India Women vs South Africa Women Head-to-Head: Tests, ODIs, T20Is & Women's World Cup

In the recent era of women's cricket, the India Women's Cricket Team, as well as the South Africa Women's Team have dominated and asserted their place among the best teams from all over the world. Both teams have fought their way to the 2025 ICC Women's ODI World Cup final and would be looking to grab the silverware. Since the year 1997, India Women and South Africa Women have faced each other and have seen many competitive and thrilling fixtures together.

The India Women vs South Africa Women head to head rivalry stands in favour of the Women in Blue, with 33 victories out of a total number of 56 matches played between the sides. Over the years, the rivalry between India and South Africa has been developing in men's as well as women's cricket, giving fans plenty to enjoy.

India Women vs South Africa Women Head to Head (1997-2025)

As per the latest records from 1997 to 2025, India Women and South Africa Women have played a total of 56 matches against each other, across all three formats of the game. In Test matches, they have faced each other 3 times, with India claiming the victory on all of the occasions. In ODI cricket, the IND Women vs SA Women have taken place 34 times, with India winning 20, South Africa winning 13 and 1 match ended with no result. In the T20I format, both teams have competed in 19 matches. 10 out of these have been dominated by India, followed by 6 from South Africa and 3 ended without any result.

India Women vs South Africa Women Head to Head in ICC Tournaments

The Indian Women Cricket Team and the South Africa Women Cricket Team have met each other 5 times in the history of the Women's World Cup, with 2 matches won by India and 3 in favour of South Africa. All throughout the years, we have seen many wonderful and top-class matches between the two nations. Both of these nations have faced each other in a single T20I World Cup as of now.

The first ever match played between these two nations was in the 2000 ICC Women's ODI World Cup at Christchurch, New Zealand, where India won by 4 wickets, followed by another victory in the 2005 World Cup at Potchefstroom, South Africa. Since the 2017 Women's World Cup, South Africa has won 3 back to back matches against the Indian side, also winning one in this year's edition. Though South Africa holds an edge in ICC Tournaments, the overall record of India is better, and they would be hoping to reach towards the trophy.

India Women vs South Africa Women Head to Head in ODIs

As of 2025, India Women vs South Africa Women head to head in ODIs belong to the favour of the Women in Blue, with 20 out of the 34 matches played between the sides since December 1997. The 50-over format has seen many thrilling and exciting encounters between both sides, with several top performances.

The first ODI match between these two nations was played on 22 December 1997 in Patna, India, and the teams are set to face each other in the finals of the 2025 ICC Women ODI Cricket World Cup in the upcoming days. Both these teams are the two best women's cricket teams in the world currently.

India Women vs South Africa Women ODI Records

India Women's highest score in these encounters came recently in the year 2025, when they reached to a total of 337/9 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, during the Women's ODI Tri-Series between India, Sri Lanka, and South Africa. For South Africa, the highest total is 321/6, scripted by them in 2024 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

The lowest score recorded by South Africa is 80, which has been recorded twice, once in 1997 and another in 2005. India's lowest ODI score against South Africa is 114, which came in 2014 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

India Women vs South Africa Women Head to Head in T20Is

As per the current stats and records, IND Women vs SA Women Head to Head in T20Is lies in the hands of the Indian Women's side with 10 victories out of 19 matches. They have dominated the rivalry with South Africa across all three formats.

The first T20I match between India Women vs South Africa was conducted on 30 November 2014 in M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, and the latest fixture took place at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, on July 9, 2024.

India Women vs South Africa Women T20I Records

The South Africa Women Cricket Team has the record for the highest T20I team score of 189/4 at one of the most beautiful cricket stadiums in the world, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, on July 5, 2024, whereas the Indian Women's Cricket Team has scored 177/4 as their highest score in the same match. In 2019, India recorded the lowest ever total of 70, in the year 2019 at the Lalbhai Contractor Stadium in Surat. 84 is the lowest recorded score of South Africa Women in T20Is, which is also the latest match between these sides.

India Women vs South Africa Women Head to Head in Tests

As of now, India Women vs South Africa Women Head to Head in Tests is dominated by the Indian women's team. They have played 3 Test matches against the South Africa Women Cricket Team and have won all 3 with utter dominance. From Thirush Kamini to Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma for India, whereas Sune Luus and Laura Wolvaardt from South Africa have showcased their batting dominance between the two nations. With the bowl, the Indian bowlers have influenced and controlled the Test matches between the two sides.

The first Test match between India Women and South Africa Women took place on 19 March 2002 in Paarl, South Africa, and the last Test match between the two sides was held in Chennai, India, on 28 June 2024.

India Women vs South Africa Women Test Records

The Indian Women Cricket Team holds the record for the highest team total in these encounters, reaching the total of 603/6 declared, with excellent batting from Shafali Verma (205 runs off 197 balls) and Smriti Mandhana (149 runs off 161 balls) in Chennai during the 2024 tour of South Africa Women in India. South Africa's best also came in the same match, as they managed to score 373 runs, courtesy of tons from Laura Wolvaardt and Sune Luus, but still ended up losing.

In 2014, the Indian side restricted the South African team to their lowest Test score of 132 runs amongst these two nations, whereas the lowest score for India is 13/0 in the Paarl Test match of 2002.

IND Women vs SA Women: Player Stats and Records

In Test cricket, Shafali Verma leads the run tally with 229 runs, followed by compatriot Thirush Kamini with 192 runs. South Africa's Sune Luus is third in the list with 174 runs. With the ball, Harman Preet Kaur and Sneh Rana from India share the top spot with 10 wickets each, followed by other fellow Indians on the list. Sunette Loubser from South Africa is 10th in the list with 3 wickets to her name. When it comes to centuries, Shafali Verma and one of the best women cricketers of this era, Smriti Mandhana, share the top spot with 1 century each, alongside Mignon du Preez and Laura Wolvaardt from South Africa.

In ODIs, the dominance of Smriti Mandhana has overshadowed everyone in the Indian women cricket circuit. She has the most runs and most hundreds in the ODI format between India and South Africa. Legendary Indian bowler Jhulan Goswami leads the bowling chart in ODIs with 34 wickets.

In the T20I, Smriti Mandhana again stood out with the top runs and the joint highest number of half-centuries. Shabnim Ismail of South Africa leads the top wicket chart with 17 dismissals.