The Harmanpreet Kaur-led outfit thrashed the home team by 34 runs in the opening T20 and then followed it up with a dominating five-wicket win in the second game to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
Jemimah Rodrigues's vital knock on return to secure a convincing 34-run victory
Jemimah Rodrigues, who hit a match-winning 38-ball unbeaten 53 in a seven-wicket win in India's Women's T20 World Cup opener in Cape Town on Sunday, said at one point of time she even contemplated quitting the game.
Images from the ICC Women's World Cup match between India and South Africa in Christchurch on Sunday.
Regular knock out defeats at global events gives rise to serious questions
The ace spinner is the eighth Indian cricketer to join Australia's women's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition after being roped in by Brisbane Heat for the upcoming season.
The women's team will take on England in a one-off Test, three ODIs, and three T20Is
India will be keen to go one step ahead and claim the title that has eluded them
'Fitness and fielding are two things I want my team to improve'
Chasing a challenging 150-run target, Mandhana smashed 52 off 49 balls and shared 57 runs with Jemimah Rodrigues (23 off 26) for the second wicket to set the platform before India lost four wickets in the span of 10 runs and succumbed easily.
Chasing just 48, Trailblazers lost their first wicket in the fourth over as Smriti Mandhana (6) was sent back to the pavilion by Leigh Kasperek.
An inconsistent India will have no room for errors when they take on a spirited Bangladesh in their must-win ICC Women's ODI World Cup league match in Hamilton on Tuesday.
India posted 153/6 in their 20 overs after winning the toss and England chased the target down in 18.4 overs to clinch the series
Call it destiny or design, Goswami's last hurrah is taking at Lord's.
India would like to keep the winning momentum going and maintain its stay in the top four
Velocity suffered a 16-run defeat in the Women's T20 Challenge but still qualified for the final on the basis of a better net run rate, knocking out victors Trailblazers from the tournament in Pune on Thursday.
Skipper Mithali Raj's well-crafted half-century went in vain as Indian batting flopped once again with the visitors losing the first WODI against New Zealand by 62 runs in Queenstown on Saturday.
Shafali Verma has leapfrogged Australia's Beth Mooney with scores of 23 and 47.
Course correction for the Indian women's cricket team has become the need of the hour.
India will go all out to brush off an inconsistent run and seal a semifinal berth in the Women's World Cup
With three leagues games remaining, India must gain consistency in all departments and maintain their place in the top four to qualify for the semi-finals.
'We definitely didn't have partnership at the top of order, despite getting what we wanted after losing the toss. The thought of putting 200+, the match could have gone either way.'
The Indian bowlers, who underperformed prior to the game, finally got their act together to limit New Zealand to 251 for nine in 50 overs.
India crushed minnows Thailand by 74 runs to storm into the final of Women's Asia Cup
India galloped to a 110-run win over Bangladesh in their must-win ICC Women's World Cup match, keeping themselves in the reckoning for a place in the semi-finals, in Hamilton on Tuesday.
Team India needs to ensure that the frequent middle-order collapses are not repeated in the showpiece event.
Captain Mithali Raj believes the Indian women's team are more than capable of winning the upcoming ODI World Cup.
Images from the ICC Women's ODI World Cup match between India and New Zealand in Hamilton on Thursday.
Smriti Mandhana-led Trailblazers will aim for another win to finish with two victories and enter the final on November 9 with momentum behind them.
Poonam Yadav fashioned a resounding 17-run victory over the four-time champions.
Smriti Mandhana joked that only debutants Thailand can given them competition when it comes to having fun.
South Africa women registered a series-clinching six-wicket win in a last ball thriller in the second T20 International
India skipper Mithali Raj has welcomed the selection of teen sensation Shafali Verma in all three formats and said it would be crucial to get back to winning ways on the UK tour after the disappointment at home against South Africa.
Meg Lanning's ruthless Australia women's team registered their 25th consecutive victory in one-day internationals on Tuesday after crushing India by nine wickets in the series opener in Mackay.
India level series as England pressed self destruct button towards end
Indian women's cricket's biggest icon spoke on a range of issues covering her legacy, experiences of playing in pre and post BCCI era
Shooter Esha Singh becomes youngest to donate to the PM's relief fund.
BCCI official says while the board has tightened the system further, issues raised by players are swiftly answered by the finance department.
Supernovas, champions in 2018 and 2019, just about managed to ward off their rivals in a last-over thriller.
The Supernovas, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, have been invincible so far winning all the previous two editions.
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