India Women will host South Africa Women for five ODIs and three T20Is, all of them at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow between 7 and 24 March. Ahead of the first ODI, here is a statistical preview. India Women vs South Africa Women 1st ODI preview
0 Women’s ODIs at Ekana Stadium, Lucknow until now. They are set to become the 51st ground in India and 313th in the world to host a Women’s ODI. However, KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium, in the same city, had hosted 4 Women’s ODIs between 1995 and 2005.
2 win/loss ratio of India Women against South Africa Women (14 wins, 7 defeats).
4 runs needed by Laura Wolvaardt (1,996) to become the fifth South African and the 41st overall to the 2,000-run mark.
4 dismissals needed by Sushma Verma (25 catches, 21 stumpings) to become the fourth Indian and 25th overall to the 50-dismissamark. Anju Jain (30 catches, 51 stumpings), Sulakshana Naik (28 and 32), and Karu Jain (32 and 26) are the only Indians to have done this.
4 wickets needed by Shabnim Ismail (143) to go past Lisa Sthalekar (146) and become the seventh-highest wicket-taker of all time. Jhulan Goswami (225), Cathryn Fitzpatrick (180), Katherine Brunt (153), Ellyse Perry (152), Anisa Mohammed (151), and Sana Mir (151) are the only ones with more wickets.
5 uncapped players in the Indian squad – Yastika Bhatia, Monica Patel, Challuru Prathyusha, Sweta Verma, and Radha Yadav. One or more of them may add to the list of 127 Indian ODI caps.
5 wickets needed by Marizanne Kapp (126) to past her wife Dane van Niekerk (130) and become the second-highest wicket-taker for South Africa Women. Only Ismail (143) has more.
99 matches for Harmanpreet Kaur. She is set to become the fifth Indian and 44th overall to play 100 ODIs. The other three Indians are Mithali Raj (209), Goswami (182), Anjum Chopra (127), and Amita Sharma (116).
199 ODIs for South Africa. They are set to become the fifth team to play 200 Women’s ODIs, after England (351), New Zealand (344), Australia (332), and India (272).
364 days since India Women had last played an international match.