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Pride at stake for India eves in last tie vs South Africa

Updated on: 23 March,2021 07:41 AM IST  |  Lucknow
Santosh Suri |

The home team have one last T20I match to be played today here, to not only avoid a sweep but also salvage some pride. Getting their act together will be a big consolation.

Pride at stake for India eves in last tie vs South Africa

Mithali Raj. Pic/PTI

How far behind the Indian women’s team have fallen can be gauged from the fact that the last time they faced South Africa, in 2019 at home, they clinched the ODI series 3-1 and won all three T20I games. 


The shoe, it seems, is now on the other foot. Having lost the ODI series 1-4 and in danger of being whitewashed in T20Is, the Indian team’s planning is in disarray. After being runners-up at the T20I World Cup last year, India were expected to build on the gains. But the lack of cricket for a year during the pandemic, has hit them hard.


The home team have one last T20I match to be played today here, to not only avoid a sweep but also salvage some pride. Getting their act together will be a big consolation.


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