IND-W Win By 28 Runs | India Women vs South Africa Women Highlights of ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Warm-Up: Asha Sobhana, Spinners Help Women In Blue Edge Past SA-W in Low-Scoring Encounter

That's it! Stunning comeback from the Indian Women. The tricky conditions in UAE made SA-W opt for a slow start and once the Indian spinners got into the attack, they lost their way. Asha Sobhana led charge as she scalped one wicket while Shreyanka Patil, Deepti Sharma, Harmnapreet Kaur, Shafali Verma picked one each. India have now won their both warm-up games and will enter the competition with confidence. 

Out! Some surprise sources for wickets and seems like the IND-W have taken out a page from Gautam Gambhir's men team. Harmanpreet Kaur and Shafali Verma decide to roll arms and they each take a wicket each pushing SA-W to deep trouble now. They now face a steep climb infront. de Klerk c Deepti Sharma b Kaur 4(10), Chloe Tryon c Rodrigues b Shafali Verma 24(20).

Out! India were desperately dependent on spinners to bring them back into the game and they did. Asha Sobhana and Shreyanka dismissed Laura Wolvaardt, Tazmin Brits and Sune Luus to bring India back into the game. Deepti Sharma dismissed Anneke Bosch. Wolvaardt b Patil 29 (26), Brits c Patil b Sobhana 22(25), Bosch c Patil b Sharma 3 (8), Luus c Yadav b Sobhana 3 (7).

India's new ball dup Pooja Vastrakar and Renuka Singh have failed to deliver any wickets and South Africa are off to a cautious but steady start. India can still comeback in the game but they will have to act fast. 

Ayabonga Khaka picks up a five-wicket haul as she dismissed Richa Ghosh, Pooja Vastrakar and Sheyanka Patil in the last over and deprives India of a strong finish. The only strong batting contribution India got was from Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh and Deepti Sharma, who remained not out in the end. Ghosh c de Klerk b Ayabonga Khaka 36(25), Vastrakar c de Ridder b Ayabonga Khaka 2 (2), Patil b Ayabonga Khaka 0 (1).

Finally India have got two of the batters well set in the crease and both Deepti Sharma and Richa Ghosh has been giving their best to take India out of troubled waters. They have a stitched a short and steady partnership.

Out! India's top order is just crashing down at this moment. This time it is the well set Jemimah Rodrigues. Annerie Dercksen is the one to claim the wicket. Rodrigues c Tazmin Brits b Annerie Dercksen 30(26).

Out! Smriti Mandhana perishes. She was not at his fluent best but along with in-form Jemimah Rodrigues, she was stitching a good partnership. But Nonkululeko Mlaba strikes and removes her from crease. Mandhana c de Klerk b Nonkululeko Mlaba 21(22).

Out! Another top order failure and this time the captain perishes. Harmanpreet Kaur is dismissed by Ayabonga Khaka once again. Kaur c Tazmin Brits b Ayabonga Khaka 10(11).

Out! Shafali Verma loses her wicket early on a duck as she gets dismissed for a duck by  Ayabonga Khaka. Shafali Verma b Ayabonga Khaka 0(2).

South Africa captain Sune Luus has won the toss and opted to chase considering dew later. 

Hello and welcome to the IND-W vs SA-W ICC T20 World Cup 2024 warm-up match. Stay tuned for toss update, live score updates and live commentary.