Women's cricket team wins in T20

East London: In a closely-fought match at Buffalo Park stadium in the South African city of East London, the Harmanpreet Kaur successfully chased the total set by Dane van Niekerk's Proteas Women and defeated them by nine wickets with five balls to spare.
India Women won the toss and decided to field. Indian bowlers Pooja Vastrakar, Poonam Yadav and Anuja Patil ripped through the South Africa top batting order. When the 20 overs ended, South Africa Women were at 142/7.
Defending at total of 142 runs is not easy but South Africa Women bowlers rose ably to the task. They kept the pressure on from the beginning and at several points in the game, you could see that India had scored almost the same number of runs as South Africa had at the corresponding point in their innings. What didn't match however, were the number of wickets that had fallen.
That's because while the bowlers were pretty good, the fielders failed in their job miserably. Both Mithali Raj and Smriti Mandhana were dropped on multiple occasions by different fielders. When Mandhana was finally dismissed, it was because she was declared lbw.
Because of the poor fielding, Raj and Mandhana were able to form a strong partnership of 106 runs in 14.2 overs that laid the foundation for a successful run chase. Even then, the bowlers didn't make it easy for Raj and Kaur. With five overs left, India Women still needed 33 runs. When there were three overs left, India Women needed 23 runs to win. Raj began closing the gap in the 18th over, which was bowled by Ayabonga Khaka. She hit two of the balls for boundaries. Adding that to the three singles she and Kaur managed to get, India Women ended the over needing 12 runs from 12 balls. Then Kapp bowled the 19th over. Kaur scored one run but Raj slammed her for eight runs, including a boundary. India now needed only three runs from six balls. Raj, who had faced the first ball of the innings, now took strike for the first ball of the last over. In a fitting end, she hit Moseline Daniels for a four, taking India to victory.