South Africa Women vs India Women T20 Cricket World Cup Predictions - Proteas to slot into gear to beat India

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The Proteas have had a poor start to the World Cup but have the quality to trounce India.
India have won two from two but South Africa presents a far tougher test.
South Africa can’t afford to lose another match in the tournament because that will give India a big advantage in getting into the semi-final.

Smriti Mandhana is enjoying great form with the bat (Getty Images).

South Africa vs India Women Predictions

India are top of Group 1 after two relatively easy opening matches but they still have to face South Africa and Australia. If India win they will be in a great position to beat out South Africa for the second spot in Group 1, so this is a must-win match for the Proteas.

South Africa vs India Women Predictions
Head-to-Head
South Africa Women Form
India Women Form
Team news

South Africa Women’s Laura Wolvaardt has scored 43-plus in 4 of her last 5 knocks.
South Africa Women’s Annerie Dercksen has scored 26 & 52 in her last 3 innings.
South Africa Women’s Marizanne Kapp took 3/23 against Pakistan Women.
South Africa Women have won 4 of their last 5 T20Is against India Women.
India Women’s Smriti Mandhana has scored 39, 68 & 74 in her last 4 knocks.
India Women’s Shafali Verma scored 55 off 38 balls against the Netherlands.
India Women’s Shree Charani has figures of 3/21 & 4/19 in her last 2 matches.

Head-to-Head

South Africa Women have won four and lost one of their last five T20 Cricket World Cup against India Women.

South Africa Women Form

After a disappointing loss to Australia after a great start by their bowlers, South Africa got points on the board with a nervy two-wicket win over Pakistan.

Annerie Dercksen top-scored with 52 off 35 balls (7 fours, 2 sixes) in the win over Pakistan. Laura Wolvaardt scored just eight in the last match but her previous four innings saw her rack up scores of 47, 65, 43 and 44.

Marizanne Kapp has figures of 4/24, 1/29 and 3/23 in her last three matches but hasn’t scored above 12 in four matches. Ayabonga Khaka has eight wickets in her last four matches while Nonkululeko Mlaba has picked up five wickets in her last four matches.

India Women Form

After losing their recent T20I series against England 2-1 by losing the last two matches, India have bounced back by winning their opening two matches of the World Cup.

Smriti Mandhana top-scored with 74 off 47 balls, 12 boundaries) in the win over the Netherlands. Mandhana put on 115 for the first wicket with Shafali Verma (55 off 38 balls).

Richa Ghosh has scored 68, 34 and 20* in her last three innings. Jemimah Rodrigues has scored 2,752 runs in T20Is (ave 29.59) but has struggled for runs recently, passing 19 just three times in her last nine innings.

Deepti Sharma took 5/20 in India’s opener against Pakistan, but Shree Charani has taken seven wickets in the first two matches and is India’s most consistent bowler at present.

Team news

The Proteas have a strong top order but they have struggled to gel in recent matches. India’s top order is a lot more consistent but the South African bowling attack will pose a stiff challenge to them.

South Africa Women (possible XI): Laura Wolvaardt (c), Sune Luus, Annerie Dercksen, Nadine de Klerk, Marizanne Kapp, Chloe Tryon, Kayla Reyneke, Sinalo Jafta, Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba.

India Women (possible XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Renuka Singh Thakur, Kranti Gaud, N Shree Charani.