The South Africa women's cricket team played against the India women's cricket team in March 2021. Five Women's One Day International (WODI) and three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches were played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Despite the short notice of the tour, Cricket South Africa confirmed that tests for COVID-19 had been done and the team was ready to travel. Prior to the tour, India's last international match was the final of the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup on 8 March 2020. The South African team arrived in Lucknow on 26 February 2021, before undergoing six days of quarantine.
South Africa won the first WODI with India winning the second match to level the series at 1–1. South Africa then won the next two WODIs to win the series with a game to spare. South Africa won the fifth WODI by five wickets to take the series 4–1.
Ahead of the WT20I series, India's captain Harmanpreet Kaur was ruled out of the matches due to an injury, with Smriti Mandhana captaining India in her place. South Africa won the first two WT20I matches, recording their first series win against India in the format. India won the final match by nine wickets, with South Africa winning the series 2–1.
Squads WODIsWT20Is Mithali Raj (c) Harmanpreet Kaur (vc) Yastika Bhatia Rajeshwari Gayakwad Jhulan Goswami Dayalan Hemalatha Mansi Joshi Smriti Mandhana Monica Patel Challuru Prathyusha Priya Punia Punam Raut Jemimah Rodrigues Deepti Sharma Sushma Verma (wk) Sweta Verma (wk) Poonam Yadav Radha Yadav Suné Luus (c) Anneke Bosch Tazmin Brits Trisha Chetty Lara Goodall Shabnim Ismail Sinalo Jafta (wk) Marizanne Kapp Ayabonga Khaka Nadine de Klerk Lizelle Lee Nonkululeko Mlaba Mignon du Preez Tumi Sekhukhune Nondumiso Shangase Faye Tunnicliffe Laura Wolvaardt Smriti Mandhana (c) Harmanpreet Kaur (c) Simran Bahadur Harleen Deol Rajeshwari Gayakwad Richa Ghosh Mansi Joshi Nuzhat Parween (wk) Monica Patel Challuru Prathyusha Arundhati Reddy Jemimah Rodrigues Deepti Sharma Ayushi Soni Shafali Verma Sushma Verma (wk) Poonam Yadav Radha Yadav Suné Luus (c) Anneke Bosch Tazmin Brits Trisha Chetty Lara Goodall Shabnim Ismail Sinalo Jafta Marizanne Kapp Ayabonga Khaka Nadine de Klerk Lizelle Lee Nonkululeko Mlaba Mignon du Preez Tumi Sekhukhune Nondumiso Shangase Faye Tunnicliffe Laura Wolvaardt
WODI series 1st WODI
2nd WODI
3rd WODI
4th WODI
5th WODI
WT20I series 1st WT20I
2nd WT20I
3rd WT20I
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External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo