South Africa Women beat India Women by 8 wickets in the first of the five matches in the series, at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The second match will be played on 9 March. Before that, here is a statistical preview. India Women eyeing comeback against vs South Africa Women in 2nd ODI
1.75 win/loss ratio of India Women against South Africa Women (14 wins, 8 defeats).
1 wicket needed by Shabnim Ismail (146) to go past Lisa Sthalekar (146) and become the seventh-highest wicket-taker of all time. Jhulan Goswami (227), Cathryn Fitzpatrick (180), Katherine Brunt (153), Ellyse Perry (152), Anisa Mohammed (151), and Sana Mir (151) are the only ones with more wickets.
4 uncapped players in the Indian squad – Yastika Bhatia, Challuru Prathyusha, Sweta Verma, and Radha Yadav. One or more of them may add to the list of 128 Indian ODI caps.
4 dismissals needed by Sushma Verma (25 catches, 21 stumpings) to become the fourth Indian and 25th overall to the 50-dismissal mark. Anju Jain (30 and 51), Sulakshana Naik (28 and 32), and Karu Jain (32 and 26) are the only Indians to have done this.
4 wickets needed by Marizanne Kapp (127) to go past her wife Dane van Niekerk (130) and become the second-highest wicket-taker for South Africa Women. Only Ismail (143) has more.
51 runs needed by Kapp (1,949) to become the sixth South African and the 42nd overall to the 2,000-run mark. The top five are Mignon du Preez (3,277), Lizelle Lee (2,781), Trisha Chetty (2,587), van Niekerk (2,115), and Laura Wolvaardt (2,076).
62 runs needed by Mithali Raj (6,938) to become the first to reach 7,000 ODI runs. She is some distance ahead of Charlotte Edwards (5,992), the second name on the list.