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The toss has been further delayed due to the wet out field. The two captains are having a chat with the match referee near the boundary ropes. The skippers get their team sheets back and walk away towards their respective dressing rooms.

India vs South Africa Live Score, Women's World Cup: Good news from the middle! We do have a timeline in hand now, with the toss set to take place at 3:15pm, and the start of play to follow at 3:45, rough three quarters of an hour away. More good news — a full 100-over match still on the cards. Let's hope the weather holds.

India vs South Africa Live Score, Women's World Cup: The officials had a word with captains Harmanpreet Kaur and Laura Wolvaardt, and now both teams are warming up on the field. Still some time to the toss, though, with another inspection set for 3:10 PM, 15 minutes from now.

India vs South Africa Live Score, Women's World Cup: Still awaiting news from the inspection, but live pictures show that the groundstaff are busy removing the covers, and plenty of activity in both camps as they seem ready to gear up for the action.

India vs South Africa Live Score, Women's World Cup: Good news: inspection set for 2:45 PM, which means hopefully the toss shouldn't be too far away after that.

India vs South Africa Live Score, Women's World Cup: Groundstaff hard at work now trying to get the pitch ready. There is still rain expected on the radar, though, which means this could be pretty stop-start.

India vs South Africa Live Score, Women's World Cup: Weather has improved just a tocuh after the drizzle has stopped, but it will still be wet on the field. The toss originally was set to take place at 2:30, but seems that will be pushed.

India vs South Africa Live Score, Women's World Cup: Rain is very much in the forecast today, and just about an hour before play is set to begin, it's not great scenes from a grey and gloomy Vizag. Not just rain, but thunderstorms, which means much of this game could be delayed. Fingers crossed at least some amount of cricket can be played out today.

India vs South Africa Live Score, Women's World Cup: With games already being played in Guwahati, Indore, and Colombo, Vizag marks the fourth of the five venues for this World Cup. It hasn't been anything close to the high-scoring humdinger most expected – even the high-scoring venue of Indore has been relatively quiet. Vizag is another ground where runs do flow freely, but the overcast conditions have meant that bowlers have had plenty to work with. Today should be more of the same given the quality of pace on both ends, but it will be important to see how much of a role spin can play as the game wears on, especially as a controller of runs through the middle.

India vs South Africa Live Score, Women's World Cup: 2025 has belonged to Tazmin Brits and Smriti Mandhana. Brits has racked up four centuries in her last five innings, and has five total in 2025: she leads Mandhana by just one. Between these two batters showing such incredible form, who the teams rely on to provide the backbone of their batting pretty clear. Brits has arrived at the World Cup, but Mandhana has had a quiet couple of days – but she does like saving her best for the best.

Today provides an opportunity to watch the two best or at least most in-form batters in the world go bar for bar with each other, and it should hopefully prove to be the case. The player who performs better might well be the one who sees their team come away with the win.

India vs South Africa Live Score, Women's World Cup: South Africa's campaign, meanwhile, got off to the worst possible start: their batting folded in a calamitous manner against England, and that could have spelt disaster for their campaign. However, the Proteas ensured that was only one bad day, an aberration, and were right back to winning ways thanks to Tazmin Brits notching up a century against New Zealand. The South African team now on the board, and trying to keep up with the pace-setters.

India vs South Africa Live Score, Women's World Cup: Even though they got the wins on the board, and that is what ultimately matters, they weren't as comprehensive as the scorelines suggest. Both times batting first, India needed a lower order barrage to bail them out after a top order collapse. They got away with it in the wins, but against the stronger teams, should expect to get punished if they do the same.

India vs South Africa Live Score, Women's World Cup: An important first step for India was to get two manageable fixtures out of the way: they are the strongest Asian team on paper, and opening up against two of their neighbours provided an opportunity to find some early momentum. They did just that, with two ultimately comfortable wins with big margins against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. On the board with results, India will want to ensure they stay in the upper reaches of the World Cup league stage table going forward.

India vs South Africa Live Score, Women's World Cup: The 2025 Women's ODI World Cup caravan arrives on the eastern coast of India, where the city of Visakhapatnam will host its first game of the tournament. India, with two wins to begin their campaign, face off against South Africa, who recovered from a shellacking against England to notch a win in their second match. Two teams with aspirations of reaching the finals at the very least, and a big litmus test for both sides. Stay tuned!