India capped off their warm-up assignments for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 with another impressive show as they defeated South Africa by 28 runs in Dubai on Tuesday.

India lost opener Shafali Verma for a two-ball duck after South Africa opted to bowl first. Decent contributions from Richa Ghosh (36 off 25), Deepti Sharma (35* off 29), Jemimah Rodrigues (30 off 26) and Smriti Mandhana (21 off 22) took the 2020 finalists to 144/7 in 20 overs.

For South Africa, Ayabonga Khaka took a five-wicket haul, finishing with bowling figures of 5/25 from four overs. Annerie Dercksen and Nonkulueko Mlaba chipped in with a wicket each.

South Africa made a measured but solid start through their opening pair of Laura Wolvaardt (29 off 26) and Tazmin Brits (22 off 25) before India spinners took over and kept things under control.

Asha Sobhana took 2/21 while Deepti Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Shafali Verma and Shreyanka Patil took one wicket each as South Africa were limited to 116/6 in 20 overs.