SA-W vs IND-W

So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Soumarya Datta as we wrap up the coverage of this South Africa v India Women's T20I. Do switch over to the coverage of the IPL game between RCB and DC. Until next time, it is a warm good-bye from us.

Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa Captain, Player of the Match and Player of the Series): Very happy. Obviously, coming off a tough series in New Zealand to doing well is nice. Tosses went our way, so a few things fell in order. We thought the pitch will be a bit slower. It is usually flat but this is the end of the season. Was the right decision to bat first as well but it became pretty bat on in the 2nd innings. I don't think we had a game where we took all our catches. But overall, happy with the improvement over the last two months. We have had improvement in all the departments. We had a very good season. It is crazy how many people are at the games these days.

Harmanpreet Kaur (India Women Captain) - "  It's definitely disappointing for us. We wanted to give a chance to all our players so that going forward we understand where they stand and things get easier for us. We did well in patches today and we lost two wickets in the powerplay. There are positives as Fulmali and Richa played well. We need to sit down as a group and take the learnings forward. It's about staying positive and working hard and supporting each other. I think the fans have been amazing and they have supported us. Hopefully they will keep coming and supporting us. " 

MATCH OVER!

SOUTH AFRICA WIN THE MATCH BY 23 RUNS AND THE SERIES 4-1!

SOUTH AFRICA 155/6 (20)
INDIA 132/8 (20)

Bharti Fulmali 40 (30) | Richa Ghosh 25* (15)

Nonkululeko Mlaba 4-1-15-2 | Nadine de Klerk 3-0-26-2

What a clinical display from the Proteas Women as they beat India by 23 runs to complete the series by a 4-1 margin. South Africa wanted to experiment in the final T20I by batting first and they have accomplished that with success.

Chasing 156 for victory, Shafali Verma was trapped down the leg-side in the third as Eliz Mari-Marx took the first wicket. Jemimah Rodrigues' poor series also didn't change as she was dismissed for just 1 by Ayabonga Khaka. This meant that India could only get to the end of the Powerplay at 28/2. The run-rate didn't really increase after that as well with the duo of Anushka Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur struggling for timing. Anushka was finally put out of her misery in the 8th over when Nadine de Klerk accounted for her wicket.

Bharti Fulmali's entry gave some hope to India as she started to find the fence but Harmanpreet Kaur went back to the hut after managing only 22 off 28 with her becoming Nonkululeko Mlaba's first scalp of the match. Fulmali was starting to look really dangerous until Chloe Tryon trapped her in front in the 16th over. A couple of overs later, de Klerk and Sinalo Jafta combined superbly to send back Deepti Sharma through a stumping. In the end, Richa came up with a few boundaries but it turned out to be too little and too late as South Africa wrapped up a comfortable 23-run victory.

Earlier in the match, Laura Wolvaardt powered South Africa to a decent Powerplay where South Africa managed 49/0. After having a 75-run opening stand, South Africa were reduced to 106/4 with the spin duo of Shree Charani and Deepti Sharma impressing. Renuka Singh also further hurt the hosts with a couple of scalps in the 18th over but Wolvaardt and Sinalo Jafta came up with a terrific final flourish to help their team post a fine 155/6 off 20 overs. Wolvaardt, in particular, was sensational as she finished with 92* off just 56 balls single-handedly carrying her side through the innings.

19.6 Ayabonga Khaka to Shree Charani full and wide outside off. Shree Charani tries to reach out and go across the line but she misses it. It will be a dot ball to end the innings. South Africa Women win by 23 runs and clinch the series 4-1 

19.5 Ayabonga Khaka to Richa Ghosh, In the air and safe! It was full and bowled outside off. Ghosh cleared her front leg and went for a big heave. She got a top edge and it fell behind the fine leg region. It will be a couple of runs. 

19.4 Ayabonga Khaka to Richa Ghosh, SIXXXX! BIG HIT! But a bit too late. It was a full toss and down the leg stump line. Ghosh used her wrists and heaved it away over the deep square leg region for a MAXIMUM. 

19.3 Ayabonga Khaka to Shree Charani, pitched up and bowled outside off. Charani heaves and gets a thick outside edge towards the third man region for a single. 

19.1 Ayabonga Khaka to Shree Charani, full and bowled outside off. Charani tries to go across the line and gets an inside edge for a single behind the keeper. 

Stumping appeal taken upstairs. The replays show that Richa Ghosh just about made the crease in time. So, the decision is 'NOT OUT'. It is a wicket-maiden from Nonkululeko Mlaba.

18.5 Nonkululeko Mlaba to Kranti Gaud, fuller and bowled at the stumps. Gaud pushes it back to the bowler and Ghosh was halfway through the pitch. Gaud sacrifices her wicket and the 8th one goes down.