Women’s T20 World Cup warm-up: India beat South Africa, enter tournament on confident note – Times of India
India women's cricket team picked up their second straight warm-up win ahead of the Women's T20 World Cup which gets underway on Thursday in the UAE. India's batters played a key role in the 28-run win over South Africa women in Dubai. India had earlier posted a 20-run win over the West Indies.Smriti Mandhana (21 from 22), Harmanpreet Kaur (10 from 11), Jemimah Rodrigues (30 from 26), Deepti Sharma (35* from 29) and Richa Ghosh (36 from 25) all played a part as India put together 144/7 against a strong South African bowling attack.Ayabonga Khaka bagged five wickets in her four overs to finish with exceptional figures of 5/25, picking up three wickets in her final over of the innings to deny India a bigger finish.But the second innings saw India’s bowlers take their turn to keep things tigh...