IND-W vs SA-W Live: Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues fight back in middle overs at Kingsmead

Jemimah Rodrigues also shifts gears as she smashes Chloe Tryon for a huge six over mid-off. India reach 100 and are looking strong for a big total.

Harmanpreet Kaur - 30 off 21 balls

Jemimah Rodrigues - 30 off 23 balls

IND-W - 108/2 in 13 overs

Harmanpreet Kaur smashes Nadine de Klerk for a six and a four to accelerate her and India's innings. A big 15-run over for India.

Harmanpreet Kaur - 25 off 18 balls

Jemimah Rodrigues - 22 off 20 balls

IND-W - 95/2 in 12 overs

Harmanpreet and Jemimah are struggling to find big shots in the middle overs as South African bowlers stage a strong comeback after a poor start.

Harmanpreet Kaur - 11 off 11 balls

Jemimah Rodrigues - 14 off 12 balls

IND-W -73/2 in 9.3 overs

Both Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur are taking the things slow to settle down after powerplay.

Harmanpreet Kaur - 6 off 7 balls

Jemimah Rodrigues - 7 off 7 balls

IND-W - 60/2 in 8 overs

India lose both openers in powerplay after a flying start. Smriti Mandhana departs after struggling knock, Ayabonga Khaka with the breakthrough.

Mandhana scored 13 off 14 balls. Harmanpreet Kaur joins Jemimah at the middle.

IND-W - 48/2 in 6 overs

Tumi Sekhukhune with a breakthrough. Shafali Verma departs after striking straight up in the air.

Shafali scored 34 off 20 balls.

IND-W - 46/1 in 5 overs

Smriti Mandhana shifts gears and smashes Chloe Tryon for a huge six over square leg. Indian openers are dominating at Kingsmead.

Shafali Verma - 24 off 14 balls

Smriti Mandhana - 12 off 10 balls

IND-W - 36/0 in 4 overs

Shafali Verma gets India off to flying start in Durban as she smashes takes on Sune Luus in the first over with a six and a four. She adds two more fours in the next two overs to give India an early control.

Shafali Verma - 23 off 13 balls

Smriti Mandhana - 6 off 5 balls

IND-W - 29/0 in 3 overs

As expected, India drop struggling pacer Kranti Gaud and give a maiden T20I cap to Kashvee Gautam, who had a brilliant WPL 2026 campaign for Gujarat Giants.

No other surprises in both teams today.

India XI: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Kashvee Gautam, Shreyanka Patil, Shree Charani, Renuka Thakur

SA Women: Laura Wolvaardt (c), Sune Luus, Tazmin Brits, Annerie Dercksen, Anneke Bosch, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Ayabonga Khaka, Tumi Sekhukhune, Nonkululekho Mlaba

Captains Laura Wolvaardt and Harmanpreet Kaur are in the middle at Kingsmead for the toss.

Wolvaardt wins the toss and South Africa opt to bowl first

South Africa Women are back home after their poor show in New Zealand last month. The Proteas lost the five-match T20I series by 1-4 in their first preparations for the T20 World Cup 2026.

The hosts are looking to bounce back and take advantage of home conditions. They will also look to avenge their 2025 World Cup final loss to India.

Marizanne Kapp and Dane van Niekerk miss out due to fitness issue but Laura Wolvaardt-led side have enough firepower to challenge the strong Indian side.

Indian women cricket team last played T20I cricket in Australia and won the three-match series 2-1. They have won their last four T20I series and are looking like one of the best teams in the world ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026.

Harmanpreet Kaur leads a strong Indian team for the South Africa series. Kashvee Gautam and Anushka Sharma are in contention for their T20I debut today.

Renuka Singh and Kranti Gaud's poor run of form will be a big concern for the team in the World Cup year, but they have enough time to sort this issue on pace-friendly surfaces in South Africa.

Hello everyone, welcome to Sports Yaari's live coverage of today's T20I game in Durban.

South Africa women and India women kick off a 5-match T20I series at Kingsmead. The cricket shifts to international cricket amid IPL and PSL and fans are excited.

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