Women's T20 World Cup: South Africa defeat India by six wickets

The 18th game of the ongoing Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 saw India women taking on South Africa women. The two sides met at Old Trafford in Manchester on June 21st. The clash saw Marizanne Kapp put in a brilliant showing as South Africa won the game by six wickets. 

The clash began with India coming in to bat first after winning the toss. The side opened its innings with Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma scoring 17 and 31 runs, respectively. Yastika Bhatia and



Harmanpreet Kaur failed to put in a good showing as well, scoring 15 and 12 runs, respectively. 

Deepti Sharma was the highest run-getter for India with 29 runs to her name. The Women in Blue managed to post a total of 158 runs in the first innings of the game. As for South Africa, Marizanne Kapp and Shabnim Ismail were the highest wicket-takers with two wickets each to their names. Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayabonga Khaka, and Nadine de Klerk took one wicket each as well.