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There is an exciting match between India and South Africa in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup today. Harmanpreet Kaur and team would like to score a hat-trick of wins in the tournament today. But in front of them is a strong team in the form of South Africa, which is coming after defeating Pakistan in the last match. Team India got a big shock before this match, Shreyanka Patil was out of the tournament due to injury. Know the probable playing 11, pitch report and prediction of both the teams in today’s match.
The 18th match of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 will be played between India and South Africa at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Strafford. The match will start at 7 o’clock, toss will take place at 6:30. India is coming into the tournament after winning both its matches. While South Africa lost to Australia in the first match, it defeated Pakistan in the last match.
Who will replace Shreyanka Patil in playing 11?
BCCI has included Prema Rawat as a replacement for Shreyanka Patil, who was ruled out of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 due to injury. However, today he would hardly get a place in the playing 11 in the match against South Africa. In place of Shreyanka, Radha Yadav can be included in the playing 11, who is also a good fielder.
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India’s probable playing 11
Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Yastika Bhatia, Radha Yadav, Shri Charani, Kranti Gaur, Nandani Sharma.
The. Africa’s probable playing 11
Laura Wolvaardt (captain), Sune Luus, Anne Derksen, Marijan Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Chloe Tryon, Kayla Ryneke, Sinola Jafta (wk), Shabnam Ismail, Ayabanga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba.
IND-W vs SA-W match pitch report
The pitch at Old Trafford has a hard surface. Fast bowlers get good bounce on this. However, as the game progresses, the batsmen will start getting help here, hence there will be a need to play carefully in the powerplay. If we look at the weather, the fast bowlers will get help in the initial overs, the ball will seam which will create problems for the batsmen.
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Who has the upper hand?
24 T20 matches have been played between Indian Women and South Africa Women, out of which India has won 11 and South Africa has won 10. The other 3 matches remained inconclusive. Smriti Mandhana is in excellent form, scoring half-centuries in both the matches of the T20 World Cup. Deepti Sharma has been seen in good form with both ball and bat. Shefali Verma is also giving a bright start. Talking about South Africa, the team lost the first match against Australia. India has the upper hand in today’s match.