India vs South Africa, first T20I as it happened: Brilliant Bosch takes SA to a fabulous win

10.10 pm: That will be all from us for the live coverage for this match. India will be back in action tomorrow again for the 2nd T20I. Work to do.

Player of the match: Anneke Bosch

The 90-run 2nd-wicket partnership between Anneke Bosch (66*) and Sune Luus (43) set up SA’s win in the opening match of the T20 series.

SA 133/2 after 19 overs (Bosch 66, Wolvaardt 9)
SA win it in some style. Fittingly, Bosch (66 off 48) hits the winning runs. India let down by their fielding and SA were just better at every level. Still not enough wickets for India’s spinners.

SA 129/2 after 19 overs (Bosch 62, Wolvaardt 9)
South Africa Women need 2 runs in 6 balls. A brilliant, brilliant knock by Bosch. She has taken charge from the get-go and not taken a backward step.

SA 117/2 after 18 overs (Bosch 57, Wolvaardt 2)
South Africa Women need 14 runs in 12 balls. A tight finish. SA will need to hold their nerve here. India are being let down by their fielding time and again.

SA 109/2 after 17 overs (Bosch 51, Wolvaardt 0)
Simran bowls out her full quota (4-0-21-0). Good, solid stuff from her.

SA 104/2 after 16 overs (Bosch 46)
WICKET! One ball after being dropped by Gayakwad, Luus hits it straight back to the bowl and Harleen makes no mistake. The stand is finally broken. Will the match turn on this? Sune Luus c and b Harleen Deol 43(49)

SA 100/1 after 15 overs (Bosch 45, Luus 42)
South Africa Women need 31 runs in 30 balls. Just the over that SA needed. Bosch has looked better as the innings has progressed.

SA 90/1 after 14 overs (Bosch 36, Luus 41)
South Africa Women need 41 runs in 36 balls. SA have this, if they can keep their heads. This stand is already worth 76.

SA 80/1 after 13 overs (Bosch 35, Luus 32)
South Africa Women need 51 runs in 42 balls. They won’t want to leave it too late. India struggled to score in the last five overs while batting.

SA 76/1 after 12 overs (Bosch 33, Luus 30)
Another solid over by Simran. She keeps it straight, sticks to a stump-to-stump line. Just 6 runs from her two overs so far.

SA 72/1 after 11 overs (Bosch 31, Luus 28)
Bosch took a while to get going and struggled with her timing initially but she has found her groove now.

SA 63/1 after 10 overs (Bosch 24, Luus 26)
SA need 68 runs from 60 balls. Good over by the debutante Simran. Just two runs off it.

SA 61/1 after 9 overs (Bosch 23, Luus 25)
Another big over for SA. 10 runs off it. This time Bosch scoring the runs – two lovely fours but Poonam not getting her line right. After 9 overs, India were 56/1.

SA 51/1 after 8 overs (Bosch 14, Luus 24)
12 runs off the Deepti over. Luus is getting stuck in and it is not looking good for India. Smriti is walking around and testing her ankle.

SA 39/1 after 7 overs (Bosch 13, Luus 14)
Poonam into the attack and it will be interesting to see how SA deal with her.

SA 36/1 after 6 overs (Bosch 12, Luus 12)
Deepti into the attack and she does well – just four runs from the over. Skipper Mandhana looks like she rolled her ankle over while backing up a throw and she is going off the field.

SA 32/1 after 5 overs (Bosch 10, Luus 10)
Luus gets off the mark with a six down the ground and then followed it up with a lovely four through the off side.

SA 21/1 after 4 overs (Bosch 9, Luus 0)
SA will look to build a partnership but at the same time, they can’t take too long. India would love another wicket just about now.

SA 14/1 after 2.3 overs (Bosch 1)
WICKET! Lee tried to hit another one over the infield but didn’t connect well. Reddy has the wicket and India can breathe a little easier. Lee c Simran Bahadur b Arundhati Reddy 8(11)

SA 13/0 after 2 overs (Lee 8, Bosch 1)
Gayakwad into the attack and Lee hit a lovely straight drive for four. She is SA’s best batter... their most dangerous batter and India will hope they don’t come to the rue the missed opportunity.

SA 4/0 after 1 over (Lee 4, Bosch 0)
It didn’t take long to see the biggest difference between India and SA: fielding. Confusion between two fielders at mid-off and Lee gets a life off the last ball of Reddy’s over.

Ind 130/6 after 20 overs (Deepti 3)
WICKET! Reddy tried to send that over mid-off but couldn’t. Ismail gets her third wicket. Brilliant finish to the innings for SA. In the last five over, 26 runs, 4 wickets.

Ind 130/5 after 19.5 overs (Deepti 3)
Ghosh went for the scoop, missed and saw the ball crash into her off-stump. Wicket for Ismail. Richa Ghosh b Ismail 5(9)

Ind 126/4 after 19 overs (Ghosh 4, Deepti 2)
India need the big hits but they have only got singles and only five in the Khaka over. India have run out of steam here.

