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Mithali Raj played a captain's knock by hitting a well-crafted 79 not out but it was only enough to take India to 188 all out.

South Africa have already taken an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series.

Barring the convincingly nine-wicket win in the second match, the Indian women have barely fired in unison while the South Africans, who have already clinched the series 3-1, have excelled as a team

Punam and captain Mithali Raj (45) earlier put up 103 runs for the third wicket at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.

Blown away in the series-opener, India had bounced back in style in the second ODI but Mithali Raj's side couldn't go the distance in the third game, going down narrowly by six runs via D/L method

South Africa won the toss and asked the hosts to bat first. India suffered the worst possible start as they lost opener Jemimah Rodrigues for a duck off the second ball of the innings. Shabnim Ismail scalped the wicket of Rodrigues.

After losing the series-opener by eight wickets, Indian women crushed South Africa by nine wickets to draw parity.

Mithali-led team draws level with nine-wicket victory

The Indian pacers were rewarded for bowling a probing line as Goswami and Joshi made early breakthroughs.

India lost the first ODI by eight wickets.

Mithali-led team takes on SA in second ODI on Tuesday

Veteran fast bowler Jhulan Goswami was the lone wicket-taker for India, dismissing Wolvaardt for 80 and thus ending South Africa's opening partnership on 169.

Incentives like holiday trips to tourist places in India and abroad, fancy cars or cash were being promised

Justifying his on-and-off IPL career, Steyn said this was one of the reasons he had not featured regularly in the world's biggest franchise-based T20 tournament

According to a statement of the Indian cricket board, Himachal Pradesh's Sushma Verma and uncapped Swetha Verma from Uttar Pradesh are the wicket-keepers in the ODI squad while Sushma and Nuzhat Parveen

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, India is following point-of-entry procedures for identifying international travellers, particularly at-risk travellers to India.

"It has been a year of refinement in the fire for us all. Uncertain were the times but they brought clarity for me in many aspects. My heart is clear and time is right to walk into a new chapter," du Plessis posted.

South Africa needed 243 runs to win on the final day of the second Test but Hasan picked five while Shaheen Afridi took four wickets as Pakistan defeated the Proteas by 95 runs.

The Babar Azam-led side had scored 272 in the first innings.

India staged an incredible turnaround to clinch the four-match rubber 2-1 for one of their biggest wins of all time.