South Africa Women vs India Women, 5th T20I, India Women tour of South Africa 2026 - CommentaryRSAW vs INDW, 5th T20I, India Women tour of South Africa 2026 - Commentary
South Africa Women won by 23 runs
RSAW
155/6(20)
INDW
132/8(20)
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
PLAYER OF THE SERIES
The South African players celebrate with the trophy and that's a wrap of this series. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. Until next time, it's goodbye!
Wolvaardt | SA captain: Very happy. Coming off a tough time in NZ, to turn it around at home is very nice. Obviously, home conditions, won all the tosses, so had a few things going in my way. But yeah, a bit of a tough wicket today, up and down bounce. I think that power play again was pretty crucial. I like sort of how aggressive we've been in the power plays. I think it's been awesome and sort of sets us up for the innings. So yeah, hopefully it continues. It's normally a pretty flat wicket, but yeah, right at the end of the season, we thought it might be a bit low and slow. Also haven't been bowling first the whole series, so just wanted to try it out. It was the right wicket to bat first as well. I think it was a good decision. It looked pretty tough to bat second when the ball was just bouncing a bit funny and holding a bit. Always things to look at and improve. Fielding is one of them. I don't think we had a game where we took all our catches. Overall very happy with the improvements in the last couple of months. Been a very good season for us. Crazy to see how many people are at the games these days. The vibe is absolutely awesome. And the crowd again was massive today. So thank you to everyone who came out to support.
Wolvaardt is Player of the Match and Player of the Series
Harmanpreet | India captain: Disappointing for us. More than that, wanted to give opportunities to all our players. Good that we've done that. We did well in patches today. In batting, the powerplay was something which cost us. Didn't get too many runs and lost two wickets. Lots of positives and learnings for us. Need to sit together as a group and think how to move forward. They have a very good team. Now we know all their plans - how they're batting and bowling. Need to keep working hard. Fans have been amazing.
5.09pm local: Quite a disappointing effort from India in that chase. The pitch was sluggish and the visitors were even more so. There was no great intent in the first 10 overs once the first couple of wickets went down. The partnership between Anushka and captain Harmanpreet just dawdled along as the required rate climbed over 10. Backloading the chase on such a pitch where it got harder to score against the older ball wasn't the smartest move and Mlaba's superb spell of 2/15 sealed the deal. Stay tuned for the presentations...
Over 20
132-8
Wd2116210(13 runs)
Shree Charani
1 (2)
Richa Ghosh
25 (15)
Ayabonga Khaka
4-0-29-1
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19.6
Ayabonga Khaka to Shree Charani, no run, was a stumping chance had the keeper not fumbled. That's the game. The series finishes 4-1 in favour of South Africa as they win the final T20I by a comfortable margin. Charani steps out, gets yorked by a full and wide delivery and misses. Jafta fumbles behind the stumps
19.5
Ayabonga Khaka to Richa Ghosh, 1 run, good length around off, driven down to long-off
19.4
Ayabonga Khaka to Richa Ghosh, 2 runs, full toss again, Ghosh swings hard, gets a thick top-edge and it somehow lands safely
19.3
6
Ayabonga Khaka to Richa Ghosh, SIX, doesn't miss out on the full toss this time. Whipped off the pads and clears the boundary behind square
19.2
Ayabonga Khaka to Shree Charani, 1 run, full and wide, Charani swings hard and it flies off the edge in front of deep third
19.1
Ayabonga Khaka to Richa Ghosh, 1 run, full toss on the pads, Ghosh looks to whip it away but toe-ends it down to long-on
19.1
Ayabonga Khaka to Shree Charani, 2 wides, very wide outside off, Charani fails to make contact and the keeper fumbles
Ayabonga Khaka [3.0-0-16-1] is back into the attack
Over 19
119-8
W000W0(0 runs)
Richa Ghosh
15 (11)
Shree Charani
0 (0)
Nonkululeko Mlaba
4-1-15-2
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18.6
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Richa Ghosh, no run, Ghosh has survived a stumping check. Swung so hard after stepping out that the swing helped her carry the momentum to ground the bat behind the crease. Again very slow from Mlaba, getting the ball to dip well in front of the advancing batter before turning it past the edge
Shree Charani, left handed bat, comes to the crease
18.5
W
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Kranti Gaud, out Kranti Gaud Run Out!! Suicidal run. It's pushed straight back to the bowler but Ghosh is so desperate for the strike that she just takes off. Poor Kranti had no hope in hell. Kranti Gaud run out (Nonkululeko Mlaba) 0(4)
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Kranti Gaud, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!
18.4
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Kranti Gaud, no run, beaten on the outside edge. Tossed up on the wide line, Kranti tries reaching out for a drive but it turns past the edge
18.3
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Kranti Gaud, no run, another dot
18.2
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Kranti Gaud, no run, oh what a ripper! Good length on middle and leg, turns sharply and squares her up in defence
