India vs South Africa 1st T20 Match Scoreboard, Results, 2025 South Africa tour of India 1st T20 Match at Cuttack Highlights

RESULT

1st T20I (N), Cuttack, December 09, 2025, South Africa tour of India

India 175/6

South Africa (12.3/20 ov, T:176) 74

India won by 101 runs

Player Of The Match

Hardik Pandya

, IND

59* (28) & 1/16

India (20 ovs maximum)

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Abhishek Sharma 

17 12 2 1 141.66

c Jansen b Sipamla

Shubman Gill 

4 2 1 0 200.00

c Jansen b Ngidi

Suryakumar Yadav (c)

12 11 1 1 109.09

c Markram b Ngidi

Tilak Varma 

26 32 2 1 81.25

c Jansen b Ngidi

Axar Patel 

23 21 0 1 109.52

c Ferreira b Sipamla

Hardik Pandya 

59 28 6 4 210.71

not out

Shivam Dube 

11 9 2 0 122.22

b Ferreira

Jitesh Sharma †

10 5 0 1 200.00

not out

Extras 13 (b 4, w 9)

Total 175/6 

20 Ov (RR: 8.75)

Yet to bat: 

Varun Chakravarthy, 

Arshdeep Singh, 

Jasprit Bumrah 

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Shubman Gill, 0.3 ov), 2-17 (Suryakumar Yadav, 2.4 ov), 3-48 (Abhishek Sharma, 6.3 ov), 4-78 (Tilak Varma, 11.4 ov), 5-104 (Axar Patel, 13.6 ov), 6-137 (Shivam Dube, 17.1 ov)

Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB

Lungi Ngidi

4 0 31 

3

7.75 0 0

Marco Jansen

4 0 23 0 5.75 0 0

Lutho Sipamla

4 0 38 

2

9.50 0 0

Anrich Nortje

4 0 41 0 10.25 1 0

Keshav Maharaj

2 0 25 0 12.50 2 0

Donovan Ferreira

2 0 13 

1

6.50 2 0

South Africa (T: 176 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Quinton de Kock †

0 2 0 0 0.00

c Abhishek Sharma b Arshdeep Singh

Aiden Markram (c)

14 14 1 1 100.00

b Patel

Tristan Stubbs 

14 9 2 0 155.55

c †Sharma b Arshdeep Singh

Dewald Brevis 

22 14 3 1 157.14

c Yadav b Bumrah

David Miller 

1 3 0 0 33.33

c †Sharma b Pandya

Donovan Ferreira 

5 7 1 0 71.42

c †Sharma b Varun

Marco Jansen 

12 12 0 2 100.00

b Varun

Keshav Maharaj 

0 2 0 0 0.00

c †Sharma b Bumrah

Anrich Nortje 

1 3 0 0 33.33

b Patel

Lutho Sipamla 

2 5 0 0 40.00

c Abhishek Sharma b Dube

Lungi Ngidi 

2 4 0 0 50.00

not out

Extras 1 (w 1)

Total 74 

12.3 Ov (RR: 5.92)

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Quinton de Kock, 0.2 ov), 2-16 (Tristan Stubbs, 2.3 ov), 3-40 (Aiden Markram, 5.1 ov), 4-45 (David Miller, 6.1 ov), 5-50 (Donovan Ferreira, 7.2 ov), 6-68 (Marco Jansen, 9.5 ov), 7-68 (Dewald Brevis, 10.2 ov), 8-70 (Keshav Maharaj, 10.5 ov), 9-72 (Anrich Nortje, 11.2 ov), 10-74 (Lutho Sipamla, 12.3 ov) • 

DRS

Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB

Arshdeep Singh

2 0 14 

2

7.00 0 0

Jasprit Bumrah

3 0 17 

2

5.66 1 0

Varun Chakravarthy

3 1 19 

2

6.33 0 0

Axar Patel

2 0 7 

2

3.50 0 0

Hardik Pandya

2 0 16 

1

8.00 0 0

Shivam Dube

0.3 0 1 

1

2.00 0 0

Match Flow

South Africa innings

Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 3 wickets)

Over 2.3: Review by India (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - T Stubbs (Upheld)

South Africa: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (42 balls), Extras 0

Drinks: South Africa - 68/6 in 9.5 overs (D Brevis 22)

Match Details

Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

Toss South Africa, elected to field first

Series 

South Africa tour of India

Season 

2025/26

Player Of The Match 

India

Hardik Pandya

Series result India led the 5-match series 1-0

Match number 

T20I no. 3623

Hours of play (local time) 19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20

Match days 09 December 2025 - night (20-over match)

Umpires 

India

Jayaraman Madanagopal

DRS

India

Virender Sharma

DRS

TV Umpire 

India

KN Ananthapadmanabhan

Reserve Umpire 

India

Rohan Pandit

Match Referee 

West Indies

Richie Richardson