India Vs South Africa Highlights, Women's T20 World Cup 2026: Kapp Fifty Helps SA-W Beat Poor IND-W By Six Wickets

Hello cricket fans! We're back with the live coverage of match 18 of India vs South Africa in ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 in Manchester. Stay tuned for the live score and real-time updates of the match here.

India Women: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Nandni Sharma, Renuka Singh Thakur, Radha Yadav, Bharti Fulmali, Prema Rawat

South Africa Women: Laura Wolvaardt(c), Sune Luus, Annerie Dercksen, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Chloe Tryon, Kayla Reyneke, Sinalo Jafta(w), Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Karabo Meso, Tumi Sekhukhune, Tazmin Brits, Dane van Niekerk

The match 18 of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 will be televised live on the Star Sports Network and will also be streamed live on the Jio Hotstar app and website. The live action will begin at 7:00 PM IST.

India women have won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa in Manchester.

South Africa Women: Laura Wolvaardt(c), Tazmin Brits, Annerie Dercksen, Dane van Niekerk, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Chloe Tryon(w), Sinalo Jafta, Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba

India Women: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Arundhati Reddy, Shree Charani, Nandni Sharma

• Matches played: 24

• India won: 11

• South Africa won: 10

• No Result: 3

Some start for IND-W against SA-W in Manchester. Couple of fours from the blade of Mandhana and Shafali. Good toss to win for India. Harmanpreet Kaur is playing her 200 T20I. That's some feat for the skipper.

Marizanne Kapp gets the huge wicket of Smriti Mandhana on 17 (12). The vice-captain tries to be cheeky as she looks to hit behind the keeper but fails and the ball crashes on to her stumps. Kapp rejoices as SA-W have their first wicket.

Shafali Verma is not bogging down despite the wicket of Smriti Mandhana. The batter went after Chloe Tyron with couple of fours and a six. India are making the most of the field restrictions in the PP but that could also see them lose a wicket. High risk cricket.

Shafali Verma's short-ball problems came to the fore again as she lost her wicket against SA-W. The batter, who was going nicely, gloved it to the SA-W keeper as the Proteas Women took their second wicket of the match.

Yastika Bhatia, who was looking so good at the crease, had to make the long walk back after she was adjudged LBW off Ayabonga Khaka. IND-W, who had started so well, have suddenly lost their way and are looking in a spot of bother.

Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur will look to steady the ship after the three wickets that fell in the 1-10 overs for IND-W. Both batters know the situation and are not going after the bowlers. SA-W need wickets to make further inroads.

Jemimah Rodrigues was the latest to depart as SA-W continued with chipping away with wickets. The set batter gave an easy catch to Nadine de Klerk as India lost their fourth as the onus now falls on the shoulders of Harmanpreet Kaur.

Good bit of cameo this from Deepti Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur as they look to build momentum towards the death overs. SA-W need some dot balls to build pressure but Deepti hits a four of Khaka's bowling and the pressure seems to go back onto the Proteas.

South Africa are clawing their back into the match as India lose their fifth wicket in the form of Harmanpreet Kaur, who departs after scoring 24 off 22 balls. Kaur chops on a wide off-cutter by speedster Shabnim Ismail onto the wickets. The India women have lost their way after a blazing start and the onus is on Richa Ghosh and Deepti Sharma to give the finishing touches to the innings and take their team to a decent total.

India could manage only 42 runs from the last five overs as South Africa restrict them to 158/7 in 20 overs. The Women In Blue were once cruising at 67/2 in 7 overs but the middle-order failed to capitalize on the start and kept losing wickets in clusters, resulting in a below par score on a good batting wicket. The Proteas will be delighted by the effort from their bowlers and now the the onus is on their batters to chase the target down.

Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits are at the crease as SA-W look to chase down 159 in this crucial fixture. The Proteas women need a fiery start and put the pressure back on the India bowling attack that's inexperienced.

Shree Charani has put the pressure back on the Proteas Women with two wickets in an over. SA-W are in a spot of bother and they need some experienced batting now, if they are to get towards 159.

Indian spinners need to get the most out of the dry conditions at Old Trafford. Tazmin Brits and Marizanne Kapp will look to steady the ship and take their team towards a secured position.

Tazmin Brits and Marizanne Kapp are proving to be a thorn in Indian's hopes of securing victory. Both the batters have acclimatized to the conditions and are putting the bad balls away.

IND-W are on the back foot with Brits and Kapp both in the mood of shifting gears. Kapp got a lifeline when sub fielder Radha Yadav put her down. Indian fielding has been a shambles and Radha's drop could prove costly.

Marizanne Kapp is making India pay for that drop off Radha Yadav. She has raced to her first-ever fifty at the T20 World Cup as SA-W need 48 runs in 30 balls. IND-W need a miracle and moreover, some wickets.

South Africa Women need 29 runs in 18 balls. Radha Yadav may not have a good time in the locker room once the match gets over. She puts down a dolly of a catch to hand the intitiative back into the Proteas' hands.

South Africa Women win by six wickets with Chloe Tryon hitting the winning runs. Kapp bends down as he gets emotional with the whole of the SA-W squad come down to rejoice with her. Harmanpreet Kaur's 200th T20I ends in defeat. Indian fielding was abysmal to say the least with Radha Yadav being culprit of putting down two catches including Kapp.

India need to beat Bangladesh and Australia to keep their hopes alive. The BAN game becomes a must-win now.