Ind 120/4 after 17.3 overs (Ghosh 0)
WICKET! Another wicket falls for India. Jemimah also finds the fielder in the deep and that means India have two new batters in the middle now. Rodrigues c Ismail b Anne Bosch 30(27)

Ind 116/3 after 17.1 overs (Jemimah 26)

Harleen finds the fielder in the deep. Bosch gets the wicket. 52 off 47. A fine innings and a vital 60-run stand for India. Harleen Deol c Ismail b Anne Bosch 52(47)

Ind 115/2 after 17 overs (Harleen 51, Jemimah 26)
Harleen Deol gets to her maiden fifty. 50 off just 44. She has made the most of the promotion to No 3. Just six singles in the Khaka over.

Ind 110/2 after 16 overs (Harleen 49, Jemimah 23)
Harleen continues on. Just one away from a deserved fifty. But fitness will be an issue now. They need to hit the big shots now.

Ind 104/2 after 15 overs (Harleen 46, Jemimah 20)
The runs continue to come but what is a good score here? India would want at least 150 from this point given that they have wickets in hand.

Ind 94/2 after 14 overs (Harleen 41, Jemimah 15)
A four to third man off the second ball for Jemimah and then a two off the next ball. Not great bowling by Ismail.

Ind 85/2 after 13 overs (Harleen 41, Jemimah 8)
27 runs in the last 3 overs for India and they have the platform. But this is exactly where they will miss the explosive batting of the injured Harmanpreet.

Ind 77/2 after 12 overs (Harleen 35, Jemimah 6)
Harleen is batting well but she might be lucky to still be there. A direct hit looked like it might have caught Harleen napping as she didn’t ground her bat. Luckily for her, the umpire didn’t go up.

Ind 71/2 after 11 overs (Harleen 32, Jemimah 3)
Luus into the attack and India take her for 13 runs. Good smart batting by Harleen, who is proving to be quite the revelation at No 3.

Ind 58/2 after 10 overs: That is a bit disappointing from India’s point of view. One of Shafali or Mandhana had to bat long, but what a chance for Jemimah Rodrigues to find form.

Over 9.1: WICKET! Oh dear, just when it seemed like Shafali Verma was getting into her groove. She comes down the pitch and misses the ball, Mlaba with the breakthrough. The lack of pace on the ball did Shafali in. Stumped. India 56/2.

Ind 56/1 after 9 overs: Another lovely strike down the ground by Shafali. Down the pitch against the medium pace of de Klerk and smacked straight back past. Good over for India.

Ind 49/1 after 8 overs: Good over from captain Luus. Shafali would be disappointed at not putting away a high full toss, she came down the track and couldn’t get the distance.

A powerplay score of 41/1 is decent considering Mandhana fell early. Shafali has been quiet by her standards, she can still explode here.

Ind 46/1 after 7 overs (Verma 15, Harleen 19)
India have got off to a fine start despite losing Mandhana early. Harleen and Verma are doing all the right things.

Ind 41/1 after 6 overs (Verma 12, Harleen 17)

de Klerk into the attack and Harleen helped herself to successive fours off the first two balls. Verma got another french cut for four. 6 fours and 1 six in the Indian innings already. 14 runs off the over.

Ind 27/1 after 5 overs (Verma 7, Harleen 8)
Khaka into the attack and she beat Harleen twice in the first three balls but then her fourth ball was on the pads and Harleen picked it up and sent it to the boundary line.

Ind 22/1 after 4 overs (Verma 7, Harleen 3)
Ismail taking the smart route. She is keeping it short when she is bowling to Verma.

Ind 19/1 after 3 overs (Verma 6, Harleen 2)
Harleen has been sent up the order, ahead of Jemimah. A six for Verma in the over from Mlaba – and a defensive stroke too!

Ind 11/1 after 1.3 overs (Verma 0)
WICKET! Mandhana hits that straight to the fielder at mid-on. Ismail gets the wicket. The ball hit the bottom of the bat and the batter immediately knew she was in trouble. Superb low catch by Bosch. Mandhana c Anne Bosch b Ismail 11(9)

Ind 11/0 after 1 over (Mandhana 11, Verma 0)
Left-arm spinner Mlaba to start things off for SA and Mandhana didn’t mind that at all. Two boundaries on either side of point for the left-hander. 11 runs in the first over. A good start for India.

The national anthems are done and we are all set to begin. With Shafali Verma at the top of the order, expect some fireworks.

Smriti Mandhana: I have a bit of experience (captaining), don’t being being in this role. In cricket, it’s important to not dwell on your past. That’s what we discussed. We had a good T20 Challenge, girls were a bit prepared for the T20s. The one-day series didn’t go our way. We need to start everyday as a fresh day, that’s what we are going to do.

India playing XI: S Mandhana, S Verma, J Rodrigues, D Sharma, R Ghosh, H Deol, N Parween, S Bahadur, P Yadav, R Gayakwad, A Reddy

South Africa playing XI: Lizelle Lee, Anne Bosch, Sune Luus(c), Laura Wolvaardt, Mignon du Preez, Lara Goodall, Nadine de Klerk, Sinalo Jafta(w), Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba

Toss: South Africa captain Sune Luus has won the toss and the tourists will bowl first.

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