India Women defeated South Africa by 27 runs to register a victory in their first international match of the year. Playing their first game of the Women's T20I Tri-Series in South Africa, India posted 147/6 after being at 69/5 with debutant Amanjot Kaur scoring 41*(30). India's Deepti Sharma registered figures of 3/30 as they restricted South Africa to 120/9.