Overview
- India’s 14-run win in Johannesburg on Saturday cut the deficit to 3-1, with the fifth and final match still to come in Benoni.
- Deepti Sharma took 5 for 19 and hit an unbeaten 36 to seal Player of the Match as South Africa’s chase closed on 171 for 9.
- India reached 185 for 5 after Jemimah Rodrigues made 43 and new opener Anushka Sharma added 27, with Richa Ghosh finishing on 34 not out in a 65-run stand with Deepti.
- The victory followed South Africa’s third T20I nine-wicket win, when Laura Wolvaardt’s 115 powered a 193 for 1 chase to clinch the series at 3-0.
- Head coach Amol Muzumdar has flagged India’s lack of early wickets in the powerplay as a key fix before June’s T20 World Cup in England.