

South Africa Women Predicted Playing XI:

Lizelle Lee (wk), Tazmin Brits, Laura Wolvaardt, Nadine de Klerk, Mignon du Preez, Sune Luus (c), Shabnim Ismail, Lara Goodall, Ayabonga Khaka, Tumi Sekhukhune, Nonkululeko Mlaba

South Africa Women Actual Playing XI:

Laura Wolvaardt, Sune Luus, Nondumiso Shangase, Shabnim Ismail, Anne Bosch, Lizelle Lee, Ayabonga Khaka, Nadine de Klerk, Lara Goodall, Mignon du Preez, Sinalo Jafta

Weather Conditions

The weather looks bright and sunny after the rains from the last week and we must a get a full game in this match.

Venue Details

Surat pitch is favoring the spin bowlers and the Indian spinners are really enjoying bowling here. The average score in this pitch will be between 140-150 runs.

Toss: To Bat

South Africa won the toss and chose to chase but failed in both occasions. With rain threat not looming, teams will look to bat first and put a big score on board.