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{{Short description|International cricket tour}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}}
{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name                  = India women's cricket team in South Africa in 2026
| team1_image                  = Flag of South Africa.svg
| team1_name                   = South Africa
| team2_image                  = Flag of India.svg
| team2_name                   = India
| from_date                    = 17
| to_date                      = 27 April 2026
| team1_captain                = [[Laura Wolvaardt]]
| team2_captain                = [[Harmanpreet Kaur]]
| no_of_twenty20s              = 5
| team1_twenty20s_won          = 4
| team2_twenty20s_won          = 1
| team1_twenty20s_most_runs    = [[Laura Wolvaardt]] (330)
| team2_twenty20s_most_runs    = [[Harmanpreet Kaur]] (169)
| team1_twenty20s_most_wickets = [[Nonkululeko Mlaba]] (6)<br>[[Tumi Sekhukhune]] (6)
| team2_twenty20s_most_wickets = [[Deepti Sharma]] (7)
| player_of_twenty20_series    = [[Laura Wolvaardt]] (SA)
}}

The [[India women's national cricket team|India women's cricket team]] toured South Africa in April 2026 to play the [[South Africa women's national cricket team|South Africa women's cricket team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/india-women-to-travel-to-south-africa-for-five-match-t20i-series/article70531219.ece |title=India Women to travel to South Africa for five-match T20I series |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=3 February 2026}}</ref> The tour consisted of five [[Women's Twenty20 International|Twenty20 International]] (T20I) matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/south-africa-women-to-host-india-for-five-t20is-in-april-1520250 |title=South Africa women to host India for five T20Is in April |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=3 February 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/womens-t20-worldcup-2026/news/schedule-for-india-s-tour-of-south-africa-announced |title=Schedule for India’s tour of South Africa announced |work=[[International Cricket Council]] |access-date=3 February 2026}}</ref> The matches served as preparation for both teams ahead of the [[2026 Women's T20 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/india-south-africa-womens-t20i-series-2026-schedule-world-cup-preparations-2855087-2026-01-20 |title=India women's team to tour South Africa for 5 T20Is before T20 World Cup 2026 |work=[[India Today]] |access-date=3 February 2026}}</ref> In January 2026, [[Cricket South Africa]] (CSA) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as part of the 2026 home international season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricket.co.za/proteas-women-to-host-india-for-five-match-t20i-series-in-april/ |title=Proteas women to host India for five-match T20I series in April |work=[[Cricket South Africa]] |access-date=3 February 2026}}</ref>

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin:auto"
|- 
!{{crw|SA}}
!{{crw|IND}}
|-
!T20Is<ref>{{cite web |title=Proteas Women squad confirmed for India T20I series in Durban, Jhb and Benoni |url=https://cricket.co.za/proteas-women-squad-confirmed-for-india-t20i-series-in-durban-jhb-and-benoni/ |website=[[Cricket South Africa]] |access-date=13 April 2026}}</ref>
!T20Is<ref>{{cite web |title=India’s squad for five T20Is against South Africa announced |url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2026/news/55556332/india-s-squad-for-five-t20is-against-south-africa-announced |website=[[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] |access-date=24 March 2026}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Laura Wolvaardt]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Anneke Bosch]]
* [[Tazmin Brits]]
* [[Nadine de Klerk]]
* [[Annerie Dercksen]]
* [[Ayanda Hlubi]]
* [[Sinalo Jafta]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Ayabonga Khaka]]
* [[Suné Luus]]
* Tebogo Macheke ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Eliz-Mari Marx]]
* [[Nonkululeko Mlaba]]
* Kayla Reyneke
* [[Tumi Sekhukhune]]
* [[Chloe Tryon]]
|
* [[Harmanpreet Kaur]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Smriti Mandhana]] ([[Captain (cricket)#Vice-captain|vc]])
* [[Shafali Verma]]
* [[Jemimah Rodrigues]]
* [[Deepti Sharma]]
* [[Richa Ghosh]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Arundhati Reddy]]
* [[Renuka Singh (cricketer)|Renuka Singh Thakur]]
* [[Kranti Gaud]]
* [[Shree Charani]]
* [[Shreyanka Patil]]
* [[Kashvee Gautam]]
* [[Bharti Fulmali]]
* [[Uma Chetry]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* Anushka Sharma
|}

