दक्षिण अफ्रीका vs भारत, पहला टी20, किंगस्मीड, डर्बन, 17 April 2026 - लाइव कमेंट्री

Fuller and around off, Chloe Tryon bunts it out off the toe-end towards long on for a single.

In the blockhole, on leg, Annerie Dercksen backs away but loses her shape, drilling it to long on for a run.

Put down! A low full toss, outside off. Chloe Tryon tries to drag it from there and plays the slog sweep. Gets no timing as the ball flies towards deep mid-wicket. Anushka Sharma (Sub) dives forward with the ball dying in, but cannot get her fingers under it and drops it. Two taken.

Fuller and on off, Chloe Tryon drives it to long off for one.

1 run.

1 run.

Floated, short and on middle, Chloe Tryon flicks it wide of backward square leg, where Renuka Singh Thakur dives to her left to make a fine stop. A single taken.

Flighted, full and around off, Annerie Dercksen strides out and guides it towards point.

Loopy delivery, full and on off, Annerie Dercksen taps it towards short cover.

DROPPED! That was the chance for India Women to get back in this game! A full toss, down the leg side. Annerie Dercksen gets low to paddle it away but ends up lobbing it straight to short fine. Renuka Singh Thakur moves to her left, gets both hands on it but spills it out. They cross. Hands on heads for the Indian players.

Flatter, full and on middle, turns in sharply, Chloe Tryon fails to get any bat on it and the ball hits her pads.

Short and on middle, Chloe Tryon nudges it to the leg side for one.

Fuller and on off, Chloe Tryon drills it down the pitch. Kashvee Gautam gets low on the follow-through and takes the sting out of the ball, allowing long on to move to her left and cut it out. A single taken.

SIX! That has gone miles! A leg-cutter, into the pitch but sits up nicely for the batter, on off. Annerie Dercksen picks up the length early, uses her long levers and hammers it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie. That will release a lot of pressure.

Back of a length and around off, Annerie Dercksen stabs it out to extra cover.

A low full toss, on leg, Annerie Dercksen flicks it away to deep square leg for a run. 17 needed in 20 balls now.

Hits the length hard and outside off, Chloe Tryon steers it through point for one.

Pitched up and around off, Annerie Dercksen cannot quite get under it and lofts it on the bounce to mid off.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Chloe Tryon pushes it to short cover.

Floated, full and around off, Chloe Tryon opens the bat face and drives it square past point for a single.

Goes short and on middle, Annerie Dercksen moves back and swats it wide of long on for a run.

Quicker and shorter, on the leg stump line, Chloe Tryon clips it towards short fine. She wants the run but is sent back.

Almost dragged on! Slower through the air, shortish and around off. Chloe Tryon backs away and tries to punch it away but gets an inside edge just past the stumps, onto the keeper's boot.

Arm ball, short and angling into leg, Chloe Tryon works it to the right of short fine and calls for the run. Annerie Dercksen has to put in dive at the other end to make her ground. 25 needed in 24 balls now.

SIX! Shorter boundary on the leg side and Anneke Bosch doesn't miss out on the freebie. A knee-high full toss on middle, Bosch goes on one knee and helps it over the deep square leg fence for a biggie.

WIDE! Another one down the leg side and Bosch lets it go.

Good-length delivery on the fifth stump line, played off the back foot and towards deep cover for a single.

WIDE! A slight mix-up between the batters but no harm is done. Reddy misses her mark again and serves a full ball down the leg side. Richa Ghosh gets a glove on it and the ball rolls to short fine leg. The batters look for the single but decide against it as Dercksen dives into safety.

Shortish length, on the pads, tugged away through square leg for a single.

A bit fuller and outside off, blocked off the front foot by Bosch.

OUT! LBW! Stump-to-stump bowling and India Women keep chipping away with another timely wicket. Fuller than a good length, Arundhati Reddy lands it on off and gets the ball to nip back in. Anneke Bosch stays back and looks to flick but plays all around a straight ball and gets struck on the front pad. There is a big appeal for LBW and up goes the umpire's finger. 29 needed off 31 deliveries.

Tryon gets off the mark right away, and now South Africa Women need 28 runs off the last 5 overs. Good length, just outside off, eased away between cover and extra cover for a single.

