India w vs South Africa W, 1st T20I, stats at Buffalo Park, East London

South Africa Women will face India in the first match of the tri-series on Thursday, January 19 at Buffalo Park in East London. This will be valuable practice for both teams as well as the West Indies, who will be the third team to compete in the forthcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023, which begins on February 10. This will be the series’ first encounter, and both teams will be looking to get off to a winning start. The tri-series competition will have seven matches, with each team meeting the other two teams twice in the round-robin stage. The top two teams will then face off in the championship game on February 2. All of the games, including the final, will take place at Buffalo Park in East London. India Women will be without the services of Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh, who are competing in the U-19 Women’s World Cup.

Their absence will leave a void in the batting order, which is already strained. The team’s management, on the other hand, will see this as an opportunity to put other players to the test. Sabbhineni Meghana is set to replace Shafali at the crease, with Yastika donning the wicketkeeper’s gloves. Jemimah Rodrigues will also need to recover her mojo in time for the big event, according to Indian Women. Notably, this is the Proteas’ first international match since the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in August of last year, and they will need to improve before hosting the Women’s T20 World Cup. Sune Luus will lead South Africa in the interim since Dane Van Niekerk failed to meet the official fitness benchmarks.

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Form Guide (Last 5 Matches)

South Africa-W: W, L, L, L, L

India-W: L, L, L, W, L

STATS – T20