Lucknow: The Indian women's cricket team won by 4 runs in a thrilling match played against South Africa in Bengaluru. With this, Team India has taken an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the series. Let us tell you that Team India had won the first match as well and by winning this match, they have won the series. In this match, the African team won the toss and decided to bowl first but India's opening batsman Smriti Mandhana proved their decision wrong and played a century innings.

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In this match, India suffered the first blow at 38 runs but despite this Mandhana did not stop and she scored a century. This is her second consecutive century in this series. Smriti faced 120 balls in this match and scored 136 runs with the help of 18 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from her, captain Harmanpreet Kaur also scored a century and played an unbeaten innings of 103 runs in 88 balls. During this, 9 fours and 3 sixes came off her bat. On the basis of the century innings of these two, India scored 325 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs.

While chasing the target of 326 runs, the African team did not have a good start. They lost their first wicket at 14 runs but despite this they continued to score runs but in the end they had to face defeat by 4 runs in the match. Africa needed 11 runs in the last over of this match to win but this team could score only 6 runs and lost the match by 4 runs. Captain Kaur gave the responsibility of the last over to fast bowler Pooja Vastrakar and she did not disappoint her captain.

For the visiting team, captain Laura Wolvaardt played a courageous innings and scored a century. She faced 135 balls and scored an unbeaten 135 runs. During this, 12 fours and 3 sixes came off her bat. However, she could not make her team win and with this Africa has also lost the series. Apart from captain Wolvaardt, veteran all-rounder Marijne Kapp also scored a century. She scored 114 runs in 94 balls. Deepti Sharma was the most successful bowler for India and she sent 2 batsmen to the pavilion while giving 56 runs in 10 overs.

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