Shorter on off, Annerie Dercksen swivels back and hacks it behind square leg for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! A twist in the tale? Or is it too late for India Women? Shreyanka Patil drops the ball slightly short on off but pushes it through quicker. Laura Wolvaardt rocks back to pull but gets rushed and gets it high on the bat. The ball gets clubbed to deep mid-wicket, where Jemimah Rodrigues takes a comfortable catch. Wolvaardt departs after a fine knock and South Africa Women now need 43 off 40 balls.

Flatter delivery at the stumps, Bosch stays back and jams it back onto the deck.

TWO WIDES! Too many extras from the Indian bowlers. Attempted loopy ball, slips out of the hands and ends as a full toss down leg. The keeper can't get to it and the batters get a single as well.

Bowled from the back of the hand and outside off, patted down in front of point.

Good length outside off, Dercksen hits it through cover-point and picks up a single.

Floated fuller and outside off, Anneke Bosch shuffles across and picks the sweep shot over backward square leg for just a single.

FOUR! That's powered away. Good length around off, Annerie Dercksen stays put and waits well before hitting it on the up and shes gets it well over wide mid off for a boundary.

FOUR! Edged away! The luck is also with South Africa Women at the moment. Nicely flighted, full and outside off, this one grips as well. Dercksen looks to drive but gets an outside edge that goes quickly past the keeper and rolls away into the deep third fence.

Dropped short and angled into the batter, Annerie Dercksen rocks back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for one.

On the shorter side again, outside off, Wolvaardt backs away and cuts it to sweeper cover for one more. The 50-run stand is up between these two.

Nagging length on off, jumps up a bit off the deck. Dercksen hops to the leg side and pushes it through cover-point for another single.

Slightly fuller on middle, angles in, Wolvaardt fails to flick it away. 44 needed now off 42 balls.

Bowled flatter and a bit short on off, Wolvaardt rocks back and plays a short-arm jab through mid on for a single.

Nicely bowled. Flighted up, fuller and around off, goes on with the arm. Annerie Dercksen rocks back to a full ball and looks to drive but gets an outside edge down to deep third for a couple of runs. 100 up for South Africa Women now.

Tossed up outside off, driven straight to covers but the fielder over there fumbles and deflects it away to mid off as the batters get a single.

Flatter on off, tapped back to the bowler.

Oh, another fumble in the field and Laura Wolvaardt manages to pick up a single and she brings up her FIFTY as well. Floated up on middle, Wolvaardt advances and flicks it to the right of mid-wicket before setting off for the single. Smriti Mandhana fails to pick up the ball cleanly and the batters are left off the hook.

Flatter again, on middle, tucked across to mid-wicket for another quick single.

Oh, a catching opportunity, but Arundhati Reddy bails out. Back of a length and outside off, Annerie Dercksen stands tall and lifts the ball high over cover-point. Reddy comes in from the deep but takes it on the bounce as the batters pick up a single. Could she have put in a dive? Maybe.

Slower one, full and wide outside off, driven to sweeper cover for a single.

FOUR! That's immaculate placement from Dercksen. Back of a length, on leg, Annerie Dercksen short-arms jabs it to the right of deep square leg and the ball races away to the fence.

WIDE! Pace off, a bit short and wide outside off. Annerie Dercksen decides late to go after it but misses and a wide is called.

Gets away with it, does Kashvee. Full ball on the pads, clipped away but straight to Sree Charani at short fine leg. A few inches on either side and it would have been another boundary.

Straighter in line again, flicked away through square leg for a single this time.

Hard length around off, Wolvaardt waits back and taps it through cover-point for one more. 61 needed now off 54 balls.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Laura Wolvaardt knocks it down the pitch.

Floated, full and on leg, Laura Wolvaardt tucks it through mid-wicket for a single.

WIDE! Flatter and shorter but down the leg side. Annerie Dercksen moves back to heave it away but misses. Called a wide.

Short again and around leg, Annerie Dercksen nudges it through mid-wicket for a run.

FOUR! That is a superb shot! Dragged back and just outside off. Laura Wolvaardt picks up the length early, gets on top of the bounce and slaps it away with exellent timing, beating sweeper cover to her right for a boundary.

Good cricket! Slows it up, full and on off, Laura Wolvaardt pushes it towards cover for a single.

