South Africa Women's Cricket Team In India In 2020–21
The South Africa women's cricket team played against the India women's cricket team in March 2021.
Five Women's One Day International (WODI) and three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches were played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Despite the short notice of the tour, Cricket South Africa confirmed that tests for COVID-19 had been done and the team was ready to travel. Prior to the tour, India's last international match was the final of the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup on 8 March 2020. The South African team arrived in Lucknow on 26 February 2021, before undergoing six days of quarantine.
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| India women | South Africa women | ||
| Dates | 7 – 23 March 2021 | ||
| Captains | Mithali Raj (WODIs) Smriti Mandhana (WT20Is) | Suné Luus | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | South Africa women won the 5-match series 4–1 | ||
| Most runs | Punam Raut (263) | Lizelle Lee (288) | |
| Most wickets | Jhulan Goswami (8) Rajeshwari Gayakwad (8) | Shabnim Ismail (7) | |
| Player of the series | Lizelle Lee (SA) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | South Africa women won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Shafali Verma (130) | Suné Luus (91) | |
| Most wickets | Rajeshwari Gayakwad (4) | Shabnim Ismail (4) | |
| Player of the series | Shafali Verma (Ind) | ||
South Africa won the first WODI with India winning the second match to level the series at 1–1. South Africa then won the next two WODIs to win the series with a game to spare. South Africa won the fifth WODI by five wickets to take the series 4–1.
Ahead of the WT20I series, India's captain Harmanpreet Kaur was ruled out of the matches due to an injury, with Smriti Mandhana captaining India in her place. South Africa won the first two WT20I matches, recording their first series win against India in the format. India won the final match by nine wickets, with South Africa winning the series 2–1.
Squads
| WODIs | WT20Is | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 India |  South Africa | India | South Africa |
WODI series
1st WODI
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Monica Patel (Ind) made her WODI debut.
- Harmanpreet Kaur (Ind) played in her 100th WODI.
2nd WODI
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- India Women won the toss and elected to field.
3rd WODI
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
- South Africa Women were set a revised target of 218 runs from 46.3 overs due to rain.
- Laura Wolvaardt captained South Africa for the first time in WODIs.
- Mithali Raj became the first player for India to score 10,000 runs in women's international cricket.
4th WODI
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Radha Yadav (Ind) made her WODI debut.
- Shabnim Ismail became the first bowler for South Africa to take 150 wickets in WODIs.
- Mithali Raj (Ind) became the first cricketer to score 7,000 runs in WODIs.
- This was South Africa's highest successful run chase in WODIs.
5th WODI
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Challuru Prathyusha (Ind) made her WODI debut.
WT20I series
1st WT20I
2nd WT20I
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
3rd WT20I
Notes
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