==T20I series==
===1st T20I===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 17 April 2026
| time = 18:00
| night = y
| team1 = {{crw-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{crw|SA}}
| score1 = 157/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Harmanpreet Kaur]] 47[[not out|*]] (33)
| wickets1 = [[Ayabonga Khaka]] 3/16 (4 overs)
| score2 = 158/4 (19.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Laura Wolvaardt]] 51 (39)
| wickets2 = [[Shreyanka Patil]] 2/26 (4 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1527253.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Kingsmead Cricket Ground|Kingsmead]], [[Durban]]
| umpires = [[Lauren Agenbag]] (SA) and [[Kerrin Klaaste]] (SA)
| motm = [[Ayabonga Khaka]] (SA)
| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = [[Kashvee Gautam]] (Ind) made her T20I debut.
}}

===2nd T20I===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 19 April 2026
| time = 14:00
| night = 
| team1 = {{crw-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{crw|SA}}
| score1 = 147 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Shafali Verma]] 57 (38)
| wickets1 = [[Chloe Tryon]] 3/22 (4 overs)
| score2 = 148/2 (17.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Suné Luus]] 57 (46)
| wickets2 = [[Shreyanka Patil]] 2/35 (4 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1527254.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Kingsmead Cricket Ground|Kingsmead]], [[Durban]]
| umpires = [[Lauren Agenbag]] (SA) and [[Stacy Lackay]] (SA)
| motm = [[Chloe Tryon]] (SA)
| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = Anushka Sharma (Ind) made her T20I debut.
}}

===3rd T20I===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 22 April 2026
| time = 18:00
| night = y
| team1 = {{crw-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{crw|SA}}
| score1 = 192/4 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Harmanpreet Kaur]] 66 (38)
| wickets1 = [[Nonkululeko Mlaba]] 2/31 (4 overs)
| score2 = 193/1 (16.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Laura Wolvaardt]] 115 (53)
| wickets2 = [[Shreyanka Patil]] 1/30 (3 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 9 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1527255.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Wanderers Stadium]], [[Johannesburg]]
| umpires = [[Lauren Agenbag]] (SA) and Mazizi Gampu (SA)
| motm = [[Laura Wolvaardt]] (SA)
| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}

===4th T20I===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 25 April 2026
| time = 18:00
| night = y
| team1 = {{crw-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{crw|SA}}
| score1 = 185/5 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Jemimah Rodrigues]] 43 (29)
| wickets1 = Kayla Reyneke 2/10 (2 overs)
| score2 = 171/9 (20 overs)
| runs2 = [[Suné Luus]] 40 (24)
| wickets2 = [[Deepti Sharma]] 5/19 (4 overs)
| result = India won by 14 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1527256.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Wanderers Stadium]], [[Johannesburg]]
| umpires = Mazizi Gampu (SA) and [[Kerrin Klaaste]] (SA)
| motm = [[Deepti Sharma]] (Ind)
| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = [[Deepti Sharma]] (Ind) took her maiden [[five-wicket haul]] in T20Is.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deepti's maiden T20I five-for downs South Africa |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-women-tour-of-south-africa-2026-1527251/south-africa-women-vs-india-women-4th-t20i-1527256/match-report |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=25 April 2026}}</ref>
}}

===5th T20I===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 27 April 2026
| time = 14:00
| night = 
| team1 = {{crw-rt|SA}}
| team2 = {{crw|IND}}
| score1 = 155/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Laura Wolvaardt]] 92[[not out|*]] (56)
| wickets1 = [[Renuka Singh (cricketer)|Renuka Singh]] 2/21 (4 overs)
| score2 = 132/8 (20 overs)
| runs2 = [[Bharti Fulmali]] 40 (30)
| wickets2 = [[Nonkululeko Mlaba]] 2/15 (4 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 23 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1527257.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, South Africa|Benoni]]
| umpires = [[Lauren Agenbag]] (SA) and [[Kerrin Klaaste]] (SA)
| motm = [[Laura Wolvaardt]] (SA)
| toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-women-tour-of-south-africa-2026-1527251 Series home at ESPNcricinfo]

{{International women's cricket tours of South Africa}}
{{International cricket in 2026}}

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