Flighted, full and on middle, Annerie Dercksen tries to play the lofted shot but gets it from the inside half of the bat. The ball flies towards long on but drops well short of the fielder. They cross. South Africa Women are 88/2 at the halfway mark.

Full and on middle, Annerie Dercksen drives it off the bottom half of the bat to long on for a single.

Slower one, full and around off, Laura Wolvaardt heaves it aerially but on the bounce to deep mid-wicket for a run.

FIVE WIDES! India Women cannot afford to give away free runs! Renuka Singh Thakur errs in line and serves this full but way down the leg side, angles further in. Annerie Dercksen lets it go and Richa Ghosh also fails to stop it as the ball races to the fence behind for a boundary.

Hard length and on middle, angling in, Annerie Dercksen pats it down the pitch. Renuka Singh Thakur only manages to parry it towards mid on. Laura Wolvaardt is on the ground trying to back up. Her partner calls for the single but she refuses.

Uppish but safe! Short of a length and around leg, holds up in the surface. Annerie Dercksen looks to pull it away but gets a top edge. It flies high in the aur but drops safely in front of deep backward square leg. They cross.

Pace off, short and on middle, Laura Wolvaardt pulls it to deep square leg for one.

FOUR! Nice shot! Fuller delivery, on off. Annerie Dercksen backs away a bit. She presents the full face of the bat and thumps it over the bowler's head for a boundary.

OUT! STUMPED! Sree Charani strikes with her very first delivery. She tosses it up, full and just around off, keeping it away from the batter. Tazmin Brits charges down the track and has a big swipe across the line, but gets nowhere near the pitch and ends up playing all over it. The ball goes past the bat behind, where Richa Ghosh does the rest. South Africa Women are 63/2, chasing 158 runs.

Floated, full and around off, Annerie Dercksen goes for the big booming drive but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Shorter in length and outside off, Annerie Dercksen cuts it away to deep point for a single.

Flighted, full and on off, Laura Wolvaardt taps it out to extra cover.

Slows it up, full and on off, turns away. Laura Wolvaardt uses her feet but has to adjust to the line and length. She steers it towards point for one.

Short and just outside off, Annerie Dercksen punches it through cover-point for one more. Just 3 runs and a wicket from Charani's first over!

FOUR! Put away! A full toss, shaping down the leg side. Laura Wolvaardt does not miss out and glances it away past short fine for a boundary.

Fuller and on middle, angling in again, Laura Wolvaardt misses her flick and the ball brushes her pads before going into the gloves of the keeper. 

FOUR! Poor delivery and gets punished again! In search of swing, Reddy serves another full toss, on the pads. Laura Wolvaardt flicks it away with excellent timing in front of square on the leg side for another boundary.

Much fuller and just outside off, Laura Wolvaardt drills it through cover-point for a single.

Back of a length and on off, Tazmin Brits punches it towards extra cover.

Good length and on middle, shaping in and keeps low. Tazmin Brits manages well to get her bat down and clips it through square leg for one more.

FOUR! Gets it away! Floated, shortish and turning down the leg side. Tazmin Brits goes down for the swipe but gets a bit of a top edge. It goes past the keeper and to the fine leg fence for a boundary. 50 up for South Africa Women.

Pushed through quicker, skids through and keeps low. Tazmin Brits gets her bat in time to keep it out.

Risky single! Flighted, full and on middle, Tazmin Brits uses her feet and drills it to mid off and sets off for the run. Smriti Mandhana picks it up but misses her shy at the bowler's end. A direct hit and Brits was a goner.

Tossed up, full and on off, turns in, Laura Wolvaardt bunts it out on the pitch.

Shorter in length and on middle and leg, Laura Wolvaardt heaves it off the inner half of the bat towards square leg. 

Flatter, full and on leg, Laura Wolvaardt tucks it through mid-wicket for one. South Africa Women are 53/1 at the end of the Powerplay!

The debutant begins with a good-length delivery on the stumps, Brits clips it away through mid-wicket and picks up a single.

WIDE! Fuller in length, pushed into the pads but the ball slides down the leg side for a wide.

FOUR! Crisply struck. Short of a length on off, sits up nicely for the batter. Wolvaardt waits well and plays a whippy pull through mid-wicket as the ball rockets to the fence.

