Women's Cricket: India whitewashes South Africa in ODI series
India women whitewashed South Africa in the three-match ODI series on Monday. In third ODI, the hosts defeated Proteas by 6 runs in a low-scoring match at Reliance Stadium, Vadodara. India won the toss and elected to bat first, where opener Priya Punia was dismissed for a duck by Ismail in the first over. In her second over, Ismail took another wicket, this time another opener Jemimah Rodrigues (3). https://twitter.com/BCCIWomen/status/1183706498985156608?s=20 Punam Raut and skipper Mithali Raj moved the scoreboard slowly and were dismissed on 15 and 11 runs, respectively. Harmanpreet Kaur (38) was the highest run-scorer in the 3rd ODI. However, she was bowled by Kapp. Prior to her, Shikha Pandey played brilliant innings of 35 runs off 40 balls. Proteas restricted India to a low score of 146. But this total was not an easy chase. Also, Read | 1st T20: Shafali Verma becomes youngest T20 debutant, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma script victory Indian spinner Ekta Bisht along with Deepti Sharma and Rajeshwari Gayakwad posed difficulties for the visitors. Ekta took 3 wickets, while Deepti and Gayakwad bagged 2 wickets each. South Africa was all-out on 140. Ekta Bisht was named the Player of the match for the three-wicket haul. Meanwhile, South African player Marizanne Kapp was awarded as Player of the series for her exceptional all-rounder performance throughout. -PTC News
