दक्षिण अफ्रीका vs भारत, पांचवां टी-20, विल्लोमूर पार्क, बेनोनी, 27 April 2026 - कमेंट्री

Two wides! Fuller and well outside off, Sree Charani misses and the keeper also makes a half stop. A wide given and a bye taken.

Back of a length and on middle, Richa Ghosh punches it to long on for a single. She wants the second but the fielder is quick to throw the ball back.

Touch fuller and around off, Sree Charani lofts it over extra covers for a run.

SIX! Gets hold of that one! A full toss, on middle leg. Richa Ghosh makes the most of it and smacks it over the deep square leg fence for a biggie.

Uppish but safe! Short of a length and on middle, Richa Ghosh goes for the pull shot but gets a top edge. It goes in the air but lands over the fielder at short fine. Two taken.

Fuller and on off, Richa Ghosh forces it to wide long off for one.

A dot to end the game! SOUTH AFRICA WOMEN WIN BY 23 RUNS! Ayabonga Khaka bowls a good wide yorker, outside off, Sree Charani backs away and throws her bat at it but fails to reach it. 

OUT! CASTLED! Nonkululeko Mlaba has her second of the game now. She tosses it up, full and on middle, does not turn much. Arundhati Reddy dances down the track to smash it over mid-wicket, but ends up playing all over it. The ball goes through and rattles into the middle stump. India are seven down now.

Beauty! Slows it up, full and on off, turns away sharply. Kranti Gaud has a poke at it but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Short and around off, Kranti Gaud punches it to extra cover.

Floated, full and around off, Kranti Gaud uses her feet and swings at it but fails to connect. She does well to get back to her crease.

OUT! KRANTI GAUD IS RUN OUT! Nonkululeko Mlaba loops it up, full and on middle, Gaud pushes it back to the bowler. However, as soon as she hits it, Richa Ghosh sets off for the run to get back strike. Gaud takes off, seeing that she sacrifices her wicket. She had no chance of getting to the other end, as Mlaba breaks the stumps with ease. India Women are 119/8 now.

Almost another wicket for Nonkululeko Mlaba! She gives this one some more air, full and around off, turns away. Richa Ghosh uses her feet and tries to swipe it away but misses. Sinalo Jafta collects the ball and breaks the stumps, looking very confident. However, the replay shows that Ghosh put her bat down in time. 

Short and around off, Deepti Sharma punches it to cover-point for a single.

FOUR! Excellent shot! Flatter delivery, full and outside off. Richa Ghosh gets her hands through the shot and slices it over extra cover for a boundary.

FOUR! Streaky but they all count! Fuller one and on middle, Richa Ghosh gets down for the slog sweep. Gets a top edge that flies over the keeper's head for another boundary.

Nails the yorker, on middle and leg, Richa Ghosh jams it out to long on for one.

OUT! STUMPED! Nadine De Klerk gets her second and the star of the last match is gone now. Pitched up and around off, angles it away, keeping it out of the reach of the batter. Deepti Sharma skips down the track, stays leg side and has a slog across the line but misses it completely. Sinalo Jafta, the keeper, who is standing up to the stumps, collects it sharply and breaks the stumps with Deepti out of her crease.

Gets away with it!  A loopy full toss, around leg, Arundhati Reddy backs away and heaves it towards deep mid-wicket for just one. 37 needed in 12 balls!

Sloppy! Tossed up, full and on middle and leg, Deepti Sharma goes down and paddles it towards short fine. Tumi Sekhukhune fails to read the spin and lets it through for a couple of runs.

Floated, full and on middle, Deepti Sharma uses her feet and whips it wide of long on for a single. India Women need 50 runs in 22 balls now!

Dragged back, outside off, Richa Ghosh cuts it away but fails to beat backward point.

Flatter, full and on middle, Richa Ghosh knocks it back to the bowler.

Three dots in a row! Slows it up, full and on off, Richa Ghosh pushes it to the left of the bowler.

DROPPED! Richa Ghosh gets a life here! Flighted delivery, full and around off, Richa Ghosh backs away to lift it but fails to get the timing and the ball flies in the air towards sweeper cover. Chloe Tryon comes forward but spills it out. Two taken. Could this be the turning point for India?

Floated, full and on leg, Deepti Sharma swipes it away to deep backward square leg for a single.

FOUR! Fine shot! Tossed up, full and on off, Bharti Fulmali goes inside out, extends her arms and lofts it cleanly over extra covers for a boundary.

OUT! LBW! Huge appeal for LBW, up goes the finger. Chloe Tryon has made a habit of picking wickets at the right time. Flights it full and on middle, comes with the angle and was in line with the stumps. Bharti puts away her front leg to sweep but loses her shape as well. It rolls in and hits her on the pads. An appeal for LBW and up goes the finger. That front leg troubled Bharti Fulmali today. 

FOUR! Superb shot to get off the mark. The arm ball, fuller and in the slot, on middle. Richa Ghosh goes inside-out over cover and beats the fielder from long off as well. A boundary.

Slows up the pace and slides it on the pads. Ghosh looks to clip it away but misses.

Flatter delivery, on middle. Richa Ghosh taps it back on the track.

SIX! ALL THE WAY. Back of a length delivery on middle. Bharti Fulmali picks the slower delivery, gets low and powers it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. Much needed.

Once again, Bharti Fulmali is beaten to the same line. Drifts in a fuller delivery, down leg. Bharti Fulmali clears her front leg to flick but misses.

A low full toss, dipping onto the pads. Bharti Fulmali tries to help it away but misses and wears it on the pads.

Very full and on middle and leg, Fulmali drills it to long on for a single.

Straighter delivery, on the pads. Sharma clips it to square leg and runs across for a single.

Oh, Bharti is living dangerously. A yorker-length delivery, angling down. Bharti Fulmali clears her front leg to whip it away but misses and also loses her control. She manages to keep her back foot inside the line.

Pushes it full and across the left-hander, outside off. Sharma crunches it through cover for a run.

Wide! Nadine De Klerk surprises with a bouncer on middle. Bharti Fulmali looks to pull but misses. Good stop by the keeper standing up the stumps.

FOUR! This will release some pressure. Nadine De Klerk bowls a length delivery, around off. Bharti Fulmali gets a bit cramped as she forces her punch shot over cover, in the gap for four runs.

Angles it full and on middle and leg. Bharti Fulmali clips itthrough mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Beaten for pace! Slower length delivery, tailing on leg. Bharti opens up her body to heave but misses.

This is smart bowling! Bharti Fulmali opens her body once again, Nadine drifts it into the pads, giving no room to hit away. Gets hit on the pads as it rolls on the leg side.

A low full toss on middle and leg. Bharti Fulmali gets low and swipes it to deep square leg for one.

Was that a chance? A slower shorter delivery, outside off and turning away. Harmanpreet Kaur goes back and cuts it to point. The fielder dives to her left but fails to hold on. The ball was just dying on her. Two runs.

OUT! TAKEN! The skipper goes and India are in all sorts of trouble now. Mlaba floats it up, fuller and on middle, a little pace behind it. Harmanpreet Kaur tries to break the shackles as she heaves it across but top edges it to cover. The opposition skipper, Laura Wolvaardt, takes the skier. India are 76/4.

Bowls it flat and down leg. Deepti Sharma pulls it straight to short fine leg. She misses out here.

Tossed up, fuller and around off, turning in. Deepti Sharma punches it to short mid-wicket.

Shorter delivery, on the bodyline. Deepti Sharma pulls it to square leg for a single.

Excellent over from Mlaba. Drifting into the surface, length and on middle. Bharti Fulmali goes back and turns it to square leg.

Pitched fuller around off, driven down to long off for a single.

Pushed through flatter and attacking the off stump, Fulmali gets pegged back and jams it back to the bowler.

A slight hesitation in the running but they make it through. On the pads, tucked down to the left of short fine leg. Harmanpreet Kaur wants the single, and Fulmali eventually gets across. Kaur was the one running to the danger end and she was quick to make her ground.

Tossed up outside off, Kaur skips down the track to go big but slices it wide of short third for just a single.

Full and fired into the pads, Fulmali misses the flick and the ball goes off the boot to short fine leg. They get a leg bye.

WIDE! Quicker through the air, on a length and angled down the leg side. Kaur leaves it alone.

Dragged length, angled into the batter, Harmanpreet Kaur pushes it out from deep inside the crease and through mid on for a single.

Pitched full and angled into the toes, Fulmali goes deep in the crease, takes the front leg out and heaves it wide of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

SIX! That's flown away over the fence. Bowled short and angled down leg, Bharti Fulmali gets inside the line to pull but gets it off the top edge and the ball travels all the way over fine leg for a biggie. Already 8 off the over, just two balls in.