WIDE! Well done again by Ghosh. Good length on leg, drifts down and Wolvaardt fails to swing it away. Ghosh makes a sharp take high to her left.

A bit straighter again, Wolvaardt flicks it away through the leg side and picks up a single.

Full and straight, shapes back in a bit, Brits clears the front leg but gets the heave off the inside half of the blade and down to long on for one.

Slower one, ball short and outside off, smacked away to the fielder at deep point for another single.

Very full, sliding into the legs, Tazmin Brits flicks it behind square leg for another single. 11 runs off Gautam's first over.

FOUR! Down the track and over the infield. Floated up, on a length and around off. Wolvaardt skips down the track and heaves it up and over mid off for a boundary.

Nicely bowled. Deepti flattens it up, bowling it quicker on off, and the ball skids through. Wolvaardt gets pressed back as she jams it out on the off side.

Fired in again, on off, Wolvaardt comes forward and smacks the drive but straight to the cover fielder.

Nagging length on middle, darts into the batter, Wolvaardt plays it back to the bowler.

FOUR! Well struck. Darted in again, at the stumps, Wolvaardt advances, converts it into a low full toss and pummels it straight down the ground for a boundary. No chance for the long on fielder running to her left.

FOUR! Oh, that's come out all wrong for Sharma and Laura Wolvaardt dispatches it with ease. A juicy full toss on leg stump, Wolvaardt sits down and swats the slog-sweep flat and behind square leg for a third boundary in the over. 12 off it.

FOUR! Too straight from Thakur and she pays the price. Full and angled down leg, flicked away to the right of short fine leg, where the fielder dives and fails to stop the ball. It races away to the fence behind.

Renuka corrects the line, bowling it on a length and on off stump. Wolvaardt punches it straight to extra cover.

Full and outside off, driven firmly and square through the off side for a single.

Full ball, shapes back in towards middle. Brits takes the front leg out and jams it towards mid off.

Back of a length and outside off, slants back in. Tazmin Brits goes deep in the crease to punch it away but finds the fielder at cover.

That's brilliant fielding, saved four runs there, did Smriti Mandhana. Full and straight, Brits waits back, clears the front leg and drills it back past the non-striker but Smriti dives to her left at mid on and makes the save.

FOUR! Sune Luus goes after the width and gets it away. Floated up, full and wide outside off, Luus goes hard at it and slices it away through backward point for a boundary.

FOUR! Hammered away to the fence this time. Marginally short around off, Sune Luus rocks back and slams the ball through the gap between point and cover for another boundary.

OUT! TIMBER! What a comeback delivery from Patil. Shreyanka Patil floats the ball up fuller on off and middle, bowls it a bit quicker as well. Sune Luus just leans on to block it down the line but doesn't get to the pitch of the ball. The ball just straightens and moves past the outside edge to castle into the off stump. South Africa Women are 15/1, chasing 158 for the win.

Use of the feet straightaway from Tazmin. Patil sees her coming and jams a full ball in, but Brits works it wide of mid on to pinch a single.

Excellent running. Full on the pads, wristed away to the left of the fielder at deep backward square leg and Wolvaardt comes back for the second run with ease.

Good cricket all around. Flatter one on the pads, tucked away to the left of short fine leg for a quick single. Sree Charani, the fielder, picks it up and scores a direct hit at the keeper's end but Brits is in.

No swing there, plenty of width on offer but Laura Wolvaardt fails to put it away. Back of a length and wide outside off, Wolvaardt slaps the ball fiercely but finds Jemimah Rodrigues at point.

 Wolvaardt and South Africa Women are off the mark in this run chase. Back of a length again, on off, angled in, Wolvaardt tucks it away towards mid-wicket and picks up a single.

Pitched up fuller, darting back in towards the stumps. Sune Luus shows the full face of the blade and defends it to mid on.

Oh, that's well bowled. A slower yorker, shapes back in late and dips as well. Luus looks to drive but has to adjust and smothers it down on the deck.

FOUR! Luus is off the mark with a boundary. Good-length delivery around off, Luus shuffles down the pitch a bit and forces the heave to the right of the mid on fielder for a boundary.

WIDE! Well taken by Richa Ghosh behind the stumps. Too full and angled well down the leg side, Luus fails to sweep it away.

Full again, on the pads, whipped away through square leg for a single. 7 runs off the first over of the chase.