SA Women vs IND Women 2026, SA-W vs IND-W 4th T20I Match Report, April 25, 2026

India 185 for five (Rodrigues 43, Deepti 36*, Ghosh 34*, Reyneke 2-10, Marx 2-28) beat South Africa 171 for 9 (Luus 40, Brits 30, Deepti 5-19) by 14 runs

South Africa’s reliance on Wolvaardt was underlined as no-one scored greater than Sune Luus’ 40 they usually had no partnerships greater than Luus and Tazmin Brits’ stand of 44. South Africa rested Nadine de Klerk for this sport, which shortened their batting line-up, however that will probably be scant comfort for the end result.

Brits takes a speckie

After being moved right down to No. 3, Brits has had a reasonably quiet time of issues, however she made her presence felt within the subject. India misplaced Shafali Verma within the third over, when she was well-caught by Annerie Dercksen on the deep-square-leg boundary, however the guests progressed to 47 inside the primary six overs. The powerplay would have belonged to them however, on the ultimate ball, Brits snatched a ball from the sky to finish Anushka Sharma’s promising keep on the crease.

Opening rather than Smriti Mandhana, who was rested, Anushka labored her approach to 27 off 18 balls when she thought she might ship Tumi Sekhukhune over midwicket however Brits caught an arm as much as take a shocking one-hander.

Decision-making within the highlight

Jemimah Rodrigues was bowled by a faster ball from offspinner Kayla Reyneke to finish a 55-run stand with Harmanpreet Kaur however India have been nonetheless in a powerful place at 102 for 3 within the twelfth over.

Then, a mini-collapse got here in questionable circumstances. Bharti Fulmali, batting for the primary time in T20Is since 2019, reduce the primary ball she confronted in the direction of Sekhukhune at backward level nevertheless it fell simply brief. South Africa did not pay a lot for that. In the subsequent over, Fulmali was given out lbw on 2 to Eliz-Mari Marx as she tried to work the ball on the leg aspect. A extra beneficiant umpire could have judged it as happening leg however with no critiques, Fulmali needed to go.

Things received worse for India when, within the subsequent over, Harmanpreet tried to chop Reyneke and Sinalo Jafta, behind the stumps, celebrated as if the batter had been nicknamed off. Umpire Kerin Klaaste was unmoved as Jafta stored going and Harmanpreet walked off. India have been 120 for five and had misplaced three wickets for 18 runs in 14 balls.

Luus lets free

Former captain Luus has been in present captain Wolvaardt’s shadow on this sequence. But when Wolvaardt was dismissed early, bowled by the bat-pad hole by Gaud, Luus might step into his personal. She was already the senior companion and on 19 off 13 when Wolvaardt was bowled, and needed to preserve going as Brits labored her approach again to kind. Luus received fortunate when she bottom-edged Renuka Singh previous Ghosh for 4 however then smashed Renuka down the bottom to re-establish herself.

Luus hit Gaud for 4 after which six over long-on and seemed set for a 3rd successive fifty nevertheless it was to not be. Deepti took her first wicket in six T20s when Luus charged down the observe and performed throughout a supply that stored low and bowled her. Luus was gone for 40 off 24 balls.

Deepti dances again

Luus’ wicket was solely the beginning of Deepti’s comeback as she silenced the doubters with a bowling efficiency to recollect.

She deceived Dercksen with a shorter size and the No. 4 was early by the swing and effectively exterior her crease and bowled for 9.

With figures of two for 7 from her first two overs, Deepti was taken out of the assault and introduced again within the fifteenth over, when South Africa wanted 67 runs off 36 balls. Reyneke was on 21 off 18 balls when Deepti flew one, Reyneke tried to clear deep square-leg and holed out to Gaud on the fence. Deepti’s remaining act was the penultimate over when she had Ayabonga Khaka lbw and Sekhukhune overwhelmed for flight and stumped to finish an impressive return.