India Women vs South Africa Women | South Africa Women tour of India, 2024 | 2nd ODI

That is all from this game. India seal the series but we have one more ODI match to go. Join us on the 23rd of this month at 1.30 pm IST (8 am GMT) and earlier for the build up. Till then, cheers!

Harmanpreet Kaur wins the Player of the Match award. She says it was a good game overall for Women's cricket and happy with how both teams played. Tells they were up to the mark with the bat but there are some improvements to be made while bowling. Shares Smriti Mandhana told she was a great bowler and she insisted on bowling few overs but was happy she got a wicket as well. Reckons Deepti Sharma is experienced and she always delivers for the team. On her ton, Kaur says she was not letting any negative thoughts get in and tells she worked hard and is happy to deliver for the team.

Laura Wolvaardt says 4 runs is heartbreaking but credit to her team to get close. Adds they did not have the best of starts but Kapp was brilliant and got them into a position to win the game. Mentions they gave away too much in the last 10 and they need to learn from that. Adds they just need to look at the positives and move ahead. Ends by saying she’ll have a good sleep and it was a good effort out there.

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Chasing a massive total, South Africa lost a couple of wickets early. Then came the stand which turned the tide on its head. A stand well over 150 between Kapp and Wolvaardt got their side back in the game. Both scored tons. Kapp fell shortly after getting to a ton and still a lot had to be done after that. Laura though continued along with Nadine de Klerk who put up another very good stand. It come down to 11 needed in the last over and 6 needed in 4. Pooja though kept her cool. She only conceded one run in the last 4 balls to take her side over the line and seal the series. We saw four centuries today, four of highest quality but it was the centurions from India who came out on top in the end.

What an absolutely brilliant game of cricket! India come out victorious in the end but after scoring 324, they wouldn’t have thought, it would come so close. Credit to Laura Wolvaardt and Marizanne Kapp to play the way they did. Credit also to Pooja Vastrakar to hold her nerve right towards the end. Overall, a game to remember.

Pooja Vastrakar and Harmanpreet Kaur are having a long chat. Tense faces in the visitors dugout.

Meike De Ridder walks to the middle.