deepti captures first T20I fifer to lead india to win vs south africa
Johannesburg, April 27 -- Deepti Sharma produced a stirring all-round effort, including her maiden fifer in the shortest format, to inspire India's 14-run win over South Africa in the fourth women's T20I here.
South Africa had taken an unassailable 3-0 lead coming into this match, and they appeared set to extend the run after restricting India to 185/5.
But Deepti (5/19), who played a big role in taking India past the 180-run mark with a composed unbeaten 36, grabbed key wickets in the middle phase to impede SA's run, and limit them to 171 for nine.
South Africa raised the challenge through Sune Luus (40) and Tazmine Brits (30), who added 54 runs for the second wicket. But once Deepti castled Luus, India were all over the home side.
Luus was seriously threatening to go big after skipper Laura Wolvaardt was earlier bowled by pacer Kranti Goud.Apart from Luus, off-spinner Deepti also jettisoned Annerie Dercksen, big-hitting Kayla Reyneke, Tumi Sekhu and Ayabonga Khaka to break SA's batting unit.
Brief scores: India 185/5 (J Rodrigues 43, D Sharma 36*, R Ghosh 34*). South Africa 171/9 (S Luus 40; D Sharma 5/19). India won by 14 runs....
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