At the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, South Africa Women beat India Women in the third ODI of the five-match series by 6 runs via the DLS Method. The third match will be played on 14 March at the same venue. If South Africa win one of the two matches, they will beat India in a bilateral series for the first time since 2020/21. Before that, here is a statistical preview.
1 wicket needed by Shabnim Ismail (149) to become the first South African and seventh overall to reach 150 ODI wickets. Jhulan Goswami (233), Cathryn Fitzpatrick (180), Katherine Brunt (153), Ellyse Perry (152), Anisa Mohammed (151), and Sana Mir (151) are the only ones with more wickets. As is evident, Ismail has a realistic chance of reaching the third place by the end of the series.
1.667 win/loss ratio of India Women against South Africa Women (15 wins, 9 defeats).
2 dismissals needed by Sushma Verma (27 catches, 21 stumpings) to become the fourth Indian and 25th overall to 50 dismissals. 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 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.
3 wickets needed by Marizanne Kapp (128) to go past her wife Dane van Niekerk (130) and become the second-highest wicket-taker for South Africa Women. Only Ismail (149) has more.
4 catches needed by Goswami (64) to go past Suzie Bates (67) and top the list for most catches by a non-wicketkeeper in Women’s ODIs.
9 runs separate Punam Raut (2,153) and Smriti Mandhana (2,144), the fourth- and fifth-highest run-getters for India. They are behind only Mithali Raj (6,974), Anjum Chopra (2,856), and Harmanpreet Kaur (2,448).
26 runs needed by Raj (6,974) 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.
41 runs needed by Kapp (1,959) to become the sixth South African and the 42nd overall to the 2,000-run mark. The top five are Mignon du Preez (3,325), Lizelle Lee (2,917), Trisha Chetty (2,599), van Niekerk (2,115), and Laura Wolvaardt (2,097). Kapp will also become the sixth (after Lisa Sthalekar, Sasikala Siriwardene, Ellyse Perry, Stafanie Taylor, and van Niekerk) to do the 2,000 run-100 wicket double.
83 runs needed by Lee (2,917) to become the second South African (after du Preez) and the 14th overall to the 3,000-run mark.