South Africa Women leads the 5-match series 2-1.
The third WODI was played at the same venue, Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, and saw South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt winning the toss and choosing to chase.
Shabnim Ismail removed Jemimah Rodrigues for a duck and Sekhukhune got Smriti Mandhana out for 25. However, Punam Raut came to the party with 77 in 108 balls with 11 fours.
She got support from captain Mithali Raj, who made 36 and in the process also completed 10,000 runs in international cricket. She became the first Indian and second women cricketer overall to achieve this feat.
South Africa got a revised target of 218 runs from 46.3 overs due to rain interruption.
Jhulan Goswami continued her good form picking 2/20 in her 9 overs. South Africa leads the series 2-1 with two more matches to go. Lizelle Lee got the Player of the Match award for her unbeaten century.
BRIEF SCORES:
INDW 248/5 (P RAUT 77; D SHARMA 36*; S ISMAIL 2/46) lost to SAW 223/4 (L LEE 132*; M DU PREEZ 37; J GOSWAMI 2/20) by 6 runs via the D/L method.
South Africa Women leads the 5-match series 2-1.