India T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur said that she was nervous after their first innings as India put up a below-par of 130. But she knew that the pitch would help the bowlers and she was happy that India registered an 11-run win against South Africa.

“I was nervous at the halfway stage but we knew that we’d have something for the bowlers. They did a great job. We were doing a lot of fitness work before coming here and today we got the result on the field,” Harmanpreet Kaur said at the post-match ceremony.

“The way we fielded and bowled, I was happy. Lot of areas to improve. Need to improve a lot with the bat. We are playing with an extra batter, so if batters do well, we can do even better. I always trusted Radha for the final over,” Harmanpreet Kaur added.

South Africa captain Sune Luus said their bowlers did well to restrict India but they failed to do well in the second innings.

“The way our new-ball bowlers bowled, they gave us a good platform to work on. We thought 130 was a total we could chase. Chasing 130 is about when you go for the charge,” said Luus. “Lee gave a good platform. The batsmen who then came in just couldn’t execute. The way Deepti and the spinners bowled, you could definitely see there was more spin as the evening progressed.”

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Deepti Sharma, who was awarded the Player of the Match award for her stunning figures of 3-8 in her four overs, said that her plan was to stick to the basics.

“This is my best bowling performance. We bowled how I had planned and got help from the wicket too. Plan was to bowl wicket to wicket. It was turning so pitched it up too,” said Deepti Sharma. “Mindset was to bowl in front. We were confident at the halfway mark and we wanted to enjoy. If you enjoy, you automatically do well.”