India Dominates South Africa In Women's Cricket: Series Sweep And Award Winners Unveiled

Published: Sunday, June 23, 2024, 20:24 [GST]

India vs South Africa Women Award Winners: India completed a comprehensive 3-0 series sweep against South Africa with a dominant six-wicket victory in the final ODI played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

South Africa struggled from the outset, managing to post only 223/9 in their allotted 50 overs. India's disciplined bowling attack, led by Deepti Sharma and Shreyanka Patil, kept the South African batters in check. In reply, India chased down the target comfortably, with Smriti Mandhana's solid 90 off 83 balls anchoring the innings.

India's Triumph Over South Africa in Cricket

Player of the Series: Smriti Mandhana (IND)
Player of the Match: Deepti Sharma (IND)
Dream11 Gamechanger of the Match: Smriti Mandhana (IND)
SBI Life Apno Ke Liye Award: Arundhati Reddy (IND)
Striker of the Match: Smriti Mandhana (IND)
Smart Saver of the Match: Shreyanka Patil (IND)

Harmanpreet Kaur | Indian skipper: "The last two camps we had (one in Bangalore and one in Mumbai) gave us a lot of confidence. Credit goes to the bowlers, they have been outstanding today.

"I tell the bowlers to stick to their strength and just giving them confidence and giving them field placement as they want - all of them, they did well and really happy and really proud that they are improving day by day. We will enjoy our win tonight, but there is a Test match and then a T20 series coming up, so we need to think about our plans for that as well."

Smriti Mandhana | Player of the Series: "Unfortunate to miss out on a 100 today. Those kind of shots (sweep) sometimes come off and you need to keep backing yourself. The bowlers bowled really well and for us it is just about applying ourselves with the bat.

"We have a series left, Asia Cup and then the World Cup. After today's over I don't think I will get to bowl again, tried my hand in the previous game and got lucky, always good to add a different skill and if it comes off then it is the best feeling."

Deepti Sharma | Player of the Match: "Really enjoyed bowling today and we executed our plans perfectly. I always back my stock ball and stay ready for all kinds of situations. Sometimes you need to contain the batters, so I try to read the situation keeping the pitch in mind as well."

Laura Wolvaardt | South African skipper: "Didn't have enough runs on the board, we had a good start and unfortunate to lose too many wickets in the middle and not build any partnerships after that. Looking at how they chased, I think we needed 300 again, just the lack of partnerships hurt us.

"We have played good cricket in patches, need to be a lot more consistent. Like to see more consistency. We don't play too much of red-ball cricket, have a few days to refresh and get onto the Test plans. I am really excited and looking forward to it."

Shreyanka Patil: "When I bowled the first couple of overs (at the start of the innings) there was some turn on the wicket. I wanted Kapp's wicket badly and last night as well I was visualizing getting her out caught driving.

"Whenever the captain asks me to bowl, I'm happy to bowl at any given point of time and I am happy to bowl the first over today. When we got the first win, we thought we needed to maintain that momentum and make it 3-0. The approach was brilliant from the team today."

Arundhati Reddy: "I have never been that great at taking caught and bowled and I was lucky that those catches (Wolvaardt and Bosch) stuck. The conversation with the skipper was to break that (opening) partnership and we stuck to plans and executed them well today. Today's wicket was on the slower side, the previous game the ball was coming on nicely. It was all about sticking to consistently bowling the same line and length on this pitch."