It’s been a tough time for  South Africa, but there have been some excellent individual performances across both sides. Rupin Kale picks a combined XI based on displays across the ODIs and T20Is.

Lizelle Lee (wk)

The South Africa opener was at her destructive best in the T20I series, accumulating 125 runs at 31.25 with a strike-rate of 137.36. In fact, she was the only player across both teams to cross the 100-run tally. Her blazing 47-ball 84  – the highest score of the series – in the sixth T20I catapulted the visitors to a consolatory 105-run win in Surat. She smashed 14 fours and a six in that knock.

Lee’s form dropped in the ODIs – she amassed just 53 runs in three innings – but she still finished as South Africa’s second-highest run-scorer across both series. She also affected three dismissals from behind the stumps.

With 10 wickets in six games, Ismail was South Africa’s leading wicket-taker across both series. She claimed three scalps in the ODI series and seven in the T20Is. Her bowling average was an incredible 11.14 in the T20Is, and she gave away just 3.81 runs per over.

In the final ODI, she almost played a starring role for South Africa with the bat. Coming in at No.8, she faced 57 deliveries for 11 to take the visitors very close to a win, but they ultimately fell short by six runs. Nonetheless, it was a successful tour for the veteran.

Shikha Pandey

Pandey, the right-arm medium-pacer, claimed seven wickets in six games across two formats. Her best performance came in the opening T20I, where she returned 2-18 in her four-over spell. Her wickets came at an average of 18 and an economy rate of 4.90 in the T20Is.

Poonam Yadav

Yadav was excellent for the hosts in both the series, emerging in their top-three wicket-takers across two formats. She claimed four wickets at 18.75 in the ODIs, and seven wickets at 12.42 in the T20I series. Her figures of 3-13 in the second T20I were crucial in restricting South Africa to 87-7 in a rain-affected encounter.

Ekta Bisht

The highest wicket-taker in the ODI serie, she claimed seven wickets in three innings at an average of 15, while giving away just 3.75 runs per over. She returned 3-32 in the final ODI, and all three wickets – Trisha Chetty, Sune Luus and Nondumiso Shangase – proved vital in the context of the game.

Radha Yadav

Yadav played just the T20Is but was extremely effective every time she took the field. She was India’s leading wicket-taker in the series, she picked up seven scalps in three games, at a stupendous average of 9.71. She returned 3-23 in the third T20I, playing a major hand in restricting South Africa to 98-8 in 20 overs. The 19-year-old has been very impressive with her left-arm orthodox spin since her debut last year.