India vs South Africa, 1st T20I at Cuttack, IND vs SA, Dec 09 2025 - Full Scorecard

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Abhishek Sharma	c Jansen b Sipamla	17	12	32	2	1	141.66

Shubman Gill	c Jansen b Ngidi	4	2	3	1	0	200.00

Suryakumar Yadav (c)	c Markram b Ngidi	12	11	10	1	1	109.09

Tilak Varma	c Jansen b Ngidi	26	32	41	2	1	81.25

Axar Patel	c Ferreira b Sipamla	23	21	33	0	1	109.52

Hardik Pandya	not out	59	28	41	6	4	210.71
Shivam Dube	b Ferreira	11	9	16	2	0	122.22

Jitesh Sharma †	not out	10	5	13	0	1	200.00
Extras	(b 4, w 9)	13
Total	20 Ov (RR: 8.75)	175/6
Did not bat Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah
Fall of wickets DRS 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	0s	WD	NB
Lungi Ngidi	4	0	31	3	7.75	10	0	0
0.3 to Shubman Gill, Four and out! Gill's stay at the crease is a short one. On a length on off stump, he shimmies down the track looking to go up and over, but doesn't time it at all. The ball spoons straight up and Jansen sprints back from mid-off to take a simple catch. India have been rocked early. 5/1 2.4 to SA Yadav, Chipped in the air and India lose their second. Fuller in length at 137.1kph on off stump. He tries to work that away again, gets a bit of a leading edge that balloons straight up for Markram to take a comfortable catch at mid-on.. 17/2 11.4 to NT Tilak Varma, Straight to Jansen at deep fine leg. Don't think he picked that up straight away with the ball coming from the floodlights. But think he has taken that cleanly. Yep, he has. Banged in short shoulder-high on leg stump, he gets inside the line of that and pulls but straight Jansen, who lets out a relieved smile. He lost his balance just a touch on completing the catch but made sure to not step over the ropes.. 78/4 Photos
Marco Jansen	4	0	23	0	5.75	15	0	0
Lutho Sipamla	4	0	38	2	9.50	10	0	0
6.3 to Abhishek Sharma, That is a superb catch by Jansen at deep fine leg. Wowza! Jansen making full use of his long reach. Slower back of a length ball at 119kph down leg, he gets across and seems to have flicked this out of the reach of the fielder. But Jansen sprints to his left from long leg, slides and takes a terrific catch. 48/3 13.6 to AR Patel, Straight to backward point and India lose another wicket right after a boundary. Slower back of a length ball at 117.3kph, some extra bounce as well and Axar can't control his cut. Hit it straight to Ferreira. 104/5 Photos
Anrich Nortje	4	0	41	0	10.25	8	1	0
Keshav Maharaj	2	0	25	0	12.50	2	2	0
Donovan Ferreira	2	0	13	1	6.50	4	2	0
17.1 to S Dube, Knocks back the middle stump! He fires that in at 108kph on middle stump, was the wobble-seam ball. Dube looks to whack that across the line, he misses and sees his stumps rattled.. 137/6 Photos

South Africa (T: 176 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Quinton de Kock †	c Abhishek Sharma b Arshdeep Singh	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Aiden Markram (c)	b Patel	14	14	28	1	1	100.00

Tristan Stubbs	c †Sharma b Arshdeep Singh	14	9	10	2	0	155.55

Dewald Brevis	c Yadav b Bumrah	22	14	41	3	1	157.14

David Miller	c †Sharma b Pandya	1	3	5	0	0	33.33

Donovan Ferreira	c †Sharma b Varun	5	7	5	1	0	71.42

Marco Jansen	b Varun	12	12	11	0	2	100.00

Keshav Maharaj	c †Sharma b Bumrah	0	2	7	0	0	0.00

Anrich Nortje	b Patel	1	3	7	0	0	33.33

Lutho Sipamla	c Abhishek Sharma b Dube	2	5	8	0	0	40.00

Lungi Ngidi	not out	2	4	4	0	0	50.00
Extras	(w 1)	1
Total	12.3 Ov (RR: 5.92)	74
Fall of wickets DRS 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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Arshdeep Singh	2	0	14	2	7.00	6	0	0
0.2 to Q de Kock, Edged and taken! The second slip comes into play right away and SA are rocked early. Length ball swinging away from de Kock, who pushes at it, gets a thick outside edge which is taken comfortably by Abhishek over his head. 0/1 2.3 to T Stubbs, Huge appeal for lbw, not given. Surya has taken the review, albeit hesitantly. Stubbs was rubbing his elbow right after, but was there an edge as well? Oh, there is! That's a superb review from India and SA have been jolted again. Good length ball with a hint of nip back into Stubbs. He pushes at it, gets a thick inside-edge onto the elbow and through to Jitesh. He dives forward and takes a good catch.. 16/2 Photos
Jasprit Bumrah	3	0	17	2	5.66	10	1	0
10.2 to D Brevis, Wicket No. 100 in T20Is for Bumrah. Or, is it? The third umpire is checking for a no-ball. Oh, my word that is very tight on the front foot. Surely, that's a no-ball? No! The third umpire goes in Bumrah's favour. Sharp back of a length ball on off stump, Brevis is late on the pull and spoons it straight up with Surya at extra cover doing the rest. But, how tight was that on the front foot? Was any part of his foot behind the popping crease? Not according to me.. 68/7 10.5 to KA Maharaj, Two in the over and India are all over SA. Wicket no. 101 for Bumrah. Banged in short on leg stump, the ball climbs up quickly on Maharaj who can only manage to glove this giving Jitesh his fourth catch of the innings. 70/8 Photos
Varun Chakravarthy	3	1	19	2	6.33	12	0	0
7.2 to D Ferreira, Gloved and that's a lovely catch from Jitesh! Darted outside off stump at 95.1kph, some extra bounce there for Varun. Ferreira looks for a hard cut, but is nowhere near the ball. The ball kisses the glove and Jitesh riding with the bounce completes his third catch of the innings. 50/5 9.5 to M Jansen, A six and a wicket and is that the end of South Africa's challenge in Cuttack? Googly that lands outside off and skids back through. Jansen looks for a repeat of the previous shot, but this isn't as short. He stays back, misses and the ball clips the off bail.. 68/6
Axar Patel	2	0	7	2	3.50	8	0	0
5.1 to AK Markram, Cleans him up with a ripper first ball! Gets the length ball to skid through at 92.7kph on leg stump. Markram stays back to one he should have been on the front foot. He misses and sees his leg stump knocked back. 40/3 11.2 to A Nortje, Another one bites the dust and No. 9 goes down. Slower through the air, coming back in with the arm. Nortje goes for a drive on the up, misses and his stumps are rattled.. 72/9 Photos
Hardik Pandya	2	0	16	1	8.00	7	0	0
6.1 to DA Miller, And he strikes right away! Or does he? The umpires want to check for a fair catch. The third umpire has been asked for. Certainly two noises. Oh, yeah, big deviation. Wobble-seam length ball just outside off, he gets a thick inside-edge onto pad with the ball going low to Jitesh. He dives forward, gloves under the ball and takes a clean catch. OUT is the signal from the third umpire and and SA slip further. 45/4
Shivam Dube	0.3	0	1	1	2.00	2	0	0
12.3 to L Sipamla, All over! South Africa bowled out for 74, their lowest total in T20Is. What a performance from the Indian bowlers. They have blown away South Africa and take the opening T20I by 101 runs. Back of a length ball outside off, Sipamla looks for a another hoick across the line, gets it off the cue-end of the bat and Abhishek takes a simple catch at slip. 74/10 Photos