Staff Reporter.
South Africa won the toss and opted to bat first. India got an early breakthrough as Parunika Sisodia dismissed opener Simone Lourens for a duck.
Shabnam contributed the second breakthrough, taking the wicket of the dangerous Jemma Botha to reduce South Africa to 20 for two at the end of the fourth over.
Aayushi Sharma grabbed the third wicket, bowling out Diara Ramlakan, further reducing South Africa to 29 for three at the end of the powerplay.
South Africa were in a precarious position at the halfway mark, struggling at 33 for three.
The South African skipper had to depart after she tried to release some pressure with a big shot, but the ball instead went straight into the hands of Gongadi Trisha at long-off.
With four overs to go, South Africa were 58 for five. Fay Cowling and Mieke van Voorst set up a small partnership and looked to carry South Africa to a formidable total, but it was not to be.
This partnership was broken by Trisha Gongadi and South Africa failed to recover, further slumping to 82 all out.
INDIA: Trisha, Kamalini, Chalke (wk), Niki (capt), Awsare, Mithila, Shukla, Shabnam, Vaishnavi, Joshitha, Sisodia
SOUTH AFRICA: Botha, Lourens, Ramlakan, Cowling, Reyneke, Meso, Van Voorst, Naidu, van Wyk, Legodi, Nini.