Pitch Conditions:
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Pitch is expected to be neutral with batsmen giving somewhat extra advantage however women’s matches are generally low scoring. You can expect scores in the vicinity of 150.
South Africa Team Preview:
They have won the ODI series in a one sided manner so their confidence will be high. They generally change the batting order of the team in the T20Is. Tazmin Brits should open the innings along with L Lee while M Kapp should bat at no.3. L Wolvardt bats at no. 4 in this format.
Probable 11 :
Lizelle Lee, Tazmin Brits, M Kapp, Laura Wolvaardt, M Du Preez, Sune Luus(c, LS), Nadine de Klerk, Shabnim Ismail, Nonkululeko Mlaba(LAO), Ayabonga Khaka, T Sekhukhune
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Lizelle Lee, Laura Wolvaardt, T Brits and M Kapp
Main Spinners: N Mlaba and S Luus
Main Pacers: S Ismail, M Kapp and A Khaka
Stats of the Players:
T Brits(RHB, scored 2 half centuries in the last 2 games):
CAREER STATS T20I: 17 M, 17 I, 362 R, 25.85 A, 98.36 SR
T Chetty(RHB):
CAREER STATS T20I: 76 M, 70 I, 1109 R, 17.60 A, 88.36 SR
S Jafta(LHB):
CAREER STATS T20I: 9 M, 3 I, 26 R, 26.0 A, 123.80 SR AND(ODI): 11 M, 6 I, 23 R, 4.60 A, 27.38 SR
L Lee(RHB, Highest scorer of the ODI series):
CAREER STATS T20I: 76 M, 76 I, 1692 R, 24.88 A, 108.81 SR+ 4 I, 7 O, 0 W
M Du Preez(RHB):
CAREER STATS T20I: 106 M, 98 I, 1740 R, 21.75 A, 100.75 SR
L Wolvaardt(RHB):
CAREER STATS T20I: 27 M, 25 I, 455 R, 22.75 A, 105.08 SR
F Tunnicliffe(RHB):
CAREER STATS T20I: 9 M, 7 I, 38 R, 7.60 A, 61.29 SR
L Goodall(LHB+RAM):
CAREER STATS T20I: 10 M, 9 I, 104 R, 14.85 A, 79.38 SR
M Kapp(RHB+RAM):
CAREER STATS T20I: 81 M, 68 I, 986 R, 18.96 A, 95.82 SR+70 I, 232 O, 62 W,
S Luus(RHB+LS):
CAREER STATS T20I: 77 M, 55 I, 752 R, 20.32 A, 108.51 SR+ 59 I, 148 O, 47 W,
N De Klerk(RHB+RAM):
CAREER STATS T20I: 20 M, 17 I, 241 R, 24.10 A, 94.50 SR+ 12 I, 36 O, 18 W,
A Bosch(RHB+RAM):
CAREER STATS T20I: 3 M, 2 I, 24 R, 12 .0 A, 88.88 SR+ 2 I, 6 O, 2 W,
S Ismail(RAF):
CAREER STATS T20I: 95 M, 94 I, 333 O, 106 W,
A Khaka(RAM):
CAREER STATS T20I: 31 M, 31 I, 101 O, 29 W,
N Mlaba(LAO):
CAREER STATS T20I: 10 M, 10 I, 29 O, 3 W,
N Shangase(RAO):
CAREER STATS T20I: 6 M, 6 I, 10 O, 6 W,
T Sekhukhune(RAF):
CAREER STATS T20I: 20 M, 20 I, 57 O, 16 W,
Team India Preview:
Indian team looked rusty in the ODI series. They received a major blow just at the start of the series as their captain Harmanpreet Kaur is ruled out of the first T20I due to injury. They are looking very weak on the paper as they have selected many unknown faces.
Probable 11:
Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Harleen Deol, Sushma Verma(w), Radha Yadav, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Mansi Joshi/Arundhati Reddy
Expected Death Overs: Radha Yadav and any one bowler.
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Jemimah Rodrigues, Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma
Main Spinners: Poonam Yadav(LS), Rajeshwari Gayakwad(LAO), Radha Yadav(LAO) and Deepti Sharma(RAO)
Main Pacers: Mansi Joshi
Performance and Stats of the Players:
Sushma(RHB):
CAREER STATS T20I: 19 M, 6 I, 31 R, 10.33 A, 81.57 SR
Nuzhat Parween(RHB):
CAREER STATS T20I: 3 M, 1 I, 1 R, 1.0 A, 33.33 SR
S Mandhana(LHB):
CAREER STATS T20I: 75 M, 73 I, 1716 R, 25.23 A, 119.41 SR
Shafali Verma(RHB+RAO):
CAREER STATS T20I: 19 M, 19 I, 487 R, 27.05 A, 146.24 SR
J Rodrigues(RHB+RAO):
CAREER STATS T20I: 44 M, 38 I, 930 R, 26.57 A, 111.24 SR
A Soni(RHB):
CAREER STATS T20I:
R Ghosh(RHB):
CAREER STATS T20I: 3 M, 3 I, 49 R, 16.33 A, 89.09 SR
H Kaur(RHB+RAO):
CAREER STATS T20I: 114 M, 102 I, 2186 R, 26.98 A,+ 53 I, 110 O, 29 W,
D Sharma(LHB+RAO):
CAREER STATS T20I: 48 M, 35 I, 423 R, 18.39 R, 90.77 SR+ 48 I, 172 O, 53 W,
P Challuru(RHB+LS):
CAREER STATS T20I:
S Dil Bahadur(LHB+RAM):
CAREER STATS T20I:
H Deol(RHB+RAO):
CAREER STATS T20I: 6 M, 4 I, 23 R, 5.75 A, 62.16 A+5 I, 10 O, 5 W,
P Yadav(LS, Gone wicketless in the One Day series):
CAREER STATS T20I: 67 M, 67 I, 242 O, 95 W,
R Yadav(LAO):
CAREER STATS T20I: 35 M, 35 I, 127 O, 49 W,
M Joshi(RAM):
CAREER STATS T20I: 8 M, 8 I, 29 O, 3 W,
R Gayakwad(LAO, took 8 wickets in the ODI series):
CAREER STATS T20I: 28 M, 28 I, 101 O, 35 W,
A Reddy(RAM):
CAREER STATS T20I: 20 M, 19 I, 62 O, 15 W,
M Patel(LAM):
CAREER STATS T20I:
ODI: 2 M, 2 I, 13 O, 0 W,