Much better line from Dercksen. Banged in halfway down the pitch, over off stump, Fulmali hops to cut but gets beaten.

NO BALL! Another short ball, the second one over shoulder height and it is called a no ball for height. A quick bumper over off and middle, Fulmali backs away to cut but is beaten yet again. Free hit loading...

FOUR! Fulmali does get the Free Hit ball away and the momentum is shifting in this over. Slower one, ends up being a full toss on leg stump. Fulmali backs away and chips it straight back over the bowler's head for a boundary.

FOUR! Top shot. Good length, around the top of off. Fulmali stays back and crouches a bit before cutting it right off the stumps and in between backward point and short third for another boundary. 17 off the over.

Short of a length and outside off, Bharti Fulmali cuts it away but straight to point. 17 runs off the over!

Slower through the air, short and wide, Kaur reaches for it and cuts it well but straight to backward point.

Good length, on off, Kaur hngs back and gets compact before nurdling the ball towards mid on for a single.

A bit of a drag down, outside off, Fulmali rocks back and hoicks it across to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Nagging length on off, Kaur looks to punch it off the back foot but glides it straight to backward point again.

Kaur just can't find the gaps at the moment and the pressure keeps mounting. Well short and wide outside off, Kaur throws her hands at it and smacks it to the cover fielder.

FOUR! Too many 'hit-me' deliveries from Tryon and finally, Harman puts one away. Short and wide again, Kaur goes after it and this time she finds the gap at covers and picks up a much-needed boundary. 50 UP FOR INDIA WOMEN.

A very full ball, around leg stump, Fulmali fails to flick it away. The ball hits the back leg and rolls to backward square leg for a leg bye.

Dug in short and right at the batter, Kaur is taken aback but manages to control the pull down to long leg and she picks up a single.

Good length, sliding into the pads, Fulmali gets slightly inside the line and helps it down to fine leg for just one more.

Back of a length and in the channel around off, Kaur hangs back to angle it away but ends up chopping it down to cover-point.

Straight up in the air, but will land safely! Short of a length again, angled into the body. Harmanpreet Kaur goes after it and ends up getting a top edge that comes down around the vacant square leg region. Chloe Tryon comes charging in from the deep but the ball falls well short and the batters get a single.

Pitched full and on off, Fulmali drills it but straight to mid off. Just 4 off the over. 111 needed off 66 balls.

Back of a length and around leg, Harmanpreet Kaur helps it past short fine. Nonkululeko Mlaba gives a good chase and keeps it down to two runs.

Short of a length and on middle, Harmanpreet Kaur pulls it away to deep square leg for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Nadine De Klerk strikes in her first over. Change of pace does the trick for her. She lands this on a good length and on middle, takes pace off. Anushka Sharma backs away to loft it down the ground, but her bottom hand comes off the bat upon contact. She ends up hitting it from the inside half of the bat and the ball flies in the air straight to long on, where Chloe Tryon moves forward a bit and takes a good catch. India Women are 38/3, chasing 156 runs.

Hard length and on off, Bharti Fulmali keeps it out to the off side.

Pitched up and outside off, Bharti Fulmali drills it away wide of sweeper cover for a brace.

Fuller one and on off, Bharti Fulmali drives it through covers for one more.

Floated, short and around off, turns away, Harmanpreet Kaur backs away and punches it through covers for a single.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Anushka Sharma blocks it out.

Excellent fielding! Flighted, full and on off, Anushka Sharma pushes it wide of extra cover and sets off for the run. Laura Wolvaardt dives to her right and makes a fine stop. She gets up and throws it at the batter's end, where Kaur has to hurry but makes her ground.

Flatter, full and on middle, Harmanpreet Kaur drills it down the pitch, where Nonkululeko Mlaba dives to her right on the follow-through to make a half-stop.

FOUR! Up and over! Gives this one some more air, full and around off. Harmanpreet Kaur gets her hands through the shot, hits it through the line and over mid off for a boundary.

Short and on middle, Harmanpreet Kaur moves back and nudges it through mid-wicket for one.

Back of a length and around off, Anushka Sharma punches it to sweeper cover for a single.

Short of a length and on off, Harmanpreet Kaur rides the bounce and dabs it to point.

Tries to be cheeky but doesn't come off! Touch fuller and on off, Harmanpreet Kaur gets down and across for the scoop but the ball goes off the face of the bat to the side of the helmet. It rolls towards point, where the fielder picks up and throws unnecessarily, allowing a run.

Hard length and on off, Anushka Sharma stabs it towards extra cover.

Bangs this into the pitch, just outside off, Anushka Sharma slaps it but cannot beat extra cover.

Keeps the length short again, on middle, Anushka Sharma miscues her pull off the toe-end towards mid on. India Women are 28/2 at the end of the Powerplay!

FOUR! Fine shot! Short of a length and well outside off. Anushka Sharma gets the chance to free her arms. Her bottom hand comes off the bat after contact but she crunches it through point for a boundary.

Back of a length and on off, Anushka Sharma punches it towards extra cover. Laura Wolvaardt gets low to stop it but the ball deflects off her knee, allowing the batters to take the single.

Bangs this into the pitch, but angling down the leg side. Harmanpreet Kaur looks to pull it away, but gloves it behind. It falls short of the diving keeper to her left.

Hits the length hard and around off, Harmanpreet Kaur steers it away towards point.

Slower one, full and on off, Harmanpreet Kaur clips it to mid-wicket.

Four dots on the trot to end the over! Fuller again and on middle, Harmanpreet Kaur tucks it to short mid-wicket. Despite the boundary, just 5 runs off the over. Marx figures read 3-0-12-1. Superb stuff from her.

FIVE WIDES! Terrible start by Ayabonga Khaka. Bashes it short and down leg. Sharma steps across to flick it away but misses and it rolls past the keeper and into the fence.

Hard length delivery on the slower side, around off. Sharma gets on her toes and tucks it to mid-wicket for one.

Back of a length delivery, around off. Jemimah Rodrigues respectfully keeps it out.

OUT! TAKEN. Another one falls. Khaka bowls into the surface on the shorter side, around off. Gets to a nice height for Jemimah to pull it away, and she goes after it, but plays off the higher part of the blade. She fails to get the connection and Chloe Tryon at deep square leg makes no mistake. India in some early troube. 

On a good length, outside off. Kaur punches it to point. The fielder dives to her right and makes an excellent stop.

A bit short and around off. Harmanpreet Kaur knocks it to cover.

Superb comeback from Ayabonga Khaka. Keeps it short and bowls it on middle. Harmanpreet Kaur nudges it to mid-wicket. 

Back of a length, on middle and leg. Anushka Sharma stays back and swipes it to deep square leg for a single.

OUT! GONE! Big wicket for South Africa Women, as Verma departs. Not a great delivery from Marx. Errs in line and drifts one on the pads. Verma tries to use the pace as she sweeps along the way, but ends up hitting it straight in the hands of short fine leg. Good catch by Chloe Tryon, getting low to her left. 

On a nagging length, around off, slight away movement. Jemimah Rodrigues puts in a strong defensive prod.

Into the surface, slightly short and on middle. Jemimah Rodrigues fends it away on the leg side for a quick single to get underway.

Wide! Pushes it full and down leg. Anushka Sharma looks to flick but misses.

Touch fuller, around the fourth stump line. Sharma presses and punches but straight to short cover.

Quick single to end the over. Too full and on middle. Sharma drills it to mid on for a single.

Flights it full and on leg, comes with the angle. Shafali Verma nudges it to mid-wicket for a single.

Angles in a length ball, flatter and on middle. Sharma punches it back to Chloe Tryon.

Loops it up and goes a bit full, on middle and leg. Sharma sweeps it straight to short fine leg.

In the air...lands safely. Chloe Tryon slows up the pace and bowls it flat on middle. Anushka Sharma comes down the track to heave but gets beaten for the pace. Ends up hitting it over mid on for a couple of runs. Sharma is underway.

FOUR! Creamed in the gap! Pitches it up, around off. Anushka Sharma leans and nicely drives it through covers, in the gap for a boundary. Much better shot from Sharma.

Tossed up, full and on middle. AS turns it through mid-wicket for a single. 

Eliz-Mari Marx begins with a length delivery, outside off, hint of away shape. Shafali Verma punches it to point.

Drags the length back by a faction and gives width outside off. Shafali Verma cuts it aerially over point for a brace. India are underway. 

On a good length, outside off. Verma opens the bat face and guides it to third man for a single.

Short of a good length, outside off, little away movement. Anushka Sharma punches off the back foot to point.

Keeps bowling in the same channel. On a length, outside off. Anushka Sharma knocks it straight to cover.

Three dots to end the over. Fractionally full, outside off. Anushka Sharma half-presses and pushes it to point. Tidy start by Eliz-Mari